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Working Papers

2009

1. Fits and Misfits: Technological Matching and R&D Networks
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
2. Inertia, Interaction and Clustering in Demand
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
3. Knowledge Structures
   Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, ULP, Strasbourg
4. Network-independent partner selection and the evolution of innovation networks
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
   Also in Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, ULP, Strasbourg (2009)
5. Papers or Patents: Channels of University Effect on Regional Innovation
   Working Papers, FEDEA View citations

2008

6. Habit Formation, Information Exchange and the Social Geography of Demand
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
7. If the Alliance Fits...: Innovation and Network Dynamics
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology View citations
   Also in Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, ULP, Strasbourg (2008) View citations
8. Productivity effects of innovation, stress and social relations
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
   Also in Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, ULP, Strasbourg (2008)
9. Running The Marathon
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
   Also in Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, ULP, Strasbourg (2008)
10. Short-term effects of new universities on regional innovation
    Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, ULP, Strasbourg
    Also in UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (2007)

2006

11. Structural Holes, Innovation and the Distribution of Ideas
    UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination (2007)

2005

12. Merit, Approbation and the Evolution of Social Structure
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2007)
13. Universities and the Knowledge Economy
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations

2004

14. Evolving Networks of Inventors
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Evolutionary Economics (2006)
15. Information Technology and the Dynamics of Joint Innovation
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
16. Network models of innovation and knowledge diffusion
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
17. Networks as Emergent Structures from Bilateral Collaboration
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
18. On the creation of networks and knowledge
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations

2003

19. Knowledge Dynamics in a Network Industry
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
20. Social Sorting
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology

2002

21. Mutual Illusions and Financing New Technologies: Two-Sided Informational Cascades
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
22. The Joint Dynamics of Networks and Knowledge
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2002, Society for Computational Economics View citations

2001

23. Expert Systems: Aspects of and Limitations to the Codifiability of Knowledge
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2001)
24. Intellectual property rights in a knowledge-based economy
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
25. Knowledge Transfer and the Services Sector in the Context of the New Economy
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
26. On The Variance of Market Innovation with the Number of Firms
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
27. Protecting the digital endeavour: prospects for intellectual property rights in the information society
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
28. The Workings of Scientific Communities
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
29. Waves and Cycles: Explorations in the Pure Theory of Price for Fine Art
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology

2000

30. The Dynamics of Collective Invention
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2003)

1999

31. Network Structure and the Diffusion of Knowledge
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2004)
32. The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (1999) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Industrial and Corporate Change (2000)

1998

33. Technological Standardization with and without Borders in an Interacting Agents Model
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
34. Waves in Consumption with Interdependence among Consumers
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (2004)

1996

35. A Model of Demand with Interactions Among Consumers
    UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Industrial Organization (1997)

1995

36. Quandaries in the Economics of Dual Technologies and Spillovers from Military to Civilian Research and Development
    UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (1995)
37. Spatiality Dependant Interactions: A Statistical Approach to Spatial Equilibria. Technological Standardization and Variety
    UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
38. The Genetic causal Tradition of Modern Economic History
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

1992

39. Fundamental Issues in the Justification of Profits
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

1991

40. Sprayed to Death: On the Lock-in of an Inferior Pest Control Strategy
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
41. The Genetic-Causal Moment in Eocnomic Theory
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

1989

42. TECHNOLOGICAL VARIETY AND COMPETITION: ISSUES OF DIFFUSION AND INTERVENTION
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations

1988

43. NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS: A STUDY IN TECHNOLOGICAL LOCK-IN
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1990)

Journal Articles

2007

1. Merit, approbation and the evolution of social structure
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2007, 64, (3-4), 295-315
   See also Working Paper (2005)
2. Network architecture, barter exchange and the diffusion of ideas
   International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2007, 6, (2), 165-178
3. Structural holes, innovation and the distribution of ideas
   Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2007, 2, (2), 93-110 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

4. Evolving networks of inventors
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2006, 16, (1), 155-174 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2004

5. Network structure and the diffusion of knowledge
   Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2004, 28, (8), 1557-1575 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)
6. On substitution of intellectual property and free disclosure: an analysis of R&D strategies in software technologies
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2004, 13, (5), 477-487
7. Waves in consumption with interdependence among consumers
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004, 37, (1), 149-177 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1998)

2003

8. Evolutionary economics and the counterfactual threat: on the nature and role of counterfactual history as an empirical tool in economics
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2002, 12, (5), 539-562 View citations
9. The dynamics of collective invention
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 52, (4), 513-532 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)

2002

10. On the Number of Firms and the Quantity of Innovation
    Economics Bulletin, 2002, 12, 1-9

2001

11. Expert systems: aspects of and limitations to the codifiability of knowledge
    Research Policy, 2001, 30, (9), 1355-1372 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)
12. The Organization of Economic Innovation in Europe: Alfonso Gambardella and Franco Malerba (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,1999, [UK pound] 45.00, ISBN 0-521-64303-1
    Research Policy, 2001, 30, (7), 1162-1164

2000

13. The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2000, 9, (2), 211-53 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

14. Technological standards with local externalities and decentralized behaviour
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 1998, 8, (3), 285-296 View citations

1997

15. A model of demand with interactions among consumers
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1997, 15, (6), 711-732 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
16. The Economics of Codification and the Diffusion of Knowledge
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 1997, 6, (3), 595-622 View citations

1996

17. Sprayed to Death: Path Dependence, Lock-In and Pest Control Strategies
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (436), 521-42 View citations
18. The Genetic-Causal Tradition and Modern Economic Theory
    Kyklos, 1996, 49, (3), 273-317 View citations

1995

19. Quandaries in the economics of dual technologies and spillovers from military to civilian research and development
    Research Policy, 1995, 24, (6), 851-868 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1991

20. Tortoises and Hares: Choice among Technologies of Unknown Merit
    Economic Journal, 1991, 101, (407), 801-14 View citations

1990

21. Nuclear Power Reactors: A Study in Technological Lock-in
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (03), 541-567 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1988)
22. The Demise of Nuclear Power? Lessons for Democratic Control of Technology. By Joseph G. Morone and Edward J. Woodhouse. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 172. $22.50, cloth; $6.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (01), 234-236