David, Paul
Professorial Fellow
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-MERIT
- OFFICE:
- Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands
- E-MAIL:
- david@merit.unu.edu
Research Interests
- Knowledge and industrial dynamics
Education
- Ph.D., Harvard University
Biographical Statement
Paul David is Professor (Emeritus), Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research interests include the economics of technological, demographic, and institutional change, and other areas of theoretical and empirical research on the nature of path-dependence in economic processes; economic history, with special reference to long-term productivity growth and development in the US and the North Atlantic economies since 1790.
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Reports
- van Zon, Adriaan and David, Paul A. (2013). Designing an optimal 'tech fix' path to global climate stability: Directed R&D and embodied technical change in a multi-phase framework. UNU-MERIT.
- van Zon, Adriaan and David, Paul A. (2013). Designing an optimal 'tech fix' path to global climate stability: R&D in a multi-phase climate policy framework. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A. and van Zon, Adriaan (2012). Optimal multi-phase transition paths toward a stabilized global climate: Integrated dynamic requirements analysis for the 'tech fix'. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A. (2011). Mitigating 'anticommons' harms to research in science and technology. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A. (2009). Preparing for the Next, Very Long Crisis: Towards a ‘Cool’ Science and Technology Policy Agenda For a Globally Warming Economy. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A., Huang, Can, Soete, Luc and van Zon, Adriaan (2009). Toward a Global Science and Technology Policy Agenda for Sustainable Development. UNU Policy Brief. United Nations University.
- David, Paul A. (2001). Digital Technologies, Research Collaborations and the Extension of Protection for Intellectual Property in Science: Will Building 'Good Fences' Really Make 'Good Neighbors'?. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A. (2001). Tragedy of the Public Knowledge 'Commons'? Global Science, Intellectual Property and the Digital Technology Boomerang. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A. and Foray, Dominique (2001). An Introduction to the Economy of the Knowledge Society. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A. (1996). Science Reorganized? Post-Modern Visions of Research and the Curse of Success. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A. and Wright, Gavin (1995). The Origins of American Resource Abundance. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A., Geuna, Aldo and Steinmueller, Ed (1995). Additionality as a principle of European R&D funding. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- Abramovitz, Moses and David, Paul A. (1994). Convergence and deferred catch-up. Productivity leadership and the waning of American exceptionalism. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- David, Paul A. and Monroe, Hunter K. (1994). Standards Development Strategies Under Incomplete Information. Isn't the 'Battle of the Sexes' Really a Relevant Game?. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.