Technology Diffusion: Measurement, Causes and Consequences

By Diego A. Comin, M. Mestieri. 2014

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This chapter discusses different approaches pursued to explore three broad questions related to technology diffusion: what general patterns characterize the diffusion of technologies, and how have they changed over time; what are the key drivers of technology, and what are the macroeconomic consequences of technology. We prioritize in our discussion unified approaches to these three questions that are based on direct measures of technology.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research

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• Advanced Technologies Adoption and Use by U.S. Firms: Evidence from the Annual Business Survey (2020, unknown): “Central to this debate is obtaining reliable measures on the 52 This is in contrast to some of the open macroeconomic questions related to technology adoption described in Comin & Mestieri (2014).”