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Postal address:	Department of Economic, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305
Workplace:	Department of Economics, Stanford University, (more information at EDIRC) United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2009

1. Preparing for the Next, Very Long Crisis: Towards a ‘Cool’ Science and Technology Policy Agenda For a Globally Warming Economy
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology

2008

2. Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic Growth: Linking Policy Research and Practice in "STIG Systems"
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2009)

2007

3. Linking policy research and practice in ‘STIG Systems’: Many obstacles, but some ways forward
   CEMI Working Papers, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Collège du Management de la Technologie, Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship Institute, Chaire en Economie et Management de l'Innovation View citations

2006

4. Micro-dynamics of Free and Open Source Software Development. Lurking, laboring and launching new projects on SourceForge
   LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

2005

5. A TRAGEDY OF THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ‘COMMONS’? Global Science, Intellectual Property and the Digital Technology Boomerang
   Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
   Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (2001) View citations
6. Advancing Economic Research on the Free and Open Source Software Mode of Production
   Industrial Organization, EconWPA
7. At last, a remedy for chronic QWERTY-skepticism!
   Economic History, EconWPA
   Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1999) View citations
8. Can ‘Open Science’ be Protected from the Evolving Regime of IPR Protections?
   Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations
9. Early Twentieth Century Productivity Growth Dynamics: An Inquiry into the Economic History of “Our Ignorance”
   Macroeconomics, EconWPA View citations
   Also in Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (1999) View citations
10. Economic Fundamentals Of the Knowledge Society
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
11. FROM MARKET MAGIC TO CALYPSO SCIENCE POLICY A Review of Terence Kealey's The Economic Laws of Scientific Research
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (1997)
12. General Purpose Technologies and Productivity Surges: Historical Reflections on the Future of the ICT Revolution
    Economic History, EconWPA View citations
13. Is Public R&D a Complement or Substitute for Private R&D? A Review of the Econometric Evidence
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA (2000) View citations
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1999) View citations
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1999) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2000)
14. Koyaanisqatsi in Cyberspace
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
15. Path dependence, its critics and the quest for ‘historical economics’
    Economic History, EconWPA View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
16. Productivity growth prospects and the new economy in historical perspective
    Economic History, EconWPA View citations
17. Reforming the Taxation of Human Capital: A Modest Proposal for Promoting Economic Growth
    HEW, EconWPA
18. SimCode: Agent-based Simulation Modelling of Open-Source Software Development
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations
19. THE TALE OF TWO TRAVERSES Innovation and Accumulation in the First Two Centuries of U.S. Economic Growth
    Macroeconomics, EconWPA View citations
20. TOWARDS INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES FOR E-SCIENCE: The Scope of the Challenge
    General Economics and Teaching, EconWPA
21. The Allocation of Software Development Resources In ‘Open Source’ Production Mode
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations
22. The Beginnings and Prospective Ending of “End-to-End”: An Evolutionary Perspective On the Internet’s Architecture
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA
23. The Digital Technology Boomerang: New Intellectual Property Rights Threaten Global “Open Science”
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (2000)
24. The Economic Logic of “Open Science” and the Balance between Private Property Rights and the Public Domain in Scientific Data and
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
25. The Economics of Scientific Research Coalitions: Collaborative Network Formation in the Presence of Multiple Funding Agencies
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (2002) View citations
26. Towards a cyberinfrastructure for enhanced scientific
    Law and Economics, EconWPA
    Also in Law and Economics, EconWPA (2005)
27. Two Centuries of American Macroeconomic Growth From Exploitation of Resource Abundance to Knowledge-Driven Development
    Macroeconomics, EconWPA View citations
28. Understanding Digital Technology’s Evolution and the Path of Measured Productivity Growth: Present and Future in the Mirror of the Past
    Macroeconomics, EconWPA
    Also in Working Papers, United Nations World Employment Programme- (2000) View citations
29. Will Building ‘Good Fences’ Really Make ‘Good Neighbors’ in Science?
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (2001) View citations
30. Zvi Griliches on Diffusion, Lags and Productivity Growth …Connecting the Dots
    Labor and Demography, EconWPA View citations

2001

31. An Introduction to the Economy of the Knowledge Society
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations
32. Digital Technologies, Research Collaborations and the Extension of Protection for Intellectual Property in Science: Will Building 'Good Fences' Really Make 'Good Neighbors'?
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
33. From Keeping 'Nature's Secrets' to the Institutionalization of 'Open Science'
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2001) View citations
34. Heart of Darkness: Modeling Public-Private Funding Interactions Inside the R&D Black Box
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2000)
35. Knowledge, Capabilities and Human Capital Formation in Economic Growth
    Treasury Working Paper Series, New Zealand Treasury View citations
36. The Beginnings and Prospective Ending of “End-to-End”
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics

2000

37. A Tragedy of the Public Knowledge 'Common' ? Global Science, Tellectual Property and The Digital Technology Boomerang
    Working Papers, United Nations World Employment Programme-

1999

38. General Purpose Technologies and Surges in Productivity: Historical Reflections on the Future of the ICT Revolution
    Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
39. Heart of Darkness: Public-Private Interaction Inside the R&D Black Box
    Economics Papers, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
40. The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1999) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Industrial and Corporate Change (2000)
41. The Political Economy of Public Science
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations

1997

42. Path Dependence and the Quest for Historical Economics: One More chorus of Ballad of QWERTY
    Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford View citations

1996

43. Science reorganized? Post-modern visions of research and the curse of success
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations

1995

44. Additionality as a principle of European R & D funding
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations
45. The origins of American resource abundance
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations

1989

46. COMPUTER AND DYNAMO: THE MODERN PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX IN A NOT-TOO DISTANT MIRROR
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations

1985

47. Information Disclosure and the Economics of Science and Technology
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
48. Subsidisation vs Information Provision as Instruments of Technology Policy
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

1974

49. Capitalist Masters, Bourgeois Slaves
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations

Undated

50. Reforming the Taxation of Human Capital: A Modest Proposal
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2009

1. Science, technology and innovation for economic growth: Linking policy research and practice in 'STIG Systems'
   Research Policy, 2009, 38, (4), 681-693 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

2. Community-based production of open-source software: What do we know about the developers who participate?
   Information Economics and Policy, 2008, 20, (4), 364-398
3. Dynamics of innovation in an “open source” collaboration environment: lurking, laboring, and launching FLOSS projects on SourceForge
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2008, 17, (4), 647-710
4. Empirical issues in open source software
   Information Economics and Policy, 2008, 20, (4), 301-304

2007

5. Path dependence: a foundational concept for historical social science
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2007, 1, (2), 91-114 View citations

2006

6. Property and the pursuit of knowledge: IPR issues affecting scientific research
   Research Policy, 2006, 35, (6), 767-771 View citations

2004

7. Can 'Open Science' be Protected from the Evolving Scheme of IPR Protections?
   Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2004, 160, (1), 9- View citations
8. Understanding the emergence of 'open science' institutions: functionalist economics in historical context
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2004, 13, (4), 571-589 View citations

2003

9. INTRODUCTION
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2003, 12, (1), 1-3 View citations
10. THE ENDOGENOUS FORMATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COALITIONS
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2003, 12, (1), 93-116

2001

11. IN MEMORIAM MOSES ABRAMOVITZ 1912 2000
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (01), 190-196
12. SESSION 5A: PRODUCTIVITY
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (02), 523-523
13. The Evolving Accidental Information Super-Highway
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2001, 17, (2), 159-187 View citations

2000

14. Heart of darkness: modeling public-private funding interactions inside the R&D black box
    Research Policy, 2000, 29, (9), 1165-1183 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)
15. Is public R&D a complement or substitute for private R&D? A review of the econometric evidence
    Research Policy, 2000, 29, (4-5), 497-529 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)
16. 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

17. Common Agency Contracting and the Emergence of "Open Science" Institutions
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 15-21 View citations
18. Reputation and Competence in Publicly Funded Science: Estimating the Effects on Research Group Productivity
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1998, (49-50), 07 View citations

1997

19. From market magic to calypso science policy a review of Terence Kealey's The economic laws of scientific research
    Research Policy, 1997, 26, (2), 229-255 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)
20. Increasing Returns and the Genesis of American Resource Abundance
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 1997, 6, (2), 203-45 View citations

1996

21. Learning by Accident? Reductions in the Risk of Unplanned Outages in U.S. Nuclear Power Plants after Three Mile Island
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1996, 13, (2), 175-98 View citations
22. Measuring standardization: An application to the American and French nuclear power industries
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 12, (2), 291-308 View citations
23. Standardization, diversity and learning: Strategies for the coevolution of technology and industrial capacity
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1996, 14, (2), 181-201 View citations

1994

24. Economics of compatibility standards and competition in telecommunication networks
    Information Economics and Policy, 1994, 6, (3-4), 217-241 View citations
25. Toward a new economics of science
    Research Policy, 1994, 23, (5), 487-521 View citations
26. Why are institutions the 'carriers of history'?: Path dependence and the evolution of conventions, organizations and institutions
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 1994, 5, (2), 205-220 View citations

1992

27. Technology adoption, learning spillovers, and the optimal duration of patent-based monopolies
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1992, 10, (4), 517-543 View citations

1990

28. Marshallian factor market externalities and the dynamics of industrial localization
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1990, 28, (3), 349-370 View citations
29. The Dynamo and the Computer: An Historical Perspective on the Modern Productivity Paradox
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (2), 355-61 View citations

1988

30. Old-age security motives, labor markets, and farm family fertility in antebellum American
    Explorations in Economic History, 1988, 25, (2), 164-197 View citations
31. The economics of gateway technologies and network evolution: Lessons from electricity supply history
    Information Economics and Policy, 1988, 3, (2), 165-202 View citations

1986

32. Adoption Subsidies vs Information Provision as Instruments of Technology Policy
    Economic Journal, 1986, 96, (380a), 142-50 View citations

1985

33. Clio and the Economics of QWERTY
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 332-37 View citations

1979

34. Explaining the Relative Efficiency of Slave Agriculture in the Antebellum South: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (1), 213-18 View citations

1977

35. Invention and accumulation in america's economic growth: A nineteenth-century parable
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1977, 6, (1), 179-228 View citations

1974

36. Private Savings: Ultrarationality, Aggregation, and "Denison's Law."
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (2), 225-49 View citations

1973

37. Just How Misleading are Official Exchange Rate Conversions?: Reply
    Economic Journal, 1973, 83, (332), 1267-76
38. Reinterpreting Economic Growth: Parables and Realities
    American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (2), 428-39 View citations
39. The Horndal effect in lowell, 1834-1856: A short-run learning curve for integrated cotton textile mills
    Explorations in Economic History, 1973, 10, (2), 131-150 View citations

1972

40. Just How Misleading Are Official Exchange Rate Conversions?
    Economic Journal, 1972, 82, (327), 979-90 View citations

1961

41. Optimal Resource Allocation in an Imperfect Market Setting
    Journal of Political Economy, 1961, 69, 529 View citations

Chapters

1986

1. Rudimentary Contraceptive Methods and the American Transition to Marital Fertility Control, 1855-1915
   A chapter in Long-Term Factors in American Economic Growth, 1986, pp 307-390

Editor

1. Industrial and Corporate Change
   Oxford University Press