Navigating institutional change: The accord, rogernomics, and the politics of adjustment in Australia and New Zealand

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-155

  Ahlquist, John S ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; economic policy; institutions; New Zealand; social pacts; wage bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551639941     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010382631     Document Type: Article

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