What happened to Australia's productivity surge?

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-263

  Dolman, Ben ^a  

^a Productivity Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC REFORM; FIRM SIZE; MINING INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70149099147     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2009.00556.x     Document Type: Review

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