Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: John McMillan Author-X-Name-First: John Author-X-Name-Last: McMillan Author-Email: mcmillan_john@gsb.stanford.edu Author-Workplace-Name: Stanford University Title: Quantifying Creative Destruction Entrepreneurship and Productivity in New Zealand Abstract: This paper (a) provides a framework for quantifying any economy's flexibility, and (b) reviews the evidence on New Zealand firms' birth, growth and death. The data indicate that, by and large, the labour market and the financial market are doing their job. Length: 30 pages Creation-Date: 2004-10 File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/04_07.pdf Number: 04_07 Classification-JEL: D230; L110; O560 Keywords: Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:04_07