Are Technological Innovations Contagious? Evidence From Sport Records

Alejandro Gaviria

Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2000, vol. 9, issue 1, 53-70

Abstract: In this paper we use world cycling records to study the pattern of technological development of the track bicycle. We find that there is a strong evidence of 'contagious' effects among cycling records which in turn provides indirect evidence of 'contagious' effects among technological innovations. Interestingly, the 'contagiousness' of records is not a salient characteristic of track and field competitions where, arguably, technology plays a smaller role.

Keywords: Technological change; cycling records; dynamics of innovation; JEL Codes: L83; 031 and 033 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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