Economics of Structural and Technological Change - 9780415162388

Taylor & Francis

This book employs a wide range of theoretical and applied approaches to explore the concept of technological change and its effect on economic growth. > \nTechnology has long been seen as a path to economic growth. However there is considerable debate about the exact nature of this relationship. Economics of Structural and Technological Change employs a wide range of theoretical and applied approaches to explore the concept of technological change.\n The book begins with a series of in-depth discussions of the economic analysis of technological change. The second section contains a discussion of theoretical models of technological change, focusing on issues such as time and innovation. The third section brings together a number of applied analyses of technological change and examines the effect of factors such as human resource constraints, patenting and science and technology indicators. > Foreward, 1. Introduction. An appraisal of the economic analysis of technological chang.