Australia and the Knowledge Economy by P.J. Sheehan, Nick Pappas, Galina Tikhomirova and Paul Sinclair (Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, December 1995), pp. 230, ISBN 1–87533–8499

Notes and References

1. See, for example, OECD, Information Activities, Electronics and Telecommunication Technologies, Vol. I: Impact on Employment Growth and Trade, OECD, Paris, 1981.

2. For a recent discussion of these issues in the Australian context see P. Andersen, J. Dwyer and D. Gruen (eds.), Productivity and Growth: Proceedings of a Conference, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1995.

3. P.J. Sheehan, Nick Pappas and Enjiang Cheng, The Rebirth of Australian Industry, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, 1994.

4. Some recent studies seem to indicate that Australia has not been particularly successful in taking advantage of the latter. See, e.g. D. Coe and E. Helpman, ‘International R&D Spillovers’, European Economic Review, Vol. 39, 1995, pp. 859–887.