Optimal Technology, Development and the role of Government

This paper highlights the effect of the presence of the goverment and its redistribution policy in the technology adoption decision. As a result it helps explain the differences in skill premium patterns across the North Atlantic between developed economies such as the US and Continental Europe. 1.

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Main Author: Hernan J. Moscoso Boedo
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.408.6308
http://www.virginia.edu/economics/RePEc/vir/virpap/papers/virpap371.pdf
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Summary:This paper highlights the effect of the presence of the goverment and its redistribution policy in the technology adoption decision. As a result it helps explain the differences in skill premium patterns across the North Atlantic between developed economies such as the US and Continental Europe. 1.