The Evolution of the Literature on Technological Change over time: A Survey

This paper reviews the emergence and evolution of major topics in economics of innovation. Throughout the paper, particular attention is devoted to the analysis of the cumulative aspects and complementarities between different paths of research over time. Moreover, this survey highlights the crucial relationship between technological change (TC) and economic growth, and survey distinguishes between different decades and it identifies the key debates in the economics literature in each period...

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Year of publication:	2007-12-15
Authors:	Conte, Andrea
Institutions:	Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena>
Subject:	Innovationsmanagement \| Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung \| Technische Entwicklung

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1.Introduction
2.The Foundation of Economics of Innovation ( -1960)
2.1 Technological Change among Classical Economists ( -1910)
2.2 An Analytical Setting for Technological Change ( 1910-1942)
2.3 Technological Change and Growth. A Keynesian Approach ( 1935-1950)
2.4 Technological Change and Growth. A Neo-Classical Approach(1950-1960)
3. Determinants and Diffusion of Technological Change(1960-1970)
3.1 Mono-Casual Explanations of Technological Change
3.2 Technological Change and Capital: Vintage Models
3.3 Technological Change and Labour: Learning Process
3.4 Technological Change and Diffusion: Epidemic and Probit Models
4 Alternative Views on Technological Change(1970-1980)
4.1 The Foundation of an Evolutionary Theory of Innovation
4.2 A Two-way Explanation of Technological Change
5 Endogenising Technological Change(1980-1990)5.1 Path Dependence
5.2 Technological Change and Diffusions: Some Extensions
5.3 Appropriability and Market Structure
5.4 New Growth Theory in the 1980s
6 Recent Approach to Technological Change(1990- )
6.1 New Growth Theory in the 1990s
6.2 The Evolutionary Approach to Technological Change and Growth in Recent Years
7 An Agenda for Future Research
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