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The Implications of Regulation for Induced Technical Change: Reply


Volume: Volume 6, No. 2

Issue: Autumn 1975

Pages: pp. 706-707

Authors: V. Kerry Smith

Title: The Implications of Regulation for Induced Technical Change: Reply

Abstract: This note clarifies the role of regulation for induced technical change. Rate base regulation will affect the firm's innovational choices and may serve to reinforce static misallocation effects. However, the actual pattern induced in the presence of regulation must be considered an empirical question.


JEL Classification

Regulation of Public Utilities (6130)
Technological Change Innovation Research and Development: General (6210)