Greasley, David; Oxley, Les - In: Explorations in Economic History 47 (2010) 4, pp. 443-459
We explore the role of knowledge accumulation in the economic development of a natural resource-rich country. New estimates of commodity output and patenting are used to show New Zealand's exceptionally high incomes before 1939 rested on a knowledge-led utilization of her economic landscape. By...