ECON 647Economics of Innovation
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- Economics
ECON 647 as listed in the Spring 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
This course studies the incentives to innovate and how institutions and public policy shape these incentives. Topics may include the nature of ideas and innovation, intellectual property rights, technology clusters, knowledge spillovers and diffusion, whether immigration contributes to innovation, and the impact of artificial intelligence.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
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- Requirements for Spring 2026Waterloo’s requisite checker
- Schedule of Classes, Spring 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
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- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
Calendar versions
Graduate Calendar
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026 (shown here)
- Fall 2026