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John Van Reenen: full list of publications

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. "Investment, R&D and Financial Constraints in Britain and Germany" with S. Bond and D. Harhoff, http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0595.pdf, Forthcoming, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique

  2. "Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm” (with Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Claire Lelarge and Fabrizzio Zilibotti), Quarterly Journal of Economics , (2007), 122 (4), 1759-1799 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0722.pdf

  3. "Measuring and Explaining Management practices across firms and nations" (with Nick Bloom) Forthcoming, Quarterly Journal of Economics, (2007), 122 (4) 1351-1408 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0716.pdf

  4. "Uncertainty and Company Investment Dynamics: Empirical Evidence for UK firms" (with Nick Bloom and Steve Bond) Review of Economic Studies (2007)74, 391-415http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0739.pdf

  5. "How special is the special relationship: Using the impact of US R&D spillovers on British firms as a test of technology sourcing" (with Rupert Harrison and Rachel Griffith) American Economic Review (2006) 96(5)1859-1875 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/aer_96_5.pdf 

  6. "Training and Corporate Productivity: Evidence from a panel of UK industries" (with Howard Reed and Lorraine Dearden) Oxford Bulletin of Economic and Social Research (2006), 68, 4, 397-421 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/OBESArticle.pdf

  7. "Union Recognition and Productivity" (with Jo Blanden and Steve Machin)  British Journal of Industrial Relations (2006), 44(2) 169-190 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0685.pdf,

  8. "The growth of network computing: Quality adjusted prices for network servers" (2006) Economic Journal, 116, 29-44 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/ecoj_1063.pdf

  9. "Evaluating the Employment Impact of a mandatory job search assistance programme" (with R. Blundell, M. Costa Dias and C. Meghir) Journal of the European Economics Association (2004) 2(4) 569-606. http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/0305.pdf

  10. "Mapping the Two Faces of R&D: Productivity Growth in a panel of OECD industries" (with Rachel Griffith and Stephen Redding) R eview of Economics and Statistics, (2004) 86(4) 883-895. http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/wp0002.pdf

  11. "R&D and absorptive Capacity: from theory to empirical evidence" (with Stephen Redding and Rachel Griffith) Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2003) 105(1) 1-20 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/wp0103.pdf

  12. "Education and Economic Growth: A review of the literature" (with Barbara Sianesi) Journal of Economic Surveys (2003), 17(2), 157-200  http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/sianesi_published.pdf

  13. "Patents, Real Options and Firm Performance" (with Nicholas Bloom) The Economic Journal (2002) 112, 478, C97-C116 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/wp0021.pdf

  14. "Economic Issues for the U.K. Biotechnology industry" New Genetics and Society (2002) 21, 2, 109-131 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/biotech5.pdf

  15. "Do R&D Tax Credits Work?" (with Nicholas Bloom and Rachel Griffith). Journal of Public Economics (2002) 85 1-31 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/gvrb15_wp.pdf

  16. "Skill biased organisational change? Evidence from British and French establishments" (with Eve Caroli) Quarterly Journal of Economics (2001) CXVI, No. 4, 1449-1492 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/oc_skills.pdf

  17. "The New Economy: Policy and Reality" Fiscal Studies (2001) 22,3, 307-336 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/newecon.pdf

  18. "Measuring the cost effectiveness of an R&D tax credit for the UK" (with Rachel Griffith and Stephen Redding), Fiscal Studies (2001) 22, 3, 375-399 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/rdtax_jpe.pdf

  19. "Export Market performance of OECD countries: an empirical examination of the role of cost competitiveness in an OECD panel of industries" (with Andrew Glyn and Wendy Carlin) The Economic Journal (2001) 110, 1-35 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/cgvr.pdf

  20. "Fiscal Incentives for R&D: A New Review of the Evidence" (with Bronwyn Hall) Research Policy, (2000) 29, 449-469, http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/w7098.pdf

  21. "Another Nail in the Coffin? Or can the trade based explanation of changing skill structures be resurrected?" (with Thibaut Desjonqueres and Stephen Machin) (1999) Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 101(4), 533-554 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/anothernail.pdf

  22. "Getting the unemployed back to work: the role of wage subsidies" (with Brian Bell and Richard Blundell) IFS Working Paper 99/07 (1999), International Tax and Public Finance, 6, 339-360 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/wp9912.pdf

  23. "Market share, market value and Innovation: Evidence from British Manufacturing Firms" (with Richard Blundell and Rachel Griffith). Review of Economic Studies (July 1999) 66(3), 228, 529-554 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/marketshare.pdf

  24. "Technology and changes in the skill structure: Evidence from seven OECD countries" (with Stephen Machin). Quarterly Journal of Economics (November 1998) CXI, 113, 1215-44  http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/skillstructure.pdf

  25. "Regulating Drug Prices: Where Do We Go from Here?" (with Nicholas Bloom). Fiscal Studies (1998) vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 321-342 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/fsbloom.pdf

  26. "The determination of R&D: Empirical evidence on the role of unions" (with Naercio Menezes-Filho and David Ulph) European Economic Review (1998) 42, 3-5, 919-930 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/science.pdf

  27. "R&D and Union Bargaining: Evidence from British Companies and Establishments" (with Naercio Menezes-Filho and David Ulph). Industrial and Labor Relations Review (1998) Vol. 52, No. 1, 45-63 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/illr.pdf

  28. "Establishment level earnings, technology and the growth of inequality: evidence from Britain" (with Lucy Chennells) Economics of Innovation and New Technology (1998), 5, 139-164 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/chennellls_vr_eint.pdf

  29. "Employment and Technological Innovation: Evidence from UK Manufacturing Firms" Journal of Labor Economics, (April 1997), 15, 2, 255-284 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/jole_emp.pdf

  30. "Technical change and earnings in British establishments" (with Lucy Chennells). Economica (1997) 64, 587-604 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/technical.pdf

  31. "How Persistently Do Firms Innovate?" (with Paul Geroski and Chris Walters). Research Policy (1997) 26, 33-48 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/persist.pdf

  32. "Why Has Britain had slower R&D growth?" Research Policy (1997) 26, 493-507

  33. "The Creation and Capture of Economic Rents: Wages and Innovation in a Panel of UK Companies" Quarterly Journal of Economics (February 1996) CXI, 443, 195-226 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/innovationwages.pdf

  34. "Market Imperfections and Employment" (with Paul Geroski and Paul Gregg) OECD Economic Studies (1996) 26, I, 117-156

  35. "Job Creation, Technological Innovation and Adjustment Costs" (with Costas Meghir and Annette Ryan) Annales d'Economie et de Statistique (March, 1996), 41/42, 255-274 

  36. "Tax Incentives for R&D" (with Rachel Griffith and Daniel Sandler) Fiscal Studies (1995), 16,2, 21-44

  37. "Dynamic Count Data Models of Technological Innovation" (with Richard Blundell and Rachel Griffith). The Economic Journal (1995) 105, 333-34 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/dynamiccount.pdf

  38. "Enterprise Restructuring in the transition; an analytical survey of the case study evidence from Central and Eastern Europe" (with Wendy Carlin and Toby Wolfe) Economics of Transition (1995), 3, (4), 427-458

  39. "The Economic Effects of Multi-Unionism: Some Evidence from WIRS" (with Stephen Machin and Mark Stewart) Scandinavian Journal of Economics (1993) 95(3) 275-29 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/unionism.pdf

  40. "The Profitability of Innovating firms" (with Stephen Machin and Paul Geroski). Rand Journal of Economics (1993) 24,2, 198-21 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/profitability.pdf

  41. "Profit Margins and the Business Cycle: Evidence from UK Manufacturing Firms" (with Stephen Machin) Journal of Industrial Economics (1993) XLI: 29-50. http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/profitmargins.pdf



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Book Chapters and Reviews

  1. “Some Economics of Microsoft vs. European Commission” (with Kai Uwe Kuhn) The Economics of European Competition Cases, Bruce Lyons (Editor)

  2. “Capacity Constraints and Irreversible Investments: defending against Collective dominance in UPM Kymmene/Norske Skog/Haindl” (with Kai Uwe Kuhn) The Economics of European Competition Cases, Bruce Lyons (Editor)

  3. "Micro-econometric models of investment and employment" (with Steve Bond) forthcoming (2007) in Handbook of Econometrics Volume VI edited by Jim Heckman and E. Leamer. http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/bondvanr2003.pdf

  4. “Work-life balance, management practices and productivity” (with Nick Bloom and Toby Kretschmer) Forthcoming (2007), Insider Econometrics Richard Freeman, Ed Lazear and Kathy Shaw (eds) http://cep.lse.ac.uk/management/worklifebalance_research.pdf

  5. “Changes in Wage Inequality” (with Steve Machin) Forthcoming (2008), New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Bruce Weinberg and Chris Taber, eds) http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/special/cepsp18.pdf

  6. “ICT and Productivity” (with Mirko Draca and Raffaella Sadun) (2007), Handbook of Information of Information and Communication Technologies” R. Mansell, C. Avgerou, D. Quah and R. Silverstone (eds) Oxford Handbook on ICTs, Oxford University Press, http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0749.pdf

  7. “Information technology and productivity” (with Raffaella Sadun) in Dutta, S., Lopez-Claros, A. and Mia, I. (eds) Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006, 55-60, World Economic Forum (2006) http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EDSInnovationResearchProgramme/pdf/EDSdp002.pdf

  8. "R&D and productivity" (with Rachel Griffith and Stephen Redding) Austrian Central Bank Proceedings of Workshops, 48-57 (2004).

  9. "Active Labour Market Policies and the British New Deal for Youth in Context" (2004) Blundell, R., Card, D. and Freeman, R. Seeking a Premier Economy http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/w9576.pdf

  10. "The Impact of the New Deal for Young People on the Labour Market: A Four Year Assessment" (with Richard Blundell, Andrew Shephard, and Howard Reed) in Dickens, R., Gregg, P. and Wadsworth, J. (2003) The Labour Market Under New Labour: State of Working Britain, London: Palgrave

  11. "Unions and Innovation: A Survey of the theory and empirical evidence" (with Naercio Menezes-Filho) in Addison, J. and Schnabel, C. (eds) The International Handbook of Trade Unions (2003) London: Edward Elgar http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/DP3792.pdf

  12. "Technological Innovation and Economic Performance in the United Kingdom" (with S.Nickell) in Richard Nelson, Benn Steil, and David Victor (eds) Innovation and Economic Performance, (2002) http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0488.pdf

  13. "The effects of technical change on skills, wages and employment: A Survey of the Micro-econometric evidence" (with Lucy Chennells) Chapter 5 in L’Horty, Y. and Greenan, N., and Mairesse, J. Productivity, Inequality and the Digital Economy (2002) Cambridge: MIT Press 175-225 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/wp9927.pdf

  14. "The Effects of Tax Treatment on the changing cost of R&D: Evidence from Eight Countries" (with Nicholas Bloom, Lucy Chennells and Rachel Griffith') in Helen Lawton-Smith (ed) The Regulation of Science and Technology (2002), 136-160 London: Palgrave http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/people/vanreenen/papers/bcgvr.pdf

  15. "Innovations, Patents and Cash Flow" (with Paul Geroski and Chris Walters) in Kleinknecht, A. and Mohnen, P. (2002) 31-55 Innovation and Firm Performance, London: Palgrave

  16. "Technology, Jobs and Skills: Evidence From Europe" in Kjell Rubenson and Hans G. Schuetze (1999) Transition To The Knowledge Society: Public Policies And Private Strategies. Institute of European Studies, Vancouver B.C.: University of British Columbia Press.

  17. "The Impact of Knowledge Accumulation on Wages: Evidence from a Panel of European Corporations" (with Stephen Machin) in Alice Belcher, John Hassard and Stephen Proctor (eds) R&D Decisions, Strategy and Policy  (1997) London: Routledge

  18. "The Effects of Fragmented Bargaining Structures on Economic Outcomes" (with Stephen Machin and Mark Stewart) in David Metcalf, and Simon Milner New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes (1993) 55-69

  19. Review of 'Incomparable Worth' by Rhoads, S. in The Economic Journal (1994), 104, 424,690-91

  20. Review of 'Productivity and Growth: A Study of British Industry 1954-1986' by N. Oulton and M.O'Mahony (1996), Journal of Economic Literature, Vol XXXIV (March 1996)


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Work in Progress

  1. "Technology Spillovers and Product Market rivalry" (with Nick Bloom and Mark Schankerman), CEP Discussion Paper No. 675, Under Revision, Quarterly Journal of Economics  http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0675.pdf,

  2. “The Impact of the National Minimum Wage on firm profitability" (with Mirka Draco and Steve Machin ) Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 715, Under revision, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0715.pdf

  3. "Americans Do I.T Better: US multinationals and the productivity miracle " (with Nick Bloom and Raffaella Sadun)  http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0788.pdf

  4. “Privatization, Entry Regulation and the decline of labor’s share of GDP: A cross country analysis of the network industries” (with Ghazala Azmat and Alan Manning) http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0806.pdf

  5. "Is There a Market for Work Group Servers? Evaluating Market Level Demand Elasticities Using Micro and Macro Models" CEP Discussion Paper No. 650, http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0650.pdf

  6. “Understanding Changes in productivity dispersion and wage inequality” (with Giulia Faggio and Kjell Salvanes)

  7. "The Incentives of a monopolist to degrade interoperability " (with Cristos Genakos and Kai Uwe Kuhn)

  8. "Nursing Labour Supply" (with Amanda Gosling)

  9. "Productivity, Trade and New Technology" (with Nick Bloom and Mirka Draco)

  10. “Can Pay Regulation kill?  The impact of labor markets and skills on hospital productivity” (with Emma Hall and Carol Propper)

  11. “Is distance dying? Home bias and international knowledge spillovers” (with Simon Lee and Rachel Griffith)

  12. Governance, Institutions and Innovation (with Philippe Aghion and Luigi Zingales)

  13. Globalization, technology and inequality (with Guy Michaels)

  14. Culture and Decentralization (with Nick Bloom and Raffaella Sadun)



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