Publications and working papers

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International peer-reviewed journals & invited papers

  1. The role of fees in patent systems: Theory and evidence, with B. van Pottelsberghe (Université libre de Bruxelles), forthcoming. Journal of Economic Surveys

  2. How SMEs exploit their intellectual property assets: Evidence from survey data, forthcoming. Small Business Economics

  3. On the price elasticity of demand for patents, with B. van Pottelsberghe (Université libre de Bruxelles), 2012. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 74(1), 58-77

  4. The R&D-patent relationship: An industry perspective, with J. Danguy (Université libre de Bruxelles) and B. van Pottelsberghe (Université libre de Bruxelles), 2009. European Investment Bank Papers, 14(1), 170-195.

  5. A policy insight into the R&D-patent relationship, with B. van Pottelsberghe (Université libre de Bruxelles), 2009. Research Policy, 38(5), 779-792.

  6. Per un pugno di dollari: A first look at the price elasticity of patents, with B. van Pottelsberghe (Université libre de Bruxelles), 2007. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 23(4), 588-604.

Working papers

  1. Productivity and propensity: The two faces of the R&D-patent relationship, 2010. ECARES Working Paper 2010-025
  2. The worldwide count of priority patents: A new indicator of inventive activity, with H. Dernis (OECD), D. Guellec (OECD), L. Picci (Università di Bologna) and B. van Pottelsberghe (Université libre de Bruxelles)
  3. Venture debt financing: Determinants of the lending decision, with T. Fischer (Technische Universität München), 2011. DRUID Working Paper 11-04
  4. Selection bias in innovation studies: A simple test, with A. Wastyn (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), 2012. ZEW Discussion Paper 12-012

In preparation

  1. Do innovative firms face a trade-off between the quantity and the quality of their inventions?
  2. Are patent fees effective at weeding out low quality patents?
  3. The determinants of the propensity to patent

Press articles

Bientôt une taxe d’obésité chez Ryanair ?, April 23, 2009. La Libre Belgique, Opinion column, p. 27.