附註:A collection of 10 original essays and an introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What requires explanation? / Richard G. Lipsey, Cliff Bekar, and Kenneth Carlaw -- A time to sow and a time to reap: growth based on general purpose technologies / Elhanan Helpman and Manuel Trajtenberg -- Diffusion of general purpose technologies / Elhanan Helpman and Manuel Trajtenberg -- On the macroeconomic effects of major technological change / Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt -- The Internet as a GPT: factor market implications / Richard G. Harris -- Chemical engineering as a general purpose technology / Nathan Rosenberg -- The consequences of changes in GPTs / Richard G. Lipsey, Cliff Bekar, and Kenneth Carlaw -- Measurement, obsolescence, and general purpose technologies / Peter Howitt -- The division of inventive labor and the extent of the market / Timothy Bresnahan and Alfonso Gambardella -- Wages, skills, and technology in the United States and Canada / Kevin M. Murphy, W. Craig Riddell, and Paul M. Romer.