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Postal Address: MERIT PB 616 Universiteit Maastricht 6200MD Maastricht Netherlands
Phone: + 31 43 388 3875Affiliation (in no particular order)
United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)
Location: Maastricht, Netherlands
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Maastricht research school of Economics of TEchnology and ORganizations (METEOR)
Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration)
Universiteit Maastricht
Location: Maastricht, Netherlands
Homepage: http://www.fdewb.unimaas.nl/meteor/
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Vakgroep Algemene Economie (Department of Economics)
Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration)
Universiteit Maastricht
Location: Maastricht, Netherlands
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Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA) (Research Laboratory in Theoretical and Applied Economics)
Université de Strasbourg
Location: Strasbourg, France
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Working papers
Babutsidze, Zakaria & Cowan, Robin, 2008.
"Habit Formation, Information Exchange and the Social Geography of Demand ,"
UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series
047, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan, William & Cowan, Robin & Llerena, Patrick, 2008.
"Running The Marathon ,"
UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series
014, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology.
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Weehuizen, Rifka & Sanditov, Bulat & Cowan, Robin, 2008.
"Productivity effects of innovation, stress and social relations ,"
UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series
015, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology.
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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, ULP, Strasbourg.
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Cowan, Robin & Zinovyeva, N., 2007.
"Short-term effects of new universities on regional innovation ,"
UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series
037, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan, Robin & Jonard, Nicolas, 2006.
"Structural Holes, Innovation and the Distribution of Ideas ,"
UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series
039, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin, 2005.
"Universities and the Knowledge Economy ,"
Research Memoranda
027, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan ,Robin & Jonard ,Nicolas, 2005.
"Merit, Approbation and the Evolution of Social Structure ,"
Research Memoranda
026, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Jonard,Nicolas & Zimmermann,J-B, 2004.
"Networks as Emergent Structures from Bilateral Collaboration ,"
Research Memoranda
017, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Jonard,Nicolas, 2004.
"Information Technology and the Dynamics of Joint Innovation ,"
Research Memoranda
014, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin, 2004.
"Network models of innovation and knowledge diffusion ,"
Research Memoranda
016, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Jonard,Nicolas & Zimmermann,J-B, 2004.
"On the creation of networks and knowledge ,"
Research Memoranda
010, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Jonard,Nicolas & Zimmermann,J-B, 2004.
"Evolving Networks of Inventors ,"
Research Memoranda
018, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Jonard,Nicolas & Özman,Müge, 2003.
"Knowledge Dynamics in a Network Industry ,"
Research Memoranda
003, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Jonard,Nicolas, 2003.
"Social Sorting ,"
Research Memoranda
035, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Sanditov,Bulat & Cowan,Robin & Kool,Clemens, 2002.
"Mutual Illusions and Financing New Technologies: Two-Sided Informational Cascades ,"
Research Memoranda
007, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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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.
Cowan,Robin, 2001.
"On The Variance of Market Innovation with the Number of Firms ,"
Research Memoranda
033, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Harison,Elad, 2001.
"Protecting the digital endeavour: prospects for intellectual property rights in the information society ,"
Research Memoranda
027, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin, 2001.
"Expert Systems: Aspects of and Limitations to the Codifiability of Knowledge ,"
Research Memoranda
005, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Harison,Elad, 2001.
"Intellectual property rights in a knowledge-based economy ,"
Research Memoranda
026, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Soete,Luc & Tchervonnava,Oxana, 2001.
"Knowledge Transfer and the Services Sector in the Context of the New Economy ,"
Research Memoranda
020, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Jonard,Nicolas, 2001.
"The Workings of Scientific Communities ,"
Research Memoranda
030, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin, 2001.
"Waves and Cycles: Explorations in the Pure Theory of Price for Fine Art ,"
Research Memoranda
008, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Jonard,Nicolas, 2000.
"The Dynamics of Collective Invention ,"
Research Memoranda
018, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Jonard,Nicolas, 1999.
"Network Structure and the Diffusion of Knowledge ,"
Research Memoranda
026, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & David,Paul & Foray,Dominique, 1999.
"The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness ,"
Research Memoranda
025, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Cowan,William & Swann,Peter, 1998.
"Waves in Consumption with Interdependence among Consumers ,"
Research Memoranda
007, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan,Robin & Cowan,William, 1998.
"Technological Standardization with and without Borders in an Interacting Agents Model ,"
Research Memoranda
015, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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Cowan, R. & Cowan, W. & Swann, P., 1996.
"A Model of Demand with Interactions Among Consumers ,"
UWO Department of Economics Working Papers
9609, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
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Cowan, R. & Foray, D., 1995.
"Quandaries in the Economics of Dual Technologies and Spillovers from Military to Civilian Research and Development ,"
UWO Department of Economics Working Papers
9509, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
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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.
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Cowan, R. & Cowan, W., 1995.
"Spatiality Dependant Interactions: A Statistical Approach to Spatial Equilibria. Technological Standardization and Variety ,"
UWO Department of Economics Working Papers
9507, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Articles
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.
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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, January.
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Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard, 2007.
"Structural holes, innovation and the distribution of ideas ,"
Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination ,
Springer, vol. 2(2), pages 93-110, December.
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R. Cowan & N. Jonard & J.-B. Zimmermann, 2006.
"Evolving networks of inventors ,"
Journal of Evolutionary Economics ,
Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 155-174, April.
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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 and Francis Journals, vol. 13(5), pages 477-487, July.
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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.
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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.
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Cowan, R. & Jonard, N., 2003.
"The dynamics of collective invention ,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ,
Elsevier, vol. 52(4), pages 513-532, December.
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Robin Cowan, 2002.
"On the Number of Firms and the Quantity of Innovation ,"
Economics Bulletin ,
Economics Bulletin, vol. 12, pages 1-9.
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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.
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Cowan, Robin, 2001.
"Expert systems: aspects of and limitations to the codifiability of knowledge ,"
Research Policy ,
Elsevier, vol. 30(9), pages 1355-1372, December.
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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.
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Cowan, Robin & David, Paul A & Foray, Dominique, 2000.
"The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness ,"
Industrial and Corporate Change ,
Oxford University Press, vol. 9(2), pages 211-53, June.
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Robin Cowan & Paul A. David & Dominique Foray, 1999.
"The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness ,"
Working Papers
99027, Stanford University, Department of Economics.
[Downloadable!] Cowan,Robin & David,Paul & Foray,Dominique, 1999.
"The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness ,"
Research Memoranda
025, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
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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.
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Cowan, Robin & Foray, Dominique, 1997.
"The Economics of Codification and the Diffusion of Knowledge ,"
Industrial and Corporate Change ,
Oxford University Press, vol. 6(3), pages 595-622, September.
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.
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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 521-42, May.
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Cowan, Robin & Rizzo, Mario J, 1996.
"The Genetic-Causal Tradition and Modern Economic Theory ,"
Kyklos ,
Blackwell Publishing, vol. 49(3), pages 273-317.
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.
[Downloadable!] (restricted) Other versions:
Cowan, Robin, 1991.
"Tortoises and Hares: Choice among Technologies of Unknown Merit ,"
Economic Journal ,
Royal Economic Society, vol. 101(407), pages 801-14, July.
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Cowan, Robin, 1990.
"Nuclear Power Reactors: A Study in Technological Lock-in ,"
The Journal of Economic History ,
Cambridge University Press, vol. 50(03), pages 541-567, September.
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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(01), pages 234-236, March.
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NEP Fields 21 papers by this author were announced in NEP , and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
NEP-CBE : Cognitive & Behavioural Economics (2) 2003-12-14 2008-03-25
NEP-CMP : Computational Economics (1) 2003-12-14
NEP-DCM : Discrete Choice Models (1) 2008-09-13
NEP-EDU : Education (3) 2008-01-05 2008-02-16 2008-03-25
NEP-EFF : Efficiency & Productivity (1) 2008-03-25
NEP-EVO : Evolutionary Economics (1) 2005-10-04
NEP-FIN : Finance (2) 2004-09-30 2004-09-30
NEP-GEO : Economic Geography (2) 2008-01-05 2008-02-16
NEP-HAP : Economics of Happiness (2) 2008-03-25 2008-04-29
NEP-HPE : History & Philosophy of Economics (2) 2004-08-09 2005-10-04
NEP-IND : Industrial Organization (1) 1999-12-01
NEP-INO : Innovation (7) 1999-12-01 2003-12-14 2005-10-04 2005-10-04 2006-11-18 2008-02-16 2008-04-29 Author is listed
NEP-IPR : Intellectual Property Rights (3) 2006-11-18 2008-01-05 2008-02-16
NEP-KNM : Knowledge Management & Knowledge Economy (1) 2006-11-18
NEP-NET : Network Economics (1) 2008-04-29
NEP-SOC : Social Norms & Social Capital (4) 2006-11-18 2008-03-25 2008-04-29 2008-04-29
NEP-SOG : Sociology of Economics (2) 2005-10-04 2008-03-25
NEP-TID : Technology & Industrial Dynamics (3) 1998-10-08 1999-12-14 2003-12-14
NEP-URE : Urban & Real Estate Economics (5) 2003-12-14 2003-12-14 2008-01-05 2008-02-16 2008-09-13 Author is listed
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