The Geography of Inventiveness in the Primary Sector: Some Initial Results for New Zealand, 1880-1895

At the turn of the twentieth century, New Zealand was one of the wealthiest nations in the world on a per capita basis. We examine the role of innovation in explaining New Zealand's economic performance. Using a new dataset on patent applications for the period 1880-95, we consider whether the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Williams, R., Oxley, Leslie
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11748