Was Electricity a General Purpose Technology? Evidence from Historical Patent Citations

2004/04/01 by Petra Moser, Tom Nicholas · 5 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Intellectual Property and Patents #Economic Growth and Productivity #Firm Innovation and Growth

paper · doi:10.1257/0002828041301407

Abstract

Was Electricity a General Purpose Technology? Evidence from Historical Patent Citations by Petra Moser and Tom Nicholas. Published in volume 94, issue 2, pages 388-394 of American Economic Review, May 2004

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