The planning of tourism on rural areas: the stakeholders' perceptions of the Boticas municipality (Northeastern Portugal) See

Most of the strategies developed to “save” rural te rritories in Europe have not been successful. One of their main problems has been the adoption of the top-down paradigm when approaching the development of ...

Endogenous growth and intellectual property rights: A north south modelling proposal with population ageing See

This paper studies the effect of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on economic growth, in the light of population ageing, i.e., in a more realistic context. The analysis is motivated by the implications of population ageing on economic growth. Moreover, this study analyses this re...

Endogenous growth and intellectual property rights: a North-South modelling proposal See

In what form should the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) be treated in an endogenous growth model? What are the effects of introducing IPR into a North-South endogenous growth model? In this paper, we develop a general equilibrium endogenous growth model that emphasizes the IPR&#...

Intellectual property rights and endogenous economic growth uncovering the main gaps in the research agenda See

1. Introduction Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are “the rights to use and sell knowledge and inventions” (Greenhalgh and Rogers, 2007: 541), with the aim of guaranteeing adequate returns for innovators and creators. There are different types of intellectual property protec...