A structuralist assessment of technology policies : taking Schumpeter seriously on policy / by Richard G. Lipsey and Kenneth Carlaw. : C21-24/25-1998

This monograph evaluates a selection of government policies designed to influence technological change. Public policy can seek to accelerate or retard technological change, using incentives or disincentives that are either generally applied or narrowly focused. Policy can also seek to exert its influence indirectly by altering such structural variable as the concentration of industry, the amount of foreign investment, the location of firms and the education system.--Executive summary

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Department/Agency Canada. Industry Canada. Micro-Economic Analysis Directorate.
Title A structuralist assessment of technology policies : taking Schumpeter seriously on policy / by Richard G. Lipsey and Kenneth Carlaw.
Series title Working paper25
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language Bilingual-[English | French]
Format Paper
Other formats Electronic-[English], Electronic-[French]
Note(s) "This monograph evaluates a selection of government policies designed to influence technological change. Public policy can seek to accelerate or retard technological change, using incentives or disincentives that are either generally applied or narrowly focused. Policy can also seek to exert its influence indirectly by altering such structural variable as the concentration of industry, the amount of foreign investment, the location of firms and the education system."--Executive summary. N.B.: Incorrect catalogue number (C21-24/26-1998) printed in this publication.
Bibliography.
Bilingual
Publishing information Ottawa - Ontario : Industry Canada. 1998.
Binding Softcover
Description English text, ii, 128p. : 28 cm.
ISBN 0-662-63628-7
Catalogue number
  • C21-24/25-1998
Subject terms Government policy
Technological innovation
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