Knowledge and innovation for New Zealand: Dynamic benefits of a two-stage wage strategy and its unlikely application

Policy Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-85

  Lange, Thomas ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 32944454730     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870500499959     Document Type: Review

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