nep-sog New Economics Papers
on Sociology of Economics
Issue of 2021‒04‒19
three papers chosen by
Jonas Holmström
Axventure AB

  1. Does published research influence policy outcomes? The case of regulated electricity networks in western Europe By Söderberg, Magnus; Yang, Yingkui
  2. MARKET-PULL OR RESEARCH PUSH? EFFECTS OF RESEARCH ORIENTATIONS ON UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATIVE PH.D. PROJECTS' PERFORMANCES By Quentin Plantec; Benjamin Cabanes; Pascal Le Masson; Benoit Weil
  3. Conference Presentations and Academic Publishing By Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Pham, Tho; Talavera, Oleksandr

  1. By: Söderberg, Magnus (The Ratio Institute); Yang, Yingkui (University of Southern Denmark)
    Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between number of articles about electricity network regulation published in peer-reviewed journals and actual electricity network prices. Data on published articles are sourced from ScienceDirect and network prices are provided by Eurostat. Different empirical approaches give the same result, namely that an increase in the number of published articles reduces the regulated network price. When articles are highly relevant, one additional article published per year reduces the price by at least 10%. Results also show that the influence on prices is delayed and the effect lasts for a few years. A survey is sent out to regulators to better understand if the relationship can be interpreted as causal. Responses reveal that regulators do access and incorporate relevant research into their work. Considering the cost required to continuously publish relevant articles, research seems to be a highly effective complement to more traditional regulatory work.
    Keywords: regulation; electricity; research
    JEL: D04 D42 L94
    Date: 2021–04–07
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:ratioi:0346&r=all
  2. By: Quentin Plantec (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (INPI)); Benjamin Cabanes (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Pascal Le Masson (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Benoit Weil (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
    Abstract: There is abundant literature on the consequences of academic engagement with the industry, on overall scientists' commercialization and scientific performances. Nevertheless, the literature remains silent on how those performances are contingent on the research orientation's choice at the project level. This paper aims to fill this gap by exploring different research orientations in the context of university-industry collaborative Ph.D., a topic of interest as private companies are becoming more involved in Ph.D. training. To do so, we relied on a unique dataset comprising of 635 Collaborative Ph.D. projects through the CIFRE program in France. We classified the projects' ex-ante research directions: market-pull-oriented (MPO), research-push-oriented (RPO), and simultaneous-discovery-invention-oriented (SDI), and we observed their ex-post performances. First, as expected, an orientation towards industry needs conduct to higher commercialization performances. However, counter-intuitively, those projects are also prone to have similar scientific performances than those oriented towards scientific discoveries. Second, while SDI projects were considered over-performing other research orientations, they led to more significant scientific performances than traditional orientations but generated as many patents as MPO projects. Finally, we highlight that initial research orientation is a crucial determinant variable of scientific and commercialization performances, and our paper opens rooms for further research to the literature on academic engagement, university-industry collaborations, and Collaborative Ph.D.
    Keywords: Academic engagement,Doctoral education,Ph.D.,University-Industry collaborations
    Date: 2021–07–29
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-03190142&r=all
  3. By: Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Pham, Tho; Talavera, Oleksandr
    Keywords: conferences, publishing outcomes, research visibility, professional development
    Date: 2020–08–21
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cdl:econwp:qt78g0s1s6&r=all

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