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Science and technology have long been regarded as important determinants of economic growth. Edwin Mansfield (1971, pp. 1-2), a pioneer in the economics of technological change, noted:
Technological change is an important, if not the most important, factor responsible for economic growth ... without question, [it] is one of the most important determinants of the shape and evolution of the American economy.
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Feldman, M.P., Link, A.N., Siegel, D.S. (2002). Introduction. In: The Economics of Science and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0981-3_1
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