The New Economics of Technology Policy
Dominique Foray
Edward Elgar Publishing
This innovative book comprehensively sheds light on the theory and practice of technological policies by employing modern analytical tools and economic techniques. "The New Economics of Technology Policy" focuses on all public interventions intended to influence the intensity, composition and direction of technological innovations within a given entity such as a region, country or group of countries. Dominique Foray has gathered together many of the leading scholars in the field to comprehensively explore numerous avenues and pathways of research. Bringing together a collection of policy-oriented papers this book will strongly appeal to policy-makers, academic researchers and graduate students with an interest in economics, public policy, science, technology and society.