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Robin Cowan

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Affiliation

(10%) Vakgroep Algemene Economie
School of Business and Economics
Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands
http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Faculties/SBE/Theme/Departments/Economics.htm
RePEc:edi:vamaanl (more details at EDIRC)

(50%) Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA)

Nancy/Strasbourg, France
https://www.beta-economics.fr/
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(40%) United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands
http://www.merit.unu.edu/
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Research output

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Working papers

  1. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas, 2024. "Rankings and Job Market Dynamics," MERIT Working Papers 2024-031, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  2. Ito, Rodrigo & Chavarro Bohorquez, Diego & Ciarli, Tommaso & Cowan, Robin & Visentin, Fabiana, 2024. "From drains to bridges," MERIT Working Papers 2024-009, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  3. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2024. "More is less: Multidisciplinarity and the dynamics of scientific knowledge," Working Papers of BETA 2024-21, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  4. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard & Ruth Samson, 2024. "Strategies of search and patenting under different IPR regimes," Working Papers of BETA 2024-20, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  5. Ito, Rodrigo & Chavarro, Diego & Ciarli, Tommaso & Cowan, Robin & Visentin, Fabiana, 2024. "Connecting the Dots: The Role of Internationally Mobile Scientists in Linking Nonmobile with Foreign Scientists," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 13398, Inter-American Development Bank.
  6. Moritz Müller & Robin Cowan & Helena Barnard, 2023. "The role of local colleagues in establishing international scientific collaboration: Social capital in emerging science systems," Post-Print hal-04271994, HAL.
  7. Giulia Rossello & Robin Cowan & Jacques Mairesse, 2023. "Ph.D. Publication Productivity: The Role of Gender and Race in Supervision in South Africa," NBER Working Papers 31346, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  8. Michelle Gonz'alez Amador & Robin Cowan & Eleonora Nillesen, 2022. "Peer Networks and Malleability of Educational Aspirations," Papers 2209.08340, arXiv.org.
  9. Konda, Bruhan & González-Sauri, Mario & Cowan, Robin & Yashodha, Yashodha & Veetill, Prakashan Chellattan, 2021. "Social Networks and Agricultural Performance: A Multiplex Analysis of Interactions Among Indian Rice Farmers," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315134, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  10. Robin Cowan & Moritz Müller & Alan Kirman & Helena Barnard, 2021. "Overcoming a legacy of racial discrimination: Competing policy goals in South African academia," Working Papers of BETA 2021-45, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  11. Rossello, Giulia & Cowan, Robin & Mairesse, Jacques, 2020. "Ph.D. research output in STEM: the role of gender and race in supervision," MERIT Working Papers 2020-021, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  12. Stefania Innocenti & Robin Cowan, 2019. "Self-efficacy beliefs and imitation : A two-armed bandit experiment," Post-Print hal-03213711, HAL.
  13. Rossello, Giulia & Cowan, Robin, 2019. "Far from random? : The role of homophily in student supervision," MERIT Working Papers 2019-024, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  14. Robin Cowan & Giulia Rossello, 2017. "Emergent structures in faculty hiring networks and the effects of mobility on academic performance," Working Papers of BETA 2017-27, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  15. Rivera León, Lorena & Mairesse, Jacques & Cowan, Robin, 2017. "Gender Gaps and Scientific Productivity in Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Mexico," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 8243, Inter-American Development Bank.
  16. Barnard, Helena & Cowan, Robin & Kirman, Alan & Müller, Moritz, 2016. "Including excluded groups: The slow racial transformation of the South African university system," MERIT Working Papers 2016-024, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  17. Innocenti, Stefania & Cowan, Robin, 2016. "Mimetic behaviour and institutional persistence: A two-armed bandit experiment," MERIT Working Papers 2016-028, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  18. Helena Barnard & Robin Cowan & Moritz Müller, 2016. "On the value of foreign PhDs in the developing world: Training versus selection effects," Working Papers of BETA 2016-04, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  19. Rivera Leon, Llorena & Mairesse, Jacques & Cowan, Robin, 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 2016-072, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  20. Corinne Autant-Bernard & Robin Cowan & Nadine Massard, 2014. "Editors’ introduction to spatial knowledge networks: structure, driving forces and innovative performances," Post-Print halshs-01090514, HAL.
  21. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard & Bulat Sanditov, 2013. "Fits and misfits : technological matching and R&D networks," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) hal-01273321, HAL.
  22. Cowan, Robin & Kamath, Anant, 2013. "Interactive knowledge exchanges under complex social relations: A simulation model," MERIT Working Papers 2013-004, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  23. Baum, Joel A.C. & Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas, 2012. "Prescriptions for network strategy: Does evidence of network effects in cross-section support them?," MERIT Working Papers 2012-044, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  24. Kamath, Anant & Cowan, Robin, 2012. "Community cohesion and inherited networks - A network study of two handloom clusters in Kerala, India," MERIT Working Papers 2012-073, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  25. Cowan, Robin & Kamath, Anant, 2012. "Informal knowledge exchanges under complex social relations: A network study of handloom clusters in Kerala, India," MERIT Working Papers 2012-031, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  26. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas & Weehuizen, Rifka, 2012. "The co-evolution of organizational performance and emotional contagion," MERIT Working Papers 2012-012, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  27. Zakaria Babutsidze & Robin Cowan, 2011. "Word-of-mouth interaction and the organization of behaviour," Documents de Travail de l'OFCE 2011-11, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE).
  28. Barnard, Helena & Cowan, Robin & Muller, Moritz, 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 2010-051, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  29. Joel BAUM & Robin COWAN & Nicolas JONARD, 2009. "Network-independent partner selection and the evolution of innovation networks," Working Papers of BETA 2009-23, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  30. Moritz Müller & Robin COWAN & Geert Duysters & Nicolas JONARD, 2009. "Knowledge Structures," Working Papers of BETA 2009-24, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  31. Babutsidze, Zakaria & Cowan, Robin, 2009. "Inertia, Interaction and Clustering in Demand," MERIT Working Papers 2009-045, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  32. Robin Cowan & Natalia Zinovyeva, 2009. "University Effect on Regional Inovation," Working Papers 2009-20, FEDEA.
  33. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard & Jean-Benoît Zimmermann, 2008. "Evolving Networks of Inventors," Post-Print hal-00279215, HAL.
  34. Robin Cowan & Natalia Zinovyev, 2008. "Short-term effects of new universities on regional innovation," Working Papers of BETA 2008-02, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  35. Babutsidze, Zakaria & Cowan, Robin, 2008. "Habit Formation, Information Exchange and the Social Geography of Demand," MERIT Working Papers 2008-047, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  36. Rifka Weehuizen & Bulat Sanditov & Robin Cowan, 2008. "Productivity effects of innovation, stress and social relations," Working Papers of BETA 2008-07, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  37. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2008. "If the Alliance Fits . . . : Innovation and Network Dynamics," Working Papers of BETA 2008-06, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  38. William Cowan & Robin Cowan & Patrick Llerena, 2008. "Running The Marathon," Working Papers of BETA 2008-10, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    • Cowan, William & Cowan, Robin & Llerena, Patrick, 2008. "Running The Marathon," MERIT Working Papers 2008-014, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  39. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2007. "Structural Holes, Innovation and the Distribution of Ideas," Post-Print hal-00278977, HAL.
  40. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2007. "Network architecture, barter exchange and the diffusion of ideas," Post-Print hal-00278960, HAL.
  41. Robin Cowan & Emmanuelle Fauchart & Dominique Foray & Philip Gunby, 2006. "Learning from Disaster," Post-Print hal-00279473, HAL.
  42. Robin Cowan & Cristiano Antonelli & Dominique Foray & Bronwyn H. Hall & W. Edward Steinmueller, 2006. "Waves and Cycles: Explorations in the Pure Theory of Price for Fine Art," Post-Print hal-00279472, HAL.
  43. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard & Jean-Benoit Zimmermann, 2005. "Bilateral collaboration and the emergence of networks," Post-Print hal-00279264, HAL.
  44. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard & Luc Soete & Bas ter Weel, 2005. "Network Formation, Innovation and IT Use," Post-Print hal-00279454, HAL.
  45. Cowan, Robin, 2005. "Universities and the Knowledge Economy," Research Memorandum 027, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  46. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2005. "Knowledge creation and flows in Science," Post-Print hal-00279453, HAL.
  47. Robin Cowan, 2005. "Networks models of innovation and knowledge diffusion," Post-Print hal-00279452, HAL.
  48. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2005. "Merit, approbation and the evolution of social structure," Post-Print hal-00279263, HAL.
  49. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas, 2004. "Information Technology and the Dynamics of Joint Innovation," Research Memorandum 014, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  50. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2004. "Network structure and the diffusion of knowledge," Post-Print hal-00279020, HAL.
  51. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas & Zimmermann, J-B, 2004. "On the creation of networks and knowledge," Research Memorandum 010, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  52. Elad Harison & Robin Cowan, 2004. "On substitution of intellectual property and free disclosure : an analysis of R&D strategies in software technologies," Post-Print hal-00278999, HAL.
  53. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas & Zimmermann, J-B, 2004. "Networks as Emergent Structures from Bilateral Collaboration," Research Memorandum 017, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  54. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard & Muge Ozman, 2004. "Knowledge dynamics in a network industry," Post-Print hal-00278690, HAL.
  55. Robin Cowan & William Cowan & Peter Swann, 2004. "Waves in consumption with interdependence among consumers [Vagues dans la consommation quand il y a interdépendance entre consommateurs]," Post-Print hal-00279019, HAL.
  56. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas, 2003. "Social Sorting," Research Memorandum 035, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  57. R. Cowan & N. Jonard & J.-B. Zimmermann, 2002. "The Joint Dynamics of Networks and Knowledge," Computing in Economics and Finance 2002 354, Society for Computational Economics.
  58. Sanditov, Bulat & Cowan, Robin & Kool, Clemens, 2002. "Mutual Illusions and Financing New Technologies: Two-Sided Informational Cascades," Research Memorandum 007, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  59. Cowan, Robin & Harison, Elad, 2001. "Intellectual property rights in a knowledge-based economy," Research Memorandum 026, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  60. Cowan, Robin & Soete, Luc & Tchervonnava, Oxana, 2001. "Knowledge Transfer and the Services Sector in the Context of the New Economy," Research Memorandum 020, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  61. Cowan, Robin & Harison, Elad, 2001. "Protecting the digital endeavour: prospects for intellectual property rights in the information society," Research Memorandum 027, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  62. Cowan, Robin, 2001. "On The Variance of Market Innovation with the Number of Firms," Research Memorandum 033, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  63. Cowan, Robin, 2001. "Expert Systems: Aspects of and Limitations to the Codifiability of Knowledge," Research Memorandum 005, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  64. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas, 2001. "The Workings of Scientific Communities," Research Memorandum 030, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  65. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas, 2000. "The Dynamics of Collective Invention," Research Memorandum 018, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  66. Cowan, Robin & David, Paul & Foray, Dominique, 1999. "The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness," Research Memorandum 025, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  67. Cowan, Robin & Cowan, William, 1998. "Technological Standardization with and without Borders in an Interacting Agents Model," Research Memorandum 015, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  68. Cowan, R. & Cowan, W. & Swann, P., 1996. "A Model of Demand with Interactions Among Consumers," University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series 9602, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
  69. Nott, L., 1996. "Hysteresis in the Canadian Labour Market: Evidence from the 1990s," University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series 9609, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
  70. Cowan, R.A. & Rizzo, M.J., 1995. "The Genetic causal Tradition of Modern Economic History," Working Papers 95-29, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  71. Cowan, R. & Foray, D., 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 9509, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
  72. Cowan, R. & Cowan, W., 1995. "Spatially Dependent Interactions: A Statistical Approach to Spatial Equilibria, Technological Standardization and Variety," University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series 9507, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
  73. Robin Cowan & Philip Gunby, 1994. "Sprayed to Death: Pest Control Strategies and Technological Lock-In," University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series 9419, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
  74. Robin Cowan & William Cowan, 1994. "Local Externalities and Spatial Equilibria: Technological Standardization and the Preservation of Variety," University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series 9421, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
  75. Cowan, R. & Rizzo, M.J., 1992. "Fundamental Issues in the Justification of Profits," Working Papers 92-18, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  76. Cowan, Robin A. & Rizzo, Mario J., 1991. "The Genetic-Causal Moment in Eocnomic Theory," Working Papers 91-13, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  77. Cowan, Robin, 1991. "Sprayed to Death: On the Lock-in of an Inferior Pest Control Strategy," Working Papers 91-23, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  78. Cowan, Robin, 1989. "Technological Variety And Competition: Issues Of Diffusion And Intervention," Working Papers 89-23, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  79. Cowan, Robin, 1988. "Nuclear Power Reactors: A Study In Technological Lock-In," Working Papers 88-33, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.

Articles

  1. Giulia Rossello & Robin Cowan & Jacques Mairesse, 2024. "Ph.D. publication productivity: the role of gender and race in supervision in South Africa," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 61(3), pages 215-227, June.
  2. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2023. "Modular organization and informal structure: Modularity, performance, and the alignment of organizational networks," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 32(1), pages 187-201.
  3. Moritz Müller & Robin Cowan & Helena Barnard, 2023. "The role of local colleagues in establishing international scientific collaboration: Social capital in emerging science systems," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 32(5), pages 1077-1108.
  4. Innocenti, Stefania & Cowan, Robin, 2019. "Self-efficacy beliefs and imitation: A two-armed bandit experiment," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 156-172.
  5. Robin Cowan & Giulia Rossello, 2018. "Emergent structures in faculty hiring networks, and the effects of mobility on academic performance," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 117(1), pages 527-562, October.
  6. Müller, Moritz & Cowan, Robin & Barnard, Helena, 2018. "On the value of foreign PhDs in the developing world: Training versus selection effects in the case of South Africa," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(5), pages 886-900.
  7. Corinne Autant-Bernard & Nadine Massard & Robin Cowan, 2014. "Editors’ introduction to spatial knowledge networks: structure, driving forces and innovative performances," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 53(2), pages 315-323, September.
  8. Zakaria Babutsidze & Robin Cowan, 2014. "Showing or telling? Local interaction and organization of behavior," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 9(2), pages 151-181, October.
  9. Cowan, Robin & Zinovyeva, Natalia, 2013. "University effects on regional innovation," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(3), pages 788-800.
  10. Barnard, H. & Cowan, R. & Müller, M., 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, Elsevier, vol. 41(4), pages 756-769.
  11. Cowan, Robin & Sanditov, Bulat & Weehuizen, Rifka, 2011. "Productivity effects of innovation, stress and social relations," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 79(3), pages 165-182, August.
  12. Joel A. C. Baum & Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2010. "Network-Independent Partner Selection and the Evolution of Innovation Networks," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 56(11), pages 2094-2110, November.
  13. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard & Jean-Benoit Zimmermann, 2007. "Bilateral Collaboration and the Emergence of Innovation Networks," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 53(7), pages 1051-1067, July.
  14. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2007. "Structural holes, innovation and the distribution of ideas," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 2(2), pages 93-110, December.
  15. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas, 2007. "Merit, approbation and the evolution of social structure," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 64(3-4), pages 295-315.
  16. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2007. "Network architecture, barter exchange and the diffusion of ideas," International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(2), pages 165-178.
  17. R. Cowan & N. Jonard & J.-B. Zimmermann, 2006. "Evolving networks of inventors," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 155-174, April.
  18. Elad Harison & Robin Cowan, 2004. "On substitution of intellectual property and free disclosure: an analysis of R&D strategies in software technologies," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(5), pages 477-487.
  19. Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas, 2004. "Network structure and the diffusion of knowledge," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 28(8), pages 1557-1575, June.
  20. Robin Cowan & William Cowan & G.M. Peter Swann, 2004. "Waves in consumption with interdependence among consumers," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 37(1), pages 149-177, February.
  21. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard & Jean-Benoît Zimmermann, 2003. "Complémentarités cognitives et production de connaissances nouvelles. Une analyse en termes de réseaux," Revue d'Économie Industrielle, Programme National Persée, vol. 103(1), pages 253-274.
  22. Cowan, R. & Jonard, N., 2003. "The dynamics of collective invention," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 52(4), pages 513-532, December.
  23. Dominique Foray & Robin Cowan, 2002. "Evolutionary economics and the counterfactual threat: on the nature and role of counterfactual history as an empirical tool in economics," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 12(5), pages 539-562.
  24. Robin Cowan, 2002. "On the Number of Firms and the Quantity of Innovation," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 12(6), pages 1-9.
  25. Cowan, R., 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, Elsevier, vol. 30(7), pages 1162-1164, August.
  26. Cowan, Robin, 2001. "Expert systems: aspects of and limitations to the codifiability of knowledge," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(9), pages 1355-1372, December.
  27. Cowan, Robin & David, Paul A & Foray, Dominique, 2000. "The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 9(2), pages 211-253, June.
  28. John H. Miller & Robin Cowan, 1998. "Technological standards with local externalities and decentralized behaviour," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 8(3), pages 285-296.
  29. Robin Cowan & William Cowan, 1998. "On Clustering in the Location of R&D: Statics and Dynamics," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(2-3), pages 201-230.
  30. Cowan, Robin & Foray, Dominique, 1997. "The Economics of Codification and the Diffusion of Knowledge," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 6(3), pages 595-622, September.
  31. Cowan, Robin & Cowan, William & Swann, Peter, 1997. "A model of demand with interactions among consumers," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 15(6), pages 711-732, October.
  32. Cowan, Robin & Gunby, Philip, 1996. "Sprayed to Death: Path Dependence, Lock-In and Pest Control Strategies," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 106(436), pages 521-542, May.
  33. Robin Cowan & Mario J. Rizzo, 1996. "The Genetic‐Causal Tradition and Modern Economic Theory," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(3), pages 273-317, August.
  34. Cowan, Robin & Foray, Dominique, 1995. "Quandaries in the economics of dual technologies and spillovers from military to civilian research and development," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(6), pages 851-868, November.
  35. Cowan, Robin, 1991. "Tortoises and Hares: Choice among Technologies of Unknown Merit," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 101(407), pages 801-814, July.
  36. Cowan, Robin, 1990. "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, pape," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 50(1), pages 234-236, March.
  37. Cowan, Robin, 1990. "Nuclear Power Reactors: A Study in Technological Lock-in," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 50(3), pages 541-567, September.

Chapters

  1. William B. Cowan & Robin Cowan & Patrick Llerena, 2009. "Running the Marathon," Chapters, in: Maureen McKelvey & Magnus Holmén (ed.), Learning to Compete in European Universities, chapter 11, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. R. Cowan & N. Jonard & J. -B. Zimmermann, 2007. "Evolving networks of inventors," Springer Books, in: Uwe Cantner & Franco Malerba (ed.), Innovation, Industrial Dynamics and Structural Transformation, pages 129-148, Springer.
  3. Robin Cowan, 2006. "Waves and Cycles: Explorations in the Pure Theory of Price for Fine Art," Chapters, in: Cristiano Antonelli & Dominique Foray & Bronwyn H. Hall & W. Edward Steinmueller (ed.), New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology, chapter 7, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  4. Robin Cowan & Emmanuelle Fauchart & Dominique Foray & Philip Gunby, 2006. "Learning from disaster," Chapters, in: Andreas Pyka & Horst Hanusch (ed.), Applied Evolutionary Economics and the Knowledge-based Economy, chapter 3, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  5. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2005. "Knowledge Creation And Flows In Science," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, in: Dirk Fornahl & Christian Zellner & David B. Audretsch (ed.), The Role of Labour Mobility and Informal Networks for Knowledge Transfer, chapter 0, pages 187-209, Springer.
  6. Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2003. "On the Workings of Scientific Communities," Chapters, in: Aldo Geuna & Ammon J. Salter & W. Edward Steinmueller (ed.), Science and Innovation, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  7. Robin Cowan, 1994. "Causation and genetic causation in economic theory," Chapters, in: Peter J. Boettke (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 47 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (14) 2006-11-18 2008-03-25 2008-04-29 2008-04-29 2009-06-10 2009-07-03 2009-10-31 2010-01-10 2012-03-14 2012-05-15 2013-03-09 2013-11-29 2021-12-20 2022-02-14. Author is listed
  2. NEP-EDU: Education (12) 2008-01-05 2008-02-16 2008-03-25 2009-07-11 2016-02-12 2016-03-06 2016-03-06 2016-06-14 2017-10-15 2017-10-29 2022-10-17 2022-11-07. Author is listed
  3. NEP-INO: Innovation (11) 1999-12-01 2003-12-14 2005-10-04 2008-02-16 2008-04-29 2009-07-03 2009-07-03 2009-07-11 2010-01-10 2024-07-15 2024-07-15. Author is listed
  4. NEP-NET: Network Economics (11) 2008-04-29 2009-07-03 2009-07-03 2009-10-31 2010-01-10 2012-03-14 2012-05-22 2013-11-29 2022-02-14 2022-10-17 2022-11-07. Author is listed
  5. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (10) 2003-12-14 2003-12-14 2008-01-05 2008-02-16 2013-03-09 2013-11-29 2019-09-02 2022-02-14 2022-10-17 2022-11-07. Author is listed
  6. NEP-KNM: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (8) 2009-06-10 2009-07-03 2009-07-03 2010-01-10 2013-03-09 2013-11-29 2024-07-15 2024-07-15. Author is listed
  7. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (7) 2009-06-10 2009-07-03 2009-07-03 2009-10-31 2010-01-10 2012-05-15 2024-07-15. Author is listed
  8. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (7) 2005-10-04 2008-03-25 2017-01-22 2017-10-15 2020-05-25 2023-07-24 2024-07-15. Author is listed
  9. NEP-IPR: Intellectual Property Rights (5) 2006-11-18 2008-01-05 2008-02-16 2009-07-11 2024-07-15. Author is listed
  10. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (5) 2016-03-06 2017-10-15 2017-10-29 2020-05-25 2023-07-24. Author is listed
  11. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (4) 2008-03-25 2017-01-22 2020-05-25 2023-07-24
  12. NEP-TID: Technology and Industrial Dynamics (4) 1999-12-14 2009-06-10 2009-07-03 2024-07-15
  13. NEP-AFR: Africa (3) 2017-10-29 2021-11-29 2022-02-14
  14. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (3) 2008-01-05 2008-02-16 2009-07-11
  15. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (3) 2009-07-03 2009-07-03 2011-12-13
  16. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (2) 2021-12-20 2022-02-14
  17. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (2) 2003-12-14 2016-06-09
  18. NEP-DEV: Development (2) 2016-03-06 2022-02-14
  19. NEP-GEN: Gender (2) 2017-01-22 2020-05-25
  20. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (2) 2022-02-14 2022-02-14
  21. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (2) 2004-08-09 2005-10-04
  22. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (2) 2012-03-14 2016-06-09
  23. NEP-SBM: Small Business Management (2) 2010-01-10 2024-07-15
  24. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2012-05-22
  25. NEP-CIS: Confederation of Independent States (1) 2011-10-22
  26. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (1) 2013-03-09
  27. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (1) 2008-09-13
  28. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (1) 2005-10-04
  29. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2016-06-09
  30. NEP-FIN: Finance (1) 2004-09-30
  31. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2008-04-29
  32. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (1) 2012-05-15
  33. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2012-03-14
  34. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 1999-12-01
  35. NEP-MKT: Marketing (1) 2009-11-14
  36. NEP-PAY: Payment Systems and Financial Technology (1) 2022-02-14

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