The pastoral boom, the rural land market, and long swings in New Zealand economic growth, 1873-1939

Economic History Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-349

  Greasley, David ^a   Oxley, Les ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LAND MARKET; LANDOWNERSHIP; MONETARY POLICY; PASTORALISM; RURAL ECONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 64249087889     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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