Inequality, product durability and the adoption of new technology products

dc.contributor.author	Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl
dc.date.accessioned	2006-07-20T09:47:21Z
dc.date.available	2006-07-20T09:47:21Z
dc.date.issued	2001-12
dc.identifier.issn	0803-4028
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/165874
dc.description.abstract	The analysis highlights how inequality and the cost of producing durability influence the degree to which new technology products are adopted in an economy. It is shown that redistribution may both increase and lower technology dispersion. If inequality is large at the outset, redistribution may lower technology dispersion. On the other hand, if inequality is low at the outset, more redistribution will be beneficial for the adoptation of new technology products. For intermediate cases the effect from redistribution is ambigious.	en
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dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	SNF	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Paper	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2001:68	en
dc.subject	technology adoption	en
dc.subject	durable goods	en
dc.subject	income disparity	en
dc.title	Inequality, product durability and the adoption of new technology products	en
dc.type	Working paper	en