Sumários

Economic growth, innovation and sustainability

17 Novembro 2025, 18:00 CRISTINA MARIA PAIXÃO DE SOUSA

Modern Economic Growth (MEG)

Successive“industrial revolutions” and the diversification of energysources

The domestication of electricity, a central feature of MEG

Energy sources and uses

The spillovers of MEG

Humanity@Earth: what a future?


Strategies and policies of Intellectual Property Rights

10 Novembro 2025, 18:00 CRISTINA MARIA PAIXÃO DE SOUSA

IPRs and Government Policy
Business IPR strategies


Discussion of the assigment's papers

3 Novembro 2025, 18:00 CRISTINA MARIA PAIXÃO DE SOUSA

Discussion of the paper Moretti, E., Steinwender, C., & Van Reenen, J. (2025). The intellectual spoils of war? Defense R&D, productivity, and international spillovers. Review of Economics and Statistics, 107(1), 14-27. 


Concepts and economic rationale, of Intellectual Property Rights

27 Outubro 2025, 18:00 CRISTINA MARIA PAIXÃO DE SOUSA

Appropriability and IPR
The dynamics of IPR use
Main IP types, access and granting of IPR
Intellectual Property Systems Economics of IPR


Innovation, firm size, market structure and regulation

20 Outubro 2025, 18:00 CRISTINA MARIA PAIXÃO DE SOUSA

The Schumpeterian Hypotheses

Inter-sectoral dynamics