Peer Reviewed Publications

F. Calvino and L. Fontanelli, 2026, "AI, productivity and digital capabilities: Cross-country evidence from early adoption", Accepted on Industrial and Corporate Change

F. Calvino and L. Fontanelli, 2026, "AI users are not all alike: The characteristics of French firms buying and developing AI", Research Policy

F. Calvino and L. Fontanelli, 2026, "Decoding AI: An early look at how French firms use AI", Eurasian Business Review

L. Fontanelli, M. Guerini, R. Miniaci and A. Secchi, 2025, "Predictive AI and productivity growth dynamics:  Evidence from French firms", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

L. Fontanelli, F. Calvino, C. Criscuolo, L. Nesta, E. Verdolini, 2025, "Human After All: Occupations at the Core of AI Adoption", Labour Economics

L. Fontanelli, 2024, "Theories of market selection", Journal of Economic Surveys

L. Fontanelli, M. Guerini and M. Napoletano, 2023, "International trade and technological competition in markets with dynamic increasing returns", Journal of Economic Dynamics and Controls 

Working Papers

B. Caldarola and L. Fontanelli, 2024, "Scaling up to the cloud: Cloud technology use and growth rates in small and large firms"

• Presented at: DRUID 2024, EARIE 2024, BSE Summer Forum 2025, ZEW Conference on ICT 2025, TPRI's Work-in-Progress 2025

• R&R on Research Policy

• Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5202110

L. Fontanelli, M. Napoletano and A. Secchi, 2025, "Rethinking volatility scaling in firm growth"

• Presented at: WEHIA 2022, EAEPE 2022, CEF 2023, EARIE 2023, IEA 2026

• R&R on RAND Journal of Economics

• Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5399682

Policy Publications

F. Calvino and L. Fontanelli, 2023, "A portrait of AI adopters across countries"

• Media coverage: VoxEU Column 

• Available at: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/a-portrait-of-ai-adopters-across-countries_0fb79bb9-en