TY - BOOK AU - Schmookler,Jacob AU - Bruschke,Heinrich H. AU - Darzins,A.Luis AU - Feller,Irwin AU - Gidwani,Sushila J. AU - Olson,Allan L. TI - Invention and Economic Growth SN - 9780674432826 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Brevets d'invention KW - Desarrollo económico KW - Economic development KW - Economische groei KW - Erfindung KW - Inventions KW - Technik KW - Technische ontwikkeling KW - Uitvindingen KW - Wirtschaftswachstum KW - Technology -- Philosophy KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; The setting of the problem --; Patent statistics --; The role of intellectual stimuli --; The use of important inventions as a cause of further inventions --; Productivity advance: A Case of supply and demand? --; The amount of invention is governed by the extent of the market – the evidence of time series --; The amount of invention is governed by the extent of the market – the evidence of cross sections --; The sources of invention and the changing state of knowledge --; The role of demand in consumer goods invention --; On the "Inevitability" of individual inventions --; Summary and Conclusions --; Appendix A: Statistical Appendix --; Appendix B: Inventors Past and Present --; Appendix C: Important inventions in the Railroad Industry --; Appendix D. important mechanical inventions in agriculture --; Appendix E: Important inventions in the petroleum industry --; Appendix F: Important inventions in the paper industry --; Index; restricted access UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674432833 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674432833 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674432833/original ER -