Explaining Technical Change
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Explaining Technical Change is a scholarly work by Jon Elster that analyzes how and why technological innovations emerge and spread, using tools from rational choice theory and social science.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explaining Technical Change Context triple: [Jon Elster, notableWork, Explaining Technical Change]
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On Some Problems of Measurement of Technological Change from the Standpoint of the Theory of Production
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The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment
"The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment" is an economics paper analyzing how advancing automation and artificial intelligence affect economic growth, the distribution of income between labor and capital, and employment outcomes.
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Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance is a seminal book by economist Douglass C. North that analyzes how formal and informal institutions shape long-term economic development and historical change.
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Structure and Change in Economic History
Structure and Change in Economic History is a seminal book by economist Douglass C. North that applies institutional and economic theory to explain long-term historical development and economic performance.
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“On the Mechanics of Economic Development”
“On the Mechanics of Economic Development” is a seminal 1988 paper by economist Robert Lucas Jr. that helped found modern endogenous growth theory by explaining how human capital accumulation and externalities drive long-run economic growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explaining Technical Change Target entity description: Explaining Technical Change is a scholarly work by Jon Elster that analyzes how and why technological innovations emerge and spread, using tools from rational choice theory and social science.
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A.
On Some Problems of Measurement of Technological Change from the Standpoint of the Theory of Production
"On Some Problems of Measurement of Technological Change from the Standpoint of the Theory of Production" is an influential scholarly work by economist Krishna Bharadwaj that critically examines how technological change is defined and measured within production theory.
-
B.
The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment
"The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment" is an economics paper analyzing how advancing automation and artificial intelligence affect economic growth, the distribution of income between labor and capital, and employment outcomes.
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C.
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance is a seminal book by economist Douglass C. North that analyzes how formal and informal institutions shape long-term economic development and historical change.
-
D.
Structure and Change in Economic History
Structure and Change in Economic History is a seminal book by economist Douglass C. North that applies institutional and economic theory to explain long-term historical development and economic performance.
-
E.
“On the Mechanics of Economic Development”
“On the Mechanics of Economic Development” is a seminal 1988 paper by economist Robert Lucas Jr. that helped found modern endogenous growth theory by explaining how human capital accumulation and externalities drive long-run economic growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain how technological innovations arise
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explain why technological innovations spread ⓘ integrate rational choice and empirical studies of technology ⓘ |
| author | Jon Elster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contribution |
analysis of mechanisms behind innovation diffusion
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application of rational choice theory to technological change ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
rational choice theory
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social science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
emergence of new technologies
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incentives for innovation ⓘ institutional constraints on innovation ⓘ social mechanisms of diffusion ⓘ spread of new technologies ⓘ |
| genre | academic non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
economics
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science and technology studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
case studies of technological change
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theoretical analysis of innovation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
economic theory of innovation
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game theory ⓘ sociology of science and technology ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
diffusion of innovation
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technological change ⓘ technological innovation ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
methodological individualism
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microfoundations of social explanation ⓘ rational choice theory ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparative analysis
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rational choice modeling ⓘ |
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