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Use Costs in a Two-R&D-sector Model
The author assesses the properties of scale-free endogenous growth models in presence of use costs for the final users. Findings of the study indicate that under mild conditions use costs decrease the rate of vertical innovation and of overall economic growth.
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http://www.ires.ucl.ac.be/DP/IRES_DP/2003-23.pdf