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ECON 5063

Innovation Policy and Economic Growth

0.5 credit · Graduate

How innovation, technological progress and productivity drive the economic growth, prosperity and welfare of nations with particular attention to job creation and destruction, the financing of innovations including venture capital, private-public partnerships, public policies to promote innovation and green technologies.

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Course catalogue

2024

Readings

  • Fagerberg, J., (2013) “Innovation – a New Guide”, TIK Working Papers on Innovation Studies No.
  • 3 Baldwin, J.R., and W. Gu, (2013) “Multifactor Productivity Measurement at Statistics Canada”, The Canadian Productivity Review, 31, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 15-206-X. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.
  • Bérubé, C., and P. Mohnen, (2009) “Are Firms That Received R&D Subsidies More Innovative?”, Canadian Journal of Economics, 42(1), pp. 206-225.
  • Council of Science and Technology Advisors, (1999) “Building Excellence in Science and Technology (BEST): The Federal Roles in Performing Science and Technology”, Government of Canada.
  • Crespo, M. and H. Dridi, (2007) “Intensification of university-industry relationships and its impact on academic research”, Higher Education, Vol. 54, No. 1.
  • (*) Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), (2019) “IP Canada Report 2019”, https://ised- isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en/publications/ip-canada-report-2019.
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