Economic Geography, Globalisation and New Zealand’s Productivity Paradox
02 December 2009
Philip McCann, Professor of Spacial Sciences at the University of Groningen, examines New Zealand’s poor productivity performance from the reform period onwards from the perspective of economic geography
If we adopt an economic geography perspective, there is nothing really paradoxical about New Zealand’s productivity performance. New Zealand’s productivity performance is rather more of a conundrum, a riddle, with a fairly straightforward solution. Possible policy responses will also be discussed.
12:30-2:00 pm at the Spectrum Theatre, 20 Customhouse Quay (entrance on Johnson St), Wellington.
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