Sumários

Solow model

27 Fevereiro 2026, 16:00 • VICENTE FERREIRA

Solow model: underlying assumptions, drivers of the accumulation of physical capital per worker and steady-state.

Solving of numerical and theoretical exercises.

Lecture 6: The Harrod-Domar model

24 Fevereiro 2026, 14:30 • Alexandre Abreu

The Harrod-Domar model.

Growth accounting + Harrod-Domar

20 Fevereiro 2026, 16:00 • VICENTE FERREIRA

Growth accounting: features of the Cobb-Douglas production function and exercises about the decomposition of growth rates

Harrod-Domar model: hypothesis, demonstration of the fundamental equation and exercises about the warranted growth rate

Presentations for Topic 1 - modern economic growth

13 Fevereiro 2026, 16:00 • VICENTE FERREIRA

Group presentations for Topic 1 - modern economic growth. Stylized facts, factors that explain the differences in growth performance between richer and poorer economies and aspects that influence the rise and fall of theories / narratives about growth.

Individual answers to questions about the texts (with correction afterwards)

Lecture 5: The factors of production. Growth accounting.

11 Fevereiro 2026, 15:00 • Alexandre Abreu

Lecture 5: The factors of production. Growth accounting.