Does technological diffusion explain Australia's productivity performance? /

This paper analyzes the impact of product and labor market policies on technological diffusion and multi-factor productivity (MFP) in a panel of industries in 15 OECD countries over the period 1980 to 2003, with a special focus on Australia. We use a simple convergence empirical framework to show th...

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Main Author: Tressel, Thierry (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Department
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., 2008.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/08/4.
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