COWLES FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS
AT YALE UNIVERSITY

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COWLES FOUNDATION DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 1881

Cost Innovation: Schumpeter and Equilibrium.
Part 2: Innovation and the Money Supply

Martin Shubik and William Sudderth

December 2012

The control structure over money and real assets is considered in the process of cost innovation. The work here contrasts with the first part of this paper where the emphasis was on the physical aspects of innovation. Here the emphasis is primarily on the money supply aspects of innovation. We conclude with observations on evaluation and the locus of control in the process of innovation.

JEL Classification: C75, D24, G32

Keywords: Cost innovation, Financial control, Circular flow