Published Papers

Articles in peer-reviewed journals:

1. Bastianin A., Castelnovo, P. and Zirulia L. (2025). “Overcoming the innovation threshold through innovative public procurement: evidence from CERN”. Industrial and Corporate Change, forthcoming (IF5y, 2025=3.8; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

2. Florio M., Castelnovo P., Landoni M., Lupi V., Morretta V., Vurchio D., Zirulia L., Di Ciaccio S., Piermaria M. (2024). “Accounting for the impact of Space Policies in Italy”. Space Policy, 67 (IF2022 =1.1).

3. Castelnovo P., Catalano J. Landoni M. and Giffoni F. (2024). “The outcomes of public procurements: an empirical analysis of the Italian space industry”. The Journal of Technology Transfer, available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-023-10038-6  (IF5y,2022=5.5; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

4. Florio M. and Castelnovo P. (2023). “Quasi-experiments to estimate the economic impact of research infrastructures”. CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ), Vol. 7(3): 5-7. 

5. Castelnovo P., Clò S. and Florio M. (2023). “A quasi-experimental design to assess the innovative impact of public procurement: an application to the Italian space industry”. Technovation, Vol. 121. (IF2024: 11.1; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

6. Castelnovo P. (2022). “Innovation in private and state-owned enterprises: a cross-industry analysis of patenting activity”. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Vol. 62: 98-113. (IF2021=5.059; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

7. Bastianin, A., P. Castelnovo, M. Florio and Giunta A. (2021). "Big Science and Innovation. Gestation Lag from Procurement to Patents for CERN Suppliers". The Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 47: 531-555. (IF5y,2019=4.632; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

8. Castelnovo P. and Dal Molin M. (2020). “The learning mechanisms through public procurement for innovation: the case of government-funded basic research organizations”. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 92(3): 411-446. (IF2019=1.271; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

9. Castelnovo P., Morretta V. and Vecchi M. (2020). “Regional disparities and industrial structure: territorial capital and productivity of Italian firms”. Regional Studies. Vol. 54(12): 1709-1723. (IF5y,2019=4,174; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

10. Castelnovo, P., Del Bo C. and Florio, M. (2019). "Quality of institutions and productivity of State-Invested Enterprises: International evidence from major telecom companies". European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 58(C), pages 102-117. (IF5y,2019=1,910; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

11. Castelnovo P., Florio M., Forte S., Rossi L. and Sirtori E. (2018). “The economic impact of technological procurement for large-scale research infrastructures: Evidence from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN”. Research Policy, Vol. 47(9): 1853-1867. (IF5y,2019=7,929; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

12. Bastianin A., Castelnovo P. and Florio M. (2018). “Evaluating regulatory reforms in network industries: a survey of empirical models based on categorical proxies”. Utilities Policy, Vol. 55: 115-128. (IF5y,2019=2,358; ANVUR rank area 13: A)

13. Florio M., Bastianin A. and Castelnovo P. (2018). “The socio-economic impact of a breakthrough in the particle accelerators’ technology: a research agenda”. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A, Vol. 909: 21-26. (IF5y,2019=1.309)

14. Cappellari L., Castelnovo P., Checchi D., Leonardi M. (2017). “Skilled or Educated? Educational Reforms, Human Capital and Earnings”. Research in Labour Economics, vol. 45: 173-197.

15. Castelnovo P. (2016). “State-Invested enterprises in the European telecommunication industry: are they competitive players?” Economia Pubblica - Italian Journal of Public Economics, vol. 43(3).