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  • May 2004
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  • American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings

Was Electricity a General Purpose Technology: Evidence from Historical Patent Citations

By: Tom Nicholas and Petra Moser
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Keywords

Energy; Technology; Information; Patents

Citation

Nicholas, Tom, and Petra Moser. "Was Electricity a General Purpose Technology: Evidence from Historical Patent Citations." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 94, no. 2 (May 2004).
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