内生创新中的替代与互补

Substitution and Complementarity in Endogenous Innovation

Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1993
被引 110
人大 A+FT50ABS 4*

中文导读

指出熊彼特“创造性破坏”概念可能导致过度强调技术替代,而历史案例显示新技术常与旧技术互补、创造租金,这丰富了增长过程的描述,并凸显发明者预期的重要作用。

Abstract

The influence of Schumpeter's notion of "creative destruction" may have led to an overemphasis on substitution between technologies in recent models of endogenous innovation. Historical examples of technological change suggest that new technologies may just as frequently complement older technologies, creating, rather than destroying, rents. Acknowledgment of the potential for both substitution and complementarity among inventions allows for a much richer characterization of the growth process, creating the possibility of threshold effects and multiple equilibria and bringing to the forefront the important role played by the expectations of inventive entrepreneurs.

创造性破坏技术互补内生创新多重均衡