The macroeconomic production function is a traditional key element of modern macroeconomics, as is the more recent knowledge production function which explains knowledge/patents by certain input factors such as research, foreign direct investment or international technology spillovers. This...

We develop an agent-based macroeconomic model in which product innovation is the fundamental driver of growth and business cycle fluctuations. The model builds on a hedonic approach to the product space and product innovation developed in Georges (2011)