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Working Papers

2026

1. Some Simple Economics of AGI
   Papers, arXiv.org

2022

2. (Co-)Working in Close Proximity: Knowledge Spillovers and Social Interactions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2019

3. Hidden in Plain Sight: Venture Growth with or without Venture Capital
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
4. Passive Versus Active Growth: Evidence from Founder Choices and Venture Capital Investment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2018

5. How Do Travel Costs Shape Collaboration?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article How Do Travel Costs Shape Collaboration?, Management Science, INFORMS (2020) View citations (71) (2020)
6. Initial Coin Offerings and the Value of Crypto Tokens
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (84)
7. Online Syndicates and Startup Investment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2017

8. Disclosure Rules and Declared Essential Patents
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
   See also Journal Article Disclosure rules and declared essential patents, Research Policy, Elsevier (2023) View citations (10) (2023)
9. The Digital Privacy Paradox: Small Money, Small Costs, Small Talk
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (94)
   Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2017) View citations (100)

2016

10. Did Cheaper Flights Change the Direction of Science?
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (24)
    Also in Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2016) View citations (24)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2016) View citations (24)
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2016) View citations (24)
11. Seeding the S-Curve? The Role of Early Adopters in Diffusion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    Also in Working Papers, NET Institute (2016) View citations (8)
12. Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (87)

2015

13. Slack Time and Innovation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Slack Time and Innovation, Organization Science, INFORMS (2018) View citations (22) (2018)

2013

14. Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (58)
    See also Journal Article Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (196) (2014)
    Chapter Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (50) (2013)

2011

15. The Geography of Crowdfunding
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (129)

2010

16. Entrepreneurial Finance and the Flat-World Hypothesis: Evidence from Crowd-Funding Entrepreneurs in the Arts
    Working Papers, NET Institute View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Syndication in equity crowdfunding: Performance and the evaluation of experts
   Research Policy, 2025, 54, (9)

2024

2. Proximate (Co-)Working: Knowledge Spillovers and Social Interactions
   Management Science, 2024, 70, (12), 8245-8264 View citations (8)

2023

3. Disclosure rules and declared essential patents
   Research Policy, 2023, 52, (1) View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Disclosure Rules and Declared Essential Patents, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (26) (2017)

2022

4. Some Simple Economics of Stablecoins
   Annual Review of Financial Economics, 2022, 14, (1), 117-135 View citations (21)

2020

5. How Do Travel Costs Shape Collaboration?
   Management Science, 2020, 66, (8), 3340-3360 View citations (71)
   See also Working Paper How Do Travel Costs Shape Collaboration?, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2018

6. Microgeography and the Direction of Inventive Activity
   Management Science, 2018, 64, (9), 4348-4364 View citations (87)
7. Slack Time and Innovation
   Organization Science, 2018, 29, (6), 1056-1073 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper Slack Time and Innovation, NBER Working Papers (2015) (2015)

2015

8. Crowdfunding: Geography, Social Networks, and the Timing of Investment Decisions
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2015, 24, (2), 253-274 View citations (287)

2014

9. Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
   Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2014, 14, (1), 63 - 97 View citations (196)
   See also Chapter Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, NBER Chapters, 2013, 63-97 (2013) View citations (50) (2013)
   Working Paper Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (58) (2013)

2010

10. Tracing the links between science and technology: An exploratory analysis of scientists' and inventors' networks
    Research Policy, 2010, 39, (1), 14-26 View citations (96)

Chapters

2025

1. Stablecoins: The Battleground for the Future of Payments
   Springer

2013

2. Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
   A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 14, 2013, pp 63-97 View citations (50)
   See also Working Paper Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (58) (2013)
   Journal Article Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (196) (2014)