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The role of demand in consumer goods invention

From the book Invention and Economic Growth

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674432833.c10
From the book
Invention and Economic Growth
Invention and Economic Growth

Chapters in this book (21)

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
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