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Working Papers
2020
- Ph.D. research output in STEM: the role of gender and race in supervision
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
2019
- Far from random?: The role of homophily in student supervision
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (1)
2018
- Gender Gaps and Scientific Productivity in Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Mexico
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (1)
2017
- Emergent structures in faculty hiring networks and the effects of mobility on academic performance
Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg 
Also in MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2017) 
See also Journal Article in Scientometrics (2018)
2016
- An econometric investigation of the productivity gender gap in Mexican research, and a simulation study of the effects on scientific performance of policy scenarios to promote gender equality
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
- Including excluded groups: The slow racial transformation of the South African university system
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
- Mimetic behaviour and institutional persistence: A two-armed bandit experiment
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
- On the value of foreign PhDs in the developing world: Training versus selection effects
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) 
Also in Working Paper Series in Economics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Department of Economics and Management (2016)  Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg (2016)
2014
- Editors’ introduction to spatial knowledge networks: structure, driving forces and innovative performances
Post-Print, HAL View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in The Annals of Regional Science (2014)
2013
- Fits and misfits: technological matching and R&D networks
Post-Print, HAL
Also in MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2009)  DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2009)  Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print), HAL (2013)
- Interactive knowledge exchanges under complex social relations: A simulation model
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (2)
2012
- Community cohesion and inherited networks - A network study of two handloom clusters in Kerala, India
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
- Informal knowledge exchanges under complex social relations: A network study of handloom clusters in Kerala, India
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (3)
- Prescriptions for network strategy: Does evidence of network effects in cross-section support them?
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
- The co-evolution of organizational performance and emotional contagion
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
2011
- Word-of-mouth interaction and the organization of behaviour
Documents de Travail de l'OFCE, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE)
2010
- Global excellence at the expense of local relevance, or a bridge between two worlds? Research in science and technology in the developing world
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
2009
- Inertia, Interaction and Clustering in Demand
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (1)
- Knowledge Structures
Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg
- Network-independent partner selection and the evolution of innovation networks
Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg View citations (2)
Also in MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2009) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Management Science (2010)
- University Effect on Regional Inovation
Working Papers, FEDEA View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2013)
2008
- Habit Formation, Information Exchange and the Social Geography of Demand
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (2)
- If the Alliance Fits...: Innovation and Network Dynamics
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (3)
Also in Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg (2008) View citations (4)
- Productivity effects of innovation, stress and social relations
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) 
Also in Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg (2008) 
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2011)
- Running The Marathon
Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg 
Also in MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2008) View citations (1)
See also Chapter (2009)
- Short-term effects of new universities on regional innovation
Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg View citations (1)
Also in MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2007) View citations (2)
2006
- Structural Holes, Innovation and the Distribution of Ideas
MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination (2007)
2005
- Merit, Approbation and the Evolution of Social Structure
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) 
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2007)
- Universities and the Knowledge Economy
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (8)
2004
- Evolving Networks of Inventors
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (1)
See also Chapter (2007) Journal Article in Journal of Evolutionary Economics (2006)
- Information Technology and the Dynamics of Joint Innovation
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
- Knowledge dynamics in a network industry
Post-Print, HAL View citations (7)
Also in Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2003) View citations (18)
- Network models of innovation and knowledge diffusion
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (17)
- Networks as Emergent Structures from Bilateral Collaboration
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (1)
- On the creation of networks and knowledge
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (8)
2003
- Social Sorting
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (1)
2002
- Mutual Illusions and Financing New Technologies: Two-Sided Informational Cascades
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
- The Joint Dynamics of Networks and Knowledge
Computing in Economics and Finance 2002, Society for Computational Economics View citations (8)
2001
- Expert Systems: Aspects of and Limitations to the Codifiability of Knowledge
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (11)
See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2001)
- Intellectual property rights in a knowledge-based economy
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (1)
- Knowledge Transfer and the Services Sector in the Context of the New Economy
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (2)
- On The Variance of Market Innovation with the Number of Firms
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)
- Protecting the digital endeavour: prospects for intellectual property rights in the information society
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (2)
- The Workings of Scientific Communities
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (2)
See also Chapter (2003)
- Waves and Cycles: Explorations in the Pure Theory of Price for Fine Art
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) 
See also Chapter (2006)
2000
- The Dynamics of Collective Invention
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2003)
1999
- Network Structure and the Diffusion of Knowledge
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (6)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2004)
- The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (4)
Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1999) View citations (25)
See also Journal Article in Industrial and Corporate Change (2000)
1998
- Technological Standardization with and without Borders in an Interacting Agents Model
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (4)
- Waves in Consumption with Interdependence among Consumers
Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique (2004)
1996
- A Model of Demand with Interactions Among Consumers
University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics 
See also Journal Article in International Journal of Industrial Organization (1997)
- Hysteresis in the Canadian Labour Market: Evidence from the 1990s
University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (4)
1995
- Quandaries in the Economics of Dual Technologies and Spillovers from Military to Civilian Research and Development
University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (32)
See also Journal Article in Research Policy (1995)
- Spatially Dependent Interactions: A Statistical Approach to Spatial Equilibria, Technological Standardization and Variety
University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (1)
- The Genetic causal Tradition of Modern Economic History
Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (1)
1994
- Local Externalities and Spatial Equilibria: Technological Standardization and the Preservation of Variety
University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
- Sprayed to Death: Pest Control Strategies and Technological Lock-In
University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (2)
1992
- Fundamental Issues in the Justification of Profits
Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
1991
- 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
- The Genetic-Causal Moment in Eocnomic Theory
Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (1)
1989
- TECHNOLOGICAL VARIETY AND COMPETITION: ISSUES OF DIFFUSION AND INTERVENTION
Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (1)
1988
- NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS: A STUDY IN TECHNOLOGICAL LOCK-IN
Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1990)
Journal Articles
2019
- Self-efficacy beliefs and imitation: A two-armed bandit experiment
European Economic Review, 2019, 113, (C), 156-172
2018
- Emergent structures in faculty hiring networks, and the effects of mobility on academic performance
Scientometrics, 2018, 117, (1), 527-562 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2017)
- On the value of foreign PhDs in the developing world: Training versus selection effects in the case of South Africa
Research Policy, 2018, 47, (5), 886-900 View citations (4)
2014
- Editors’ introduction to spatial knowledge networks: structure, driving forces and innovative performances
The Annals of Regional Science, 2014, 53, (2), 315-323 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper (2014)
- Showing or telling? Local interaction and organization of behavior
Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2014, 9, (2), 151-181 View citations (8)
2013
- University effects on regional innovation
Research Policy, 2013, 42, (3), 788-800 View citations (41)
See also Working Paper (2009)
2012
- Global excellence at the expense of local diffusion, or a bridge between two worlds? Research in science and technology in the developing world
Research Policy, 2012, 41, (4), 756-769 View citations (12)
2011
- Productivity effects of innovation, stress and social relations
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, 79, (3), 165-182 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper (2008)
2010
- Network-Independent Partner Selection and the Evolution of Innovation Networks
Management Science, 2010, 56, (11), 2094-2110 View citations (57)
See also Working Paper (2009)
2007
- Bilateral Collaboration and the Emergence of Innovation Networks
Management Science, 2007, 53, (7), 1051-1067 View citations (53)
- Merit, approbation and the evolution of social structure
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2007, 64, (3-4), 295-315 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2005)
- Network architecture, barter exchange and the diffusion of ideas
International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2007, 6, (2), 165-178
- Structural holes, innovation and the distribution of ideas
Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2007, 2, (2), 93-110 View citations (31)
See also Working Paper (2006)
2006
- Evolving networks of inventors
Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2006, 16, (1), 155-174 View citations (41)
See also Chapter (2007) Working Paper (2004)
2004
- Network structure and the diffusion of knowledge
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2004, 28, (8), 1557-1575 View citations (218)
See also Working Paper (1999)
- 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 View citations (3)
- Waves in consumption with interdependence among consumers
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2004, 37, (1), 149-177 View citations (2)
Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004, 37, (1), 149-177 (2004) View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (1998)
2003
- Complémentarités cognitives et production de connaissances nouvelles. Une analyse en termes de réseaux
Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 2003, 103, (1), 253-274 View citations (3)
- 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 (6)
- The dynamics of collective invention
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 52, (4), 513-532 View citations (61)
See also Working Paper (2000)
2002
- On the Number of Firms and the Quantity of Innovation
Economics Bulletin, 2002, 12, (6), 1-9
2001
- Expert systems: aspects of and limitations to the codifiability of knowledge
Research Policy, 2001, 30, (9), 1355-1372 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (2001)
- 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
- The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness
Industrial and Corporate Change, 2000, 9, (2), 211-53 View citations (255)
See also Working Paper (1999)
1998
- On Clustering in the Location of R&D: Statics and Dynamics
Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1998, 6, (2-3), 201-230 View citations (4)
- Technological standards with local externalities and decentralized behaviour
Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 1998, 8, (3), 285-296 View citations (13)
1997
- A model of demand with interactions among consumers
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1997, 15, (6), 711-732 View citations (47)
See also Working Paper (1996)
- The Economics of Codification and the Diffusion of Knowledge
Industrial and Corporate Change, 1997, 6, (3), 595-622 View citations (111)
1996
- Sprayed to Death: Path Dependence, Lock-In and Pest Control Strategies
Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (436), 521-42 View citations (121)
- The Genetic‐Causal Tradition and Modern Economic Theory
Kyklos, 1996, 49, (3), 273-317 View citations (12)
1995
- 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 (28)
See also Working Paper (1995)
1991
- Tortoises and Hares: Choice among Technologies of Unknown Merit
Economic Journal, 1991, 101, (407), 801-14 View citations (43)
1990
- Nuclear Power Reactors: A Study in Technological Lock-in
The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (3), 541-567 View citations (144)
See also Working Paper (1988)
- 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, (1), 234-236
Edited books
1995
- Profits and Morality
University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (1)
Chapters
2009
- Running the Marathon
Chapter 11 in Learning to Compete in European Universities, 2009 
See also Working Paper (2008)
2007
- Evolving networks of inventors
Springer
See also Working Paper (2004) Journal Article in Journal of Evolutionary Economics (2006)
2006
- Learning from disaster
Chapter 3 in Applied Evolutionary Economics and the Knowledge-based Economy, 2006
- Waves and Cycles: Explorations in the Pure Theory of Price for Fine Art
Chapter 7 in New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2006 
See also Working Paper (2001)
2005
- Knowledge Creation And Flows In Science
Springer
2003
- On the Workings of Scientific Communities
Chapter 9 in Science and Innovation, 2003 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2001)
1994
- Causation and genetic causation in economic theory
Chapter 9 in The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics, 1994 View citations (1)
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