The Knowledge-Diffusion Bottleneck in Economic Growth and Development
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Keywords
Growth; Diffusion; Development; Bottleneck;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- E00 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - General
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2018-07-23 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-KNM-2018-07-23 (Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy)
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