@techreport{NBERw14135, title = "Models of Idea Flows", author = "Fernando E. Alvarez and Francisco J. Buera and Robert E. Lucas, Jr.", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "14135", year = "2008", month = "June", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w14135", abstract = {This paper introduces several variations of the Eaton and Kortum (1999) model of technological change and characterizes their long run implications. Both exogenous and endogenous growth examples are studied.}, }