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Technical Progress and the Diffusion of Innovations: Classical and Schumpeterian Perspectives |
Heinz D. Kurz() |
Department of Economics and Graz Schumpeter Centre, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria |
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Abstract The paper discusses the diffusion of new technologies from the perspective of the classical economists and Schumpeter. After a comparison of the pre- and post-technical change long-period positions of the economy, we illustrate the process of transition between the two in terms of a two-sector model. Next, we turn to a system with joint production. The fact that some products may be “bads” that need to be disposed of leads to a study of systems of production-cum-disposal. Finally, we investigate the selection pressure innovations exert on incumbent firms. An important message is that technical change cannot generally be studied within a partial framework of the analysis.
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Keywords
classical economists
creative destruction
diffusion
disposal processes
innovation
joint production
Schumpeter
Joseph A.
selection pressure
technical change
transition processes
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Issue Date: 19 September 2017
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