Productivity: Performance, Prospects and Policies Workshop
Page updated 15 Feb 2008
Papers from a workshop sponsored by the Treasury, Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the Ministry of Economic Development held in Wellington on 28 and 29 July 2004.
Documents are available in Adobe PDF format only. HTML versions can be supplied on request by Information Services at the Treasury.
Using PDF Files
| Doc. Date | Author | Title | View/Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Jul 2004] | Kenneth I Carlaw | Slides - Policies to enhance technological change in the short run and the long run | pw-carlaw-ppt.pdf (175 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Graeme Davis | Paper - Why does Australia do better? Good luck or good management? | pw-davis.pdf (157 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Graeme Davis | Slides - Why does Australia do better? Good luck or good management? | pw-davis-ppt.pdf (1045 KB) |
| May 2004 | Erwin Diewert | Paper - Theories of Productivity Growth and the Role of Government in Facilitating Productivity Growth | pw-diewert.pdf (181 KB) |
| Mar 2004 | Kevin Fox | Paper - Problems with (Dis)Aggregating Productivity, and Another Productivity Paradox | pw-fox.pdf (162 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Kevin Fox | Notes - Problems with (Dis)Aggregating Productivity, and Another Productivity Paradox | pw-fox-notes.pdf (73 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Denis Lawrence & Erwin Diewert | Paper - Productivity and Regulation in a Hard-to-Measure Sector - The Case of New Zealand’s Electricity Networks | pw-lawrence.pdf (937 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Denis Lawrence | Slides - Productivity and Regulation in a Hard-to-Measure Sector - The Case of New Zealand’s Electricity Networks | pw-lawrence-ppt.pdf (136 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | William Maloney | Paper - Global Patterns of Innovation Effort | pw-maloney.pdf (398 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | William Maloney | Slides - Global Patterns of Innovation Effort | pw-maloney-ppt.pdf (111 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Nathan McLellan | Paper - New Zealand’s Performance: Context and Challenges | pw-mclellan.pdf (129 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Nathan McLellan | Slides - New Zealand’s Performance: Context and Challenges | pw-mclellan-ppt.pdf (665 KB) |
| 25 Aug 2004 | John McMillan | Paper - A Flexible Economy?: Entrepreneurship and Productivity in New Zealand | pw-mcmillan.pdf (166 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | John McMillan | Slides - Markets, Entrepeneurship and Productivity | pw-mcmillan-ppt.pdf (29 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Les Oxley | Paper - Some Notes on Human Capital Distribution, Productivity and Economic Growth | pw-oxley.pdf (720 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Les Oxley | Slides - Whither human capital and labour markets - implications for productivity? | pw-oxley-ppt.pdf (804 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Dean Parham | Paper - Productivity growth and its sources: How do NZ and Australia compare? | pw-parham.pdf (178 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Dean Parham | Slides - Productivity growth and its sources: How do NZ and Australia compare? | pw-parham-ppt.pdf (227 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Dirk Pilat | Paper - Capital deepening, R&D and productivity | pw-pilat.pdf (226 KB) |
| Jul 2004 | Dirk Pilat | Slides - Capital deepening, R&D and productivity | pw-pilat-ppt.pdf (102 KB) |
