Why Do Computers Depreciate?

Michael J. Geske, Valerie A. Ramey & Matthew D. Shapiro
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Copyright 2007
ISBN 978-0-226-04449-1
Hard-to-Measure Goods and Services
Book: Hard-to-Measure Goods and Services: Essays in Honor of Zvi Griliches
Book editors: Ernst R. Berndt & Charles R. Hulten
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Series: Studies in Income and Wealth
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Why Do Computers Depreciate?
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The value of installed computers falls rapidly and therefore computers have a very high user cost. The paper provides...

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