Can double deflation explain the ICT growth miracle?

Harald Edquist

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 121, issue 2, 302-305

Abstract: It is unclear why productivity growth in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry differs considerably among countries. This paper shows that, for Sweden, it is primarily the use of the double deflation method that has created the apparent ICT-miracle.

Keywords: Productivity growth; Deflation; ICT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 O47 O5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.09.001

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