The Economics of New Goods.
New goods are at the heart of economic progress. The eleven essays in this volume include historical treatments of new goods and their diffusion; practical exercises in measurement addressed to recent and ongoing innovations; and real-world methods of devising quantitative adjustments for quality ch...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1997.
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Colección: | Studies in income and wealth.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | New goods are at the heart of economic progress. The eleven essays in this volume include historical treatments of new goods and their diffusion; practical exercises in measurement addressed to recent and ongoing innovations; and real-world methods of devising quantitative adjustments for quality change. The lead article in Part I contains a striking analysis of the history of light over two millenia. Other essays in Part I develop new price indexes for automobiles back to 1906; trace the role of the air conditioner in the development of the American south; and treat the germ theory of disease. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (508 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780226074184 0226074188 1281430803 9781281430809 9786611430801 6611430806 |