Recombinant Growth

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dc.contributor.author	Weitzman, Martin L.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-02-26T18:58:56Z
dc.date.issued	1998
dc.identifier.citation	Weitzman, Martin L. 1998. Recombinant growth. Quarterly Journal of Economics 113(2): 331-360.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0033-5533	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3708468
dc.description.abstract	This paper attempts to provide microfoundations for the knowledge production function in an idea-based growth model. Production of new ideas is made a function of newly reconfigured old ideas in the spirit of the way an agricultural research station develops improved plant varieties by cross-pollinating existing plant varieties. The model shows how knowledge can build upon itself in a combinatoric feedback process that may have significant implications for economic growth. The paper's main theme is that the ultimate limits to growth lie not so much in our ability to generate new ideas as in our ability to process an abundance of potentially new ideas into usable form.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Economics	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/003355398555595	en_US
dash.license	LAA
dc.title	Recombinant Growth	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Proof	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Quarterly Journal of Economics -Cambridge Massachusetts-	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Weitzman, Martin L.
dc.date.available	2010-02-26T18:58:56Z