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Technology adoption under hidden information

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  • Dominique Demougin
  • Anja Schöttner

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  • Dominique Demougin & Anja Schöttner, 2010. "Technology adoption under hidden information," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 100(1), pages 1-18, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jeczfn:v:100:y:2010:i:1:p:1-18
    DOI: 10.1007/s00712-010-0128-1
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    Keywords

    Hidden information; Hierarchies; Technology adoption; D82; L23; O33;
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    JEL classification:

    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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