TY  - JOUR
AU  - Alvarez,Fernando E.
AU  - Buera,Francisco J.
AU  - Lucas,Robert E., Jr.
TI  - Models of Idea Flows
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 14135
PY  - 2008
Y2  - June 2008
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14135
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14135.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Fernando E. Alvarez
University of Chicago
Department of Economics
1126 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel: 773/702-4412
Fax: 773/702-8490
E-Mail: f-alvarez1@uchicago.edu

Francisco J. Buera
Department of Economics
University of California, Los Angeles
8283 Bunche Hall Office 8357
Mail Stop: 147703
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Tel: 310/825-8018
Fax: 310/825-9528
E-Mail: fjbuera@econ.ucla.edu

Robert E. Lucas, Jr.
Department of Economics
The University of Chicago
1126 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL  60637
Tel: 773/702-8179
Fax: 773/702-8490
E-Mail: relucas@midway.uchicago.edu
AB  - 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.
ER  -