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dc.contributor.authorGreenwood, Jeremy-
dc.contributor.authorJovanovic, Boyan-
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-31T05:52:06Z-
dc.date.available2008-05-31T05:52:06Z-
dc.date.issued1999-01-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2451/27359-
dc.description.abstractA new technology or product is often developed by the single entrepreneur. Whether he reaches the initial public offering stage or is acquired by a listed firm, it takes time for the innovator to add value to the stock market. Indeed, the innovation may, at first, reduce the market's value because some firms --- usually large or old --- will cling to old technologies that have lost their momentum. This paper argues that (a) the market declined in the late 1960s because it felt that the old technologies either had lost their momentum or would give way to IT, and that (b) IT innovators boosted the stock market's value only in the 1980s. If the stock market provides a forecast of future events, then the recent dramatic upswing represents a rosy estimate about growth in future profits for the economy. This translates into a forecast of higher output and productivity growth, holding other things equal (such as capital's share of income).en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesS-MF-99-01en
dc.subjectInformation Technologyen
dc.subjectStock Marketen
dc.titleThe IT Revolution and the Stock Marketen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
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