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Accession Number
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PB2000-104942
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Title
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Estimating Future Consumer Benefits from ATP-Funded Innovation: The Case of Digital Data Storage.
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Publication Date
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Apr 2000
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Media Count
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56p
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Personal Author
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D. Austin M. Macauley
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Abstract
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This report develops a method that uses a quality-adjusted cost index to estimate expected returns to investments in new technologies. The index method addresses the problem of measuring social benefits from innovations in inputs in the service sector, wh ...
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Keywords
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Advanced Technology Program
Consumers
Cost benefit analysis
Cost indexes
Data storage systems
Digital data
Estimating
Magnetic tapes
Optical storage
Probability
Return on investment
Scanning
Services
Technology innovation
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Source Agency
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NTIS Subject Category
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62 - Computers, Control & Information Theory
96A - Domestic Commerce, Marketing, & Economics
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Corporate Author
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Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, DC.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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N/A
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NTIS Issue Number
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0016
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Contract Number
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N/A
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