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Working Papers

2011

1. Mitigating "Anticommons" Harms to Science and Technology Research
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
2. Mitigating 'anticommons' harms to research in science and technology
   UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology
   Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research (2010)
3. Zvi Griliches and the Economics of Technology Diffusion: Adoption of Innovations, Investment Lags, and Productivity Growth
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
   Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research (2010)

2010

4. May 6th--Signals From a Very Brief But Emblematic Catastrophe on Wall Street
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
5. The Demography of an Early Mortality Transition: Life Expectancy, Survival and Mortality Rates for Britain's Royals, 1500-1799
   Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
6. The Dynamo and the Computer: An Historical Perspective on the Productivity Paradox
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine

2009

7. A Statement on the Appropriate Role for Research and Development in Climate Policy
   Working paper, Regulation2point0
   See also Journal Article in The Economists' Voice (2009)
8. Collaborative Research in e-Science and Open Access to Information
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
9. 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
10. Will e-Science Be Open Science?
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research

2008

11. "Only Connect": Academic-Business Research Collaborations and the Formation of Ecologies of Innovation
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
12. Community-Based Production of Open Source Software: What Do We Know About the Developers Who Participate?
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Information Economics and Policy (2008)
13. Mapping e-Science’s Path in the Collaboration Space: Ontological Approach to Monitoring Infrastructure Development
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
14. Restricting Access to Books on the Internet: Some Unanticipated Effects of U.S. Copyright Legislation
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
15. 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)
16. Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic Growth: Towards Linking Policy Research and Practice in 'STIG Systems'
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research

2007

17. Designing Institutional Infrastructure for E-Science
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
18. Dynamics of Innovation in an “Open Source” Collaboration Environment: Lurking, Laboring and Launching FLOSS Projects on SourceForge
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
    See also Journal Article in Industrial and Corporate Change (2008)
19. 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
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research (2006)
20. The Historical Origins of 'Open Science’: An Essay on Patronage, Reputation and Common Agency Contracting in the Scientific Revolution
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
    See also Journal Article in Capitalism and Society (2008)
21. “It Takes All Kinds”: A Simulation Modeling Perspective on Motivation and Coordination in Libre Software Development Projects
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research

2006

22. Economic Policy Analysis and the Internet: Coming to Terms with a Telecommunications Anomaly
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
23. 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
24. Reflections on the Patent System and IPR Protection in the Past, Present and Future
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research

2005

25. 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 (1)
26. Advancing Economic Research on the Free and Open Source Software Mode of Production
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations (4)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research (2004)
27. At last, a remedy for chronic QWERTY-skepticism!
    Economic History, EconWPA
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1999) View citations (2)
28. Can ‘Open Science’ be Protected from the Evolving Regime of IPR Protections?
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations (3)
29. Digital Information Network Technologies, Organization Performance and Productivity
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
30. Early Twentieth Century Productivity Growth Dynamics: An Inquiry into the Economic History of “Our Ignorance”
    Macroeconomics, EconWPA View citations (14)
    Also in Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (1999) View citations (11)
31. Economic Fundamentals Of the Knowledge Society
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations (14)
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (12)
32. 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 (11)
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (1997)
33. General Purpose Technologies and Productivity Surges: Historical Reflections on the Future of the ICT Revolution
    Economic History, EconWPA View citations (7)
34. 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 (2)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1999)
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA (2000) View citations (65)
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1999) View citations (18)
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1999) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2000)
35. Koyaanisqatsi in Cyberspace
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
36. Path dependence, its critics and the quest for ‘historical economics’
    Economic History, EconWPA View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (19)
37. Productivity growth prospects and the new economy in historical perspective
    Economic History, EconWPA View citations (4)
38. Reforming the Taxation of Human Capital: A Modest Proposal for Promoting Economic Growth
    HEW, EconWPA View citations (3)
39. SimCode: Agent-based Simulation Modelling of Open-Source Software Development
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations (1)
40. Simulating Code Growth in Libre (Open-Source) Mode
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research (2005)
41. THE TALE OF TWO TRAVERSES Innovation and Accumulation in the First Two Centuries of U.S. Economic Growth
    Macroeconomics, EconWPA View citations (6)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research (2005) View citations (3)
42. TOWARDS INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES FOR E-SCIENCE: The Scope of the Challenge
    General Economics and Teaching, EconWPA
43. The Allocation of Software Development Resources In ‘Open Source’ Production Mode
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA View citations (10)
44. The Beginnings and Prospective Ending of “End-to-End”: An Evolutionary Perspective On the Internet’s Architecture
    Industrial Organization, EconWPA
45. The Digital Technology Boomerang: New Intellectual Property Rights Threaten Global “Open Science”
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (2000)
46. 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 (6)
47. The Economics of Scientific Research Coalitions: Collaborative Network Formation in the Presence of Multiple Funding Agencies
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations (1)
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (2002) View citations (2)
48. Towards a cyberinfrastructure for enhanced scientific
    Law and Economics, EconWPA
    Also in Law and Economics, EconWPA (2005)
49. Towards a cyberinfrastructure for enhanced scientific collaboration: Providing its 'soft' foundations may be the hardest part
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research
50. Two Centuries of American Macroeconomic Growth From Exploitation of Resource Abundance to Knowledge-Driven Development
    Macroeconomics, EconWPA View citations (13)
51. 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 (13)
52. 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 (3)
53. Zvi Griliches on Diffusion, Lags and Productivity Growth …Connecting the Dots
    Labor and Demography, EconWPA View citations (4)

2004

54. Patronage, Reputation and Common Agency Contracting in the Scientific Revolution: From Keeping 'Nature's Secrets' to the Institutionalization of 'Open Science'
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Instititute for Economic Policy Research

2001

55. An Introduction to the Economy of the Knowledge Society
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (14)
56. 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
57. From Keeping 'Nature's Secrets' to the Institutionalization of 'Open Science'
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2001) View citations (1)
58. Heart of Darkness: Modeling Public-Private Funding Interactions Inside the R&D Black Box
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (13)
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (2000) View citations (5)
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2000) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2000)
59. Knowledge, Capabilities and Human Capital Formation in Economic Growth
    Treasury Working Paper Series, New Zealand Treasury View citations (4)
60. The Beginnings and Prospective Ending of “End-to-End”
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics

2000

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

1999

62. 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 (18)
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (22)
63. Heart of Darkness: Public-Private Interaction Inside the R&D Black Box
    Economics Papers, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (7)
64. The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (24)
    Also in Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (1999) View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article in Industrial and Corporate Change (2000)
65. The Political Economy of Public Science
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (13)

1997

66. 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 (14)

1996

67. 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 (1)

1995

68. Additionality as a principle of European R & D funding
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations (7)
69. The origins of American resource abundance
    Research Memoranda, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology View citations (3)

1989

70. 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 (51)

1985

71. Information Disclosure and the Economics of Science and Technology
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (41)
72. Subsidisation vs Information Provision as Instruments of Technology Policy
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

1974

73. Capitalist Masters, Bourgeois Slaves
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (2)

1965

74. Biased Efficiency Growth and Capital-Labor Substitution in the U.S., 1899-1960Biased Efficiency Growth and Capital-Labor Substitution in the U.S., 1899-1960
    Open Access publications from Tilburg University, Tilburg University

Undated

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

Journal Articles

2009

1. A Statement on the Appropriate Role for Research and Development in Climate Policy
   The Economists' Voice, 2009, 6, (1), 6 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
2. Science, technology and innovation for economic growth: Linking policy research and practice in 'STIG Systems'
   Research Policy, 2009, 38, (4), 681-693 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

3. 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 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2008)
4. 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 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
5. Empirical issues in open source software
   Information Economics and Policy, 2008, 20, (4), 301-304
6. The Historical Origins of 'Open Science': An Essay on Patronage, Reputation and Common Agency Contracting in the Scientific Revolution
   Capitalism and Society, 2008, 3, (2), 5
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

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

2006

8. Property and the pursuit of knowledge: IPR issues affecting scientific research
   Research Policy, 2006, 35, (6), 767-771 View citations (1)

2004

9. 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 (1)
10. Understanding the emergence of 'open science' institutions: functionalist economics in historical context
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2004, 13, (4), 571-589 View citations (7)

2003

11. Introduction
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2003, 12, (1), 1-3
12. The endogenous formation of scientific research coalitions
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2003, 12, (1), 93-116 View citations (3)

2001

13. IN MEMORIAM MOSES ABRAMOVITZ 1912 2000
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (01), 190-196
14. SESSION 5A: PRODUCTIVITY
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (02), 523-523
15. The Evolving Accidental Information Super-Highway
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2001, 17, (2), 159-187 View citations (1)

2000

16. Heart of darkness: modeling public-private funding interactions inside the R&D black box
    Research Policy, 2000, 29, (9), 1165-1183 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2001)
17. 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 (31)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
18. The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2000, 9, (2), 211-53 View citations (66)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

19. Common Agency Contracting and the Emergence of "Open Science" Institutions
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 15-21 View citations (19)
20. Marshallian Externalities And The Emergence And Spatial Stability Of Technological Enclaves
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1998, 6, (2-3), 147-182 View citations (2)
21. The Impact and Organization of Publicly-Funded Research and development in the European Community
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1998, (49-50), 199-222 View citations (6)

1997

22. 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 (5)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
23. Increasing Returns and the Genesis of American Resource Abundance
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 1997, 6, (2), 203-45 View citations (29)

1996

24. Formal standards-setting for global telecommunications and information services. Towards an institutional regime transformation?
    Telecommunications Policy, 1996, 20, (10), 789-815 View citations (2)
25. 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 (3)
26. Measuring standardization: An application to the American and French nuclear power industries
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 12, (2), 291-308 View citations (3)
27. 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 (2)
28. Standards, trade and competition in the emerging global information infrastructure environment
    Telecommunications Policy, 1996, 20, (10), 817-830 View citations (2)

1994

29. Economics of compatibility standards and competition in telecommunication networks
    Information Economics and Policy, 1994, 6, (3-4), 217-241 View citations (4)
30. Toward a new economics of science
    Research Policy, 1994, 23, (5), 487-521 View citations (5)
31. 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 (23)

1992

32. Technology adoption, learning spillovers, and the optimal duration of patent-based monopolies
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1992, 10, (4), 517-543 View citations (5)

1990

33. Marshallian factor market externalities and the dynamics of industrial localization
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1990, 28, (3), 349-370 View citations (24)
34. The Dynamo and the Computer: An Historical Perspective on the Modern Productivity Paradox
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (2), 355-61 View citations (144)

1988

35. Old-age security motives, labor markets, and farm family fertility in antebellum American
    Explorations in Economic History, 1988, 25, (2), 164-197 View citations (9)
36. The economics of gateway technologies and network evolution: Lessons from electricity supply history
    Information Economics and Policy, 1988, 3, (2), 165-202 View citations (10)

1986

37. Adoption Subsidies vs Information Provision as Instruments of Technology Policy
    Economic Journal, 1986, 96, (380a), 142-50 View citations (9)

1985

38. Clio and the Economics of QWERTY
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 332-37 View citations (276)

1979

39. Comment
    The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (01), 303-309
40. Explaining the Relative Efficiency of Slave Agriculture in the Antebellum South: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (1), 213-18 View citations (4)

1977

41. 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 (13)

1974

42. Private Savings: Ultrarationality, Aggregation, and "Denison's Law."
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (2), 225-49 View citations (28)
43. Slavery: The Progressive Institution?
    The Journal of Economic History, 1974, 34, (03), 739-783 View citations (1)

1973

44. Just How Misleading are Official Exchange Rate Conversions?: Reply
    Economic Journal, 1973, 83, (332), 1267-76
45. Reinterpreting Economic Growth: Parables and Realities
    American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (2), 428-39 View citations (23)
46. 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 (3)

1972

47. Just How Misleading Are Official Exchange Rate Conversions?
    Economic Journal, 1972, 82, (327), 979-90 View citations (4)
48. The Use and Abuse of Prior Information in Econometric History: A Rejoinder to Professor Williamson on the Antebellum Cotton Textile Industry
    The Journal of Economic History, 1972, 32, (03), 706-727

1970

49. Learning By Doing and Tariff Protection: A Reconsideration of the Case of the Ante-Bellum United States Cotton Textile Industry
    The Journal of Economic History, 1970, 30, (03), 521-601 View citations (2)

1967

50. The Growth of Real Product in the United States Before 1840: New Evidence, Controlled Conjectures
    The Journal of Economic History, 1967, 27, (02), 151-197 View citations (15)

1965

51. The Economics of the Wartime Shortage. By Mancur Olson Jr. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1963. Pp. vi, 152. $4.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1965, 25, (01), 167-169

1961

52. Optimal Resource Allocation in an Imperfect Market Setting
    Journal of Political Economy, 1961, 69, 529 View citations (4)

Edited books

2006

1. The Economic Future in Historical Perspective
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press

Chapters

2011

1. The Innovation Fetish among the Economoi: Introduction to the Panel on Innovation Incentives, Institutions, and Economic Growth
   A chapter in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, 2011, pp 509-514

1986

2. 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