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Maria João Thompson

Ph.D in Economics University of Warwick

mjthompson@eeg.uminho.pt

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 2.10

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Maria João Thompson is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics, University of Minho and a researcher at NIPE (Research Center on Economic Policies). She holds a BA in Economics from the NOVA School of Business and Economics, MA in Economics from the University of Warwick, UK, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick. Her research interests focus on the analytical development of models of economic growth in the search for additional sources of nations’ economic growth. Has articles published in international journals such as Journal of Economics; Economic Modeling; Metroeconomica, Japan and the World Economy, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Journal of Business Economics and Management.

Areas of interest

Economic Growth Theory

Publications

Afonso, Ó , Neves, P C , & Thompson, M (2018)

Costly investment and complementarities in an international trade model with directed technological change

METROECONOMICA, 69(1), 195–223 DOI

Afonso, O , Monteiro, S P , & Thompson, M J (2017)

Growth Model for the Quadruple Helix Innovation Theory

In E G Carayannis (Ed ), Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth (pp 41–65) New York Plaza: Palgrave MacMillan DOI

Thompson, M (2018)

Social capital, innovation and economic growth

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 73, 46–52 DOI

Afonso, O , Monteiro, S , & Thompson, M (2014)

Innovation economy, productive public expenditure and economic growth

METROECONOMICA, 65(4), 671–689 DOI

Afonso, O , Neves, P C , & Thompson, M (2016)

The skill premium and economic growth with costly investment, complementarities and international trade of intermediate goods

Japan and the World Economy, 37-38, 73–86 DOI

Afonso, Ó , Monteiro, S , & Thompson, M (2012)

A growth model for the quadruple helix

Journal of Business Economics and Management, 13(5), 849–865 DOI

Afonso, Ó , & Thompson, M (2011)

Costly investment, complementarities and the skill premium

Economic Modelling, 28(5), 2254–2262 DOI

Thompson, M (2008)

Complementarities and costly investment in a growth model

Journal of Economics, 94(3), 231–240 DOI

Thompson, M (2008)

Generating Economic Growth: An Analytical Survey

Open Economics Journal, 1, 25–36 DOI

Silva, L C , Macedo, I M , & Thompson, M (2024)

Revisiting the debate on institutions, the state and institutional change: The relevance of institutional theory to public administration teaching

Teaching Public Administration, 42(1), 73-94 DOI

Jerónimo, J , Azevedo, A , Neves, P C , & Thompson, M (2023) Interactions between financial constraints and economic growth The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 67, 101943 DOI

Afonso, O , Neves, P , & Thompson, M (2014)

The skill premium and economic growth with costly investment, complementarities and international technological-knowledge diffusion

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 23(6), 878–905 DOI

Teaching

Análise Económica para Gestão Mestrado

Crescimento Económico Doutoramento

Dissertação Mestrado

Economia Política Licenciatura

Macroeconomia I Licenciatura

Metodologia e Proposta de Investigação em Economia Mestrado

Princípios de Macroeconomia Licenciatura

Tópicos de Análise Económica Mestrado

Tópicos de Economia Mestrado