Agricultural research: Implications for productivity in New Zealand and Australia

New Zealand Economic Papers

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-211

  Mullen, J D ^a,b   Scobie, G M ^c   Crean, J ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c New Zealand Treasury   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Productivity; Research and development; Research evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011184051     PISSN: 00779954     EISSN: 19434863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779950809544421     Document Type: Article

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