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I am grateful to Esfandiar Maassoumi for a valuable suggestion. The author alone is responsible for any errors.

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Davutyan, N. Explaining innovations: A technical note. De Economist 137, 493–499 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01705978

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