Sources of Australia's productivity revival

Economic Record

Volumn 80, Issue 249, 2004, Pages 239-257

  Parham, Dean ^a  

^a Productivity Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; NATIONAL TRADE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3042730527     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2004.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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