Works in progress
Production and diffusion of scientific knowledge: evidence from the Turkish failed coup, with S. Baruffaldi, K.Doran, B. Glennon
Are Patents Conducive to Innovation? Evidence from German Reunification, with C. Helmers, F. Gaessler
At the origin of a breakthrough innovation: the economic and scientific foundations of the MRNA vaccines, with R. Mastrandrea, F. Montobbio, M. Riccaboni, V. Sterzi
Main publications (Peer-Reviewed)
Do Patents Enable Disclosure? Evidence from the Invention Secrecy Act , with G. De Rassenfosse, E. Raiteri, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 92, 103-044 (2024)
International Mobility of Inventors and Innovation: Empirical Evidence from the Collapse of the Soviet Union, with G. De Rassenfosse, Economic Letters, 234, 111-450 (2024)
Productivity gains from migration: Evidence from inventors, Pellegrino, G., Penner, O., Piguet, E., de Rassenfosse, G., Research Policy, 52, 104-631 (2023)
International Patent Protection and trade: Transaction-level evidence, with G. De Rassenfosse, D. Moschella, M. Grazzi, European Economic Review, 147, 104-160 (2022)
Innovation persistence and employment dynamics, with S. Bianchini, Research Policy, 48 (5) 1171-1186 (2019)
Innovation strategies and growth: New longitudinal evidence from Spanish firms, with S. Bianchini and F. Tamagni, Industrial and Corporate Change, 27 (4) 657-676 (2018)
No money, no honey? Financial versus knowledge and demand constraints on innovation, with M. Savona, Research Policy, 46 (2), 510-521 (2017)
R&D Drivers and Age: Are Young Firms Different?, with J.García-Quevedo and M. Vivarelli, Research Policy, 43, 1544-1556 (2014).
Books chapters
Patent landscape analysis of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Technology: Examining the role of biotech companies, public research and universities, with F. Montobbio and V. Sterzi , in Park W. (ed.) Handbook of Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights. Evolving Scholarship and Reflections. Edward Elgar, Ch. 24; 417-439 (2024)
How do Young Innovative Companies Innovate?, with M. Piva and M. Vivarelli, in Audretsch, D.B. - Falck, O. - Heblich, S. - Lederer, A. (eds.), Handbook of Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 403-20 (2011)