Research

Working papers and publications

On-going Research

  1. 1.Marie Sciaccitano and Lionel Nesta (2024). Un-Equal Enough for Green Consumption? The Effects of Income Inequality on Environmental Goods and Services Consumption. Manuscript.
  2. 2.Luca Fontanelli, Lionel Nesta and Elena Verdolini (2024). The rebound effects of ICT: evidence from French manufacturing firms. Manuscript. link
  3. 3.M. Caselli, M. Mertens, L. Nesta and S. Schiavo. Heterogeneous labour market power and immigration: Evidence from French manufacturing firms. Manuscript.

Submitted

  1. 4.Marie Sciaccitano and Lionel Nesta (2026). Green consumption and income elasticities: Cross-country evidence on environmental Engel curves. Working paper. Submitted. doi:10.2139/ssrn.6665705
  2. 5.Anel Kaliyeva, Luca Fontanelli, Mattia Guerini, Lionel Nesta and Elena Verdolini (2026). Estimating Latent Participation Thresholds and Quantifying Adjustment Gaps: A Method and an Application to AI Adoption. Working paper. Submitted.
  3. 6.David Catherine, Jojo Jacob, Maggie Qiuzhu Mei and Lionel Nesta (2026). The Fit Factor: A Technology Lifecycle Perspective of Knowledge and Relational Profiling in Alliances. Working paper. Revise and resubmit.
  4. 7.Luca Bargna, Davide La Torre, Benjamin Montmartin and Lionel Nesta (2026). Air Pollution and Climate-Mitigation Innovation: A Spatial Optimal Control Approach. Working paper. Submitted.
  5. 8.Lionel Nesta, Elena Verdolini and Francesco Vona (2025). Environmental Policy Choice and the Direction of Innovation. Working paper. Submitted. doi:10.2139/ssrn.5229563
  6. 9.Ludovic Dibiaggio and Lionel Nesta (2026). From Footloose to Grounded: Domestic Integration in National Innovation Systems for Artificial Intelligence. Working paper. Submitted. doi:10.2139/ssrn.7353258

Publications

Journal articles

  1. 1.Luca Fontanelli, Flavio Calvino, Chiara Criscuolo, Lionel Nesta and Elena Verdolini (2025). Human after all: Occupations at the core of AI adoption. Labour Economics, 95, 102754. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102754
  2. 2.Basheer Kalash, Sarah Guillou, Lionel Nesta and Michele Pezzoni (2024). Does lab funding matter for the technological application of scientific research? An empirical analysis of French labs. Annals of Economics and Statistics, (153), 39–76. doi:10.2307/48767560
  3. 3.Mattia Guerini, Lionel Nesta, Xavier Ragot and Stefano Schiavo (2024). Zombification of the economy? Assessing the effectiveness of French government support during COVID-19 lockdown. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 218, 263–280. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2023.12.013
  4. 4.Johanna Deperi, Olivier Bertrand and Lionel Nesta (2023). Like Seeks Like in the ‘Digital Age'? On the Role of Similarity in Firms' Acquisition Behavior. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1). Proceedings. doi:10.5465/amproc.2023.17947abstract
  5. 5.Johanna Deperi, Olivier Bertrand, Pierre-Xavier Meschi and Lionel Nesta (2022). An organizational learning approach to digital and non-digital firm acquisition behavior. European Management Journal, 40(6), 873–882. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2022.09.005
  6. 6.Simon Bruhn, Thomas Grebel and Lionel Nesta (2023). The fallacy in productivity decomposition. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 33(3), 797–835. doi:10.1007/s00191-023-00816-8
  7. 7.Thomas Grebel, Mauro Napoletano and Lionel Nesta (2023). Distant but Close in Sight: Firm‐level Evidence on French–German Productivity Gaps in Manufacturing. Review of Income and Wealth, 69(1), 228–261. doi:10.1111/roiw.12595
  8. 8.Mattia Guerini, Patrick Musso and Lionel Nesta (2021). Can you jump this high? Quantifying barriers to market participation. Economic Modelling, 98, 192–217. doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2021.02.017
  9. 9.Mauro Caselli, Lionel Nesta and Stefano Schiavo (2021). Imports and labour market imperfections: Firm-level evidence from France. European Economic Review, 131, 103632. doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103632
  10. 10.Martin Cimiterra, Jackie Krafft and Lionel Nesta (2021). Blockchain as Schumpeter Mark 1 or Mark 2? An empirical analysis of blockchain job offers in France and Germany. Industrial and Corporate Change, 30(6), 1388–1402. doi:10.1093/icc/dtab009
  11. 11.Thomas Grebel and Lionel Nesta (2020). Competition and private R&D investment. PLOS ONE, 15(5), e0232119. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0232119
  12. 12.Kozo Kiyota, Toshiyuki Matsuura and Lionel Nesta (2019). What's behind the figures? Quantifying the cross-country exporter productivity gap. Economic Inquiry, 57(3), 1256–1271. doi:10.1111/ecin.12769
  13. 13.Mauro Caselli, Stefano Schiavo and Lionel Nesta (2018). Markups and markdowns. Economics Letters, 173, 104–107. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.09.026
  14. 14.Mauro Napoletano and Lionel Nesta (2016). The multifaceted evolution of industries: sectoral and firm-level evidence. Industrial and Corporate Change, 25(5), 809–812. doi:10.1093/icc/dtw032
  15. 15.Flora Bellone, Patrick Musso, Lionel Nesta and Frederic Warzynski (2016). International trade and firm-level markups when location and quality matter. Journal of Economic Geography, 16(1), 67–91. doi:10.1093/jeg/lbu045
  16. 16.Ludovic Dibiaggio, Maryam Nasiriyar and Lionel Nesta (2014). Substitutability and complementarity of technological knowledge and the inventive performance of semiconductor companies. Research Policy, 43(9), 1582–1593. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2014.04.001
  17. 17.Flora Bellone, Kozo Kiyota, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Patrick Musso and Lionel Nesta (2014). International productivity gaps and the export status of firms: Evidence from France and Japan. European Economic Review, 70, 56–74. doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.01.017
  18. 18.M. Nasiriyar, L. Nesta and L. Dibiaggio (2014). The moderating role of the complementary nature of technological resources in the diversification-performance relationship. Industrial and Corporate Change, 23(5), 1357–1380. doi:10.1093/icc/dtt058
  19. 19.Lionel Nesta, Francesco Vona and Francesco Nicolli (2014). Environmental policies, competition and innovation in renewable energy. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 67(3), 396–411. doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2014.01.001
  20. 20.Lionel Nesta (2010). Commentaire : Désindustrialisation ou mutation industrielle ? Economie et statistique, 438(1), 297–301. doi:10.3406/estat.2010.9608
  21. 21.Flora Bellone, Patrick Musso, Lionel Nesta and Stefano Schiavo (2010). L’impact des contraintes financières sur les performances à l’exportation des entreprises françaises. Economie et statistique, 435--436, 65–83. doi:10.3406/estat.2010.9578
  22. 22.Roberto Fontana and Lionel Nesta (2010). Pre-entry experience, post-entry learning and firm survival: Evidence from the local area networking switch industry. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 21(1), 41–49. doi:10.1016/j.strueco.2009.11.006
  23. 23.Flora Bellone, Patrick Musso, Lionel Nesta and Stefano Schiavo (2010). Financial Constraints and Firm Export Behaviour. The World Economy, 33(3), 347–373. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9701.2010.01259.x
  24. 24.Roberto Fontana and Lionel Nesta (2009). Product Innovation and Survival in a High-Tech Industry. Review of Industrial Organization, 34(4), 287–306. doi:10.1007/s11151-009-9210-7
  25. 25.F. Fressin, T. Guillot and L. Nesta (2009). Interpreting the yield of transit surveys: are there groups in the known transiting planets population? Astronomy & Astrophysics, 504(2), 605–615. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810097
  26. 26.Flora Bellone, Patrick Musso, Lionel Nesta and Michel Quere (2008). The U-Shaped Productivity Dynamics of French Exporters. Review of World Economics, 144(4), 636–659. doi:10.1007/s10290-008-0164-x
  27. 27.Uwe Cantner, Jean-Luc Gaffard and Lionel Nesta (2008). Schumpeterian perspectives on innovation, competition and growth. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 18(3-4), 291–293. doi:10.1007/s00191-008-0090-z
  28. 28.G. Dosi, J.-L. Gaffard and L. Nesta (2008). Schumpeterian themes on industrial evolution, structural change and their microfoundations: an introduction. Industrial and Corporate Change, 17(4), 601–609. doi:10.1093/icc/dtn019
  29. 29.F. Bellone, P. Musso, L. Nesta and M. Quere (2008). Market selection along the firm life cycle. Industrial and Corporate Change, 17(4), 753–777. doi:10.1093/icc/dtn025
  30. 30.International Study Group on Exports and Productivity (2008). Understanding Cross-Country Differences in Exporter Premia: Comparable Evidence for 14 Countries. Review of World Economics, 144(4), 596–635. doi:10.1007/s10290-008-0163-y
  31. 31.Lionel Nesta (2008). Knowledge and productivity in the world’s largest manufacturing corporations. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 67(3-4), 886–902. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2007.08.006
  32. 32.Gustavo A. Crespi, Aldo Geuna and Lionel Nesta (2007). The mobility of university inventors in Europe. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 32(3), 195–215. doi:10.1007/s10961-006-9012-0
  33. 33.Paola Giuri, Myriam Mariani, Stefano Brusoni, Gustavo Crespi, Dominique Francoz, Alfonso Gambardella, Walter Garcia-Fontes, Aldo Geuna, Raul Gonzales, Dietmar Harhoff, Karin Hoisl, Christian Le Bas, Alessandra Luzzi, Laura Magazzini, Lionel Nesta, Önder Nomaler, Neus Palomeras, Pari Patel, Marzia Romanelli and Bart Verspagen (2007). Inventors and invention processes in Europe: Results from the PatVal-EU survey. Research Policy, 36(8), 1107–1127. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2007.07.008
  34. 34.Aldo Geuna and Lionel J.J. Nesta (2006). University patenting and its effects on academic research: The emerging European evidence. Research Policy, 35(6), 790–807. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2006.04.005
  35. 35.Lionel Nesta and Pier Paolo Saviotti (2006). Firm knowledge and market value in biotechnology. Industrial and Corporate Change, 15(4), 625–652. doi:10.1093/icc/dtl007
  36. 36.Roberto Fontana and Lionel Nesta (2006). Product entry in a fast growing industry: the LAN switch market. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 16(1-2), 45–64. doi:10.1007/s00191-005-0015-z
  37. 37.Ludovic Dibiaggio and L Nesta (2005). Patents Statistics, Knowledge Specialisation and the Organisation of Competencies. Revue d'économie industrielle, 110(1), 103–126. doi:10.3406/rei.2005.3074
  38. 38.Lionel Nesta and Pier Paolo Saviotti (2005). Coherence of the knowledge base and the firm's innovative performance: Evidence from the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. Journal of Industrial Economics, 53(1), 123–142. doi:10.1111/j.0022-1821.2005.00248.x
  39. 39.Pier Paolo Saviotti, Marie-Angèle de Looze, Lionel Nesta and M. A. Maupertuis (2003). Knowledge dynamics and the mergers of firms in the biotechnology based sectors. International Journal of Biotechnology, 5(3/4), 371–401. doi:10.1504/ijbt.2003.004103
  40. 40.Lionel Nesta and Ludovic Dibiaggio (2003). Technology Strategy and Knowledge Dynamics: The Case of Biotech. Industry and Innovation, 10(3), 331–349. doi:10.1080/1366271032000141670
  41. 41.Vincent Mangematin and Lionel Nesta (1999). What kind of knowledge can a firm absorb? International Journal of Technology Management, 18(3/4), 149–172. doi:10.1504/ijtm.1999.002771

Book chapters

  1. 42.Ludovic Dibiaggio and Lionel Nesta (2023). L'intelligence artificielle « Made in France ». In Éric Heyer (ed.), L'économie française 2024, Collection Repères, La Découverte. link
  2. 43.Mattia Guerini, Lionel Nesta, Xavier Ragot and Stefano Schiavo (2020). Dynamique des défaillances d’entreprises en France et crise de la Covid-19. In L'économie française 2021, La Découverte. link
  3. 44.Mattia Guerini, Mauro Napoletano and Lionel Nesta (2019). Dynamique et synchronisation des industries manufacturières de l'Union européenne. In Jérôme Creel (ed.), L'économie européenne 2019, La Découverte, 51–59. link
  4. 45.Jean-Luc Gaffard, Sarah Guillou and Lionel Nesta (2012). R & D and Industrial Policy: Policies to Coordinate Investments in Research under Radical Uncertainty. In Michael Dietrich and Jackie Krafft (eds.), Handbook on the Economics and Theory of the Firm, Edward Elgar Publishing, 498–514. doi:10.4337/9781781002407.00048
  5. 46.Sarah Guillou, Lionel Nesta, Mauro Napoletano, Evens Salies, Sylvain Barde and Jean-Luc Gaffard (2010). L'industrie manufacturière française. La Découverte. link
  6. 47.Roberto Fontana and Lionel Nesta (2007). Product entry in a fast growing industry: The LAN switch market. In Uwe Cantner and Franco Malerba (eds.), Innovation, Industrial Dynamics and Structural Transformation, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 87–106. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-49465-2_6
  7. 48.Lionel Nesta (2006). Intangible Assets and Market Value. In Andreas Pyka and Horst Hanusch (eds.), Applied Evolutionary Economics and the Knowledge-based Economy, Edward Elgar, 75–88. link
  8. 49.Lionel Nesta and Ludovic Dibiaggio (2005). Knowledge organization and firms specialisation in biotechnology. In John Finch and Magali Orillard (eds.), Complexity and the Economy: Implications for Economic Policy, Edward Elgar, 258–282. link
  9. 50.Lionel Nesta and Pari Patel (2004). National Patterns of Technology Accumulation: Use of Patent Statistics. In Handbook of Quantitative Science and Technology Research, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 531–551. doi:10.1007/1-4020-2755-9_25
  10. 51.Lionel Nesta and Vincent Mangematin (2002). Industry Life Cycle, Knowledge Generation and Technological Networks. In John de la Mothe and Albert N. Link (eds.), Networks, Alliances and Partnerships in the Innovation Process, Springer US, 199–220. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-1151-9_11

Edited books and special issues

  1. 52.Lionel Nesta (ed.) (2026). Europe : le défi productif. Revue de l'OFCE, 193(2). Special issue. link
  2. 53.Mauro Napoletano and Lionel Nesta (eds.) (2016). The multifaceted dimensions of industrial change: skills, firms and export dynamics. Special issue.
  3. 54.Uwe Cantner, Jean-Luc Gaffard and Lionel Nesta (eds.) (2009). Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation, Competition and Growth. Springer. link
  4. 55.Uwe Cantner, Jean-Luc Gaffard and Lionel Nesta (eds.) (2008). Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation, Competition and Growth. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 18(3). Special issue.
  5. 56.Giovanni Dosi, Jean-Luc Gaffard and Lionel Nesta (eds.) (2008). The Micro-Foundations of Industry Evolution. Industrial and Corporate Change, 17(4). Special issue.

Revue de l’OFCE

  1. 57.Lionel Nesta (2026). Introduction. L'Europe productive : poser les termes du débat. Revue de l'OFCE, 193(2), 5–11. doi:10.3917/reof.193.0005
  2. 58.Aya Elewa, Sébastien Bock, Evens Salies and Lionel Nesta (2026). Le décrochage de la zone euro : productivité, investissement et compétitivité internationale. Revue de l'OFCE, 193(2), 13–41. doi:10.3917/reof.193.0013
  3. 59.Sébastien Bock, Aya Elewa, Evens Salies and Lionel Nesta (2026). Désindustrialisation et décrochage productif de la France : une analyse sectorielle des dynamiques de productivité (2000-2019). Revue de l'OFCE, 193(2), 43–79. doi:10.3917/reof.193.0043
  4. 60.Evens Salies, Sébastien Bock, Aya Elewa and Lionel Nesta (2026). Compétitivité européenne : un état des lieux. Revue de l'OFCE, 193(2), 81–121. doi:10.3917/reof.193.0081
  5. 61.Mattia Guerini, Mauro Napoletano and Lionel Nesta (2018). Convergence des structures productives et synchronisation des cycles industriels dans l’Union européenne. Revue de l'OFCE, 158(4), 127–147. doi:10.3917/reof.158.0127
  6. 62.Jean-Luc Gaffard and Lionel Nesta (2015). Disparités locales et crise économique éclairages préliminaires. Revue de l'OFCE, 142(6), 151–175. doi:10.3917/reof.142.0151
  7. 63.Sarah Guillou and Lionel Nesta (2015). La crise de 2008 et la productivité totale des facteurs des entreprises françaises. Revue de l'OFCE, 142(6), 55–74. doi:10.3917/reof.142.0055
  8. 64.Jean-Luc Gaffard and Lionel Nesta (2014). Concurrence et innovation: un défi pour l'Union européenne. Revue de l'OFCE, 134(3), 249–257. doi:10.3917/reof.134.0249
  9. 65.Jean-Luc Gaffard, Sarah Guillou and Lionel Nesta (2009). Taux de marge et concurrence internationale. Revue de l'OFCE, 108(1), 115–119. doi:10.3917/reof.108.0115
  10. 66.Roberto Fontana, Lionel Nesta and Sandrine Selosse (2007). Innovation et sélection des firmes. Revue de l'OFCE, 100(1), 121–142. doi:10.3917/reof.100.0121
  11. 67.Flora Bellone, Patrick Musso, Lionel Nesta and Michel Quéré (2006). Caractéristiques et performances des firmes exportatrices françaises. Revue de l'OFCE, 98(3), 183–212. doi:10.3917/reof.098.0183
  12. 68.Flora Bellone, Patrick Musso, Michel Quéré and Lionel Nesta (2006). Productivity and Market Selection of French Manufacturing Firms in the Nineties. Revue de l'OFCE, 97 bis(5), 319–349. doi:10.3917/reof.073.0319
  13. 69.Lionel Nesta and Pier-Paolo Saviotti (2006). Intégration technologique et valeur boursière des firmes de biotechnologies. Revue de l'OFCE, 96(1), 211–233. doi:10.3917/reof.096.0211

Grey literature

  1. 70.Sébastien Bock, Aya Elewa, Lionel Nesta and Evens Salies (2025). L'Europe sous contrainte : des coûts maîtrisés, des gammes entravées. Rapport sur le tissu productif, OFCE. link
  2. 71.Sébastien Bock, Aya Elewa, Lionel Nesta and Evens Salies (2025). L'Europe sous contrainte : des coûts maîtrisés, des gammes entravées. OFCE Policy Brief 148. link
  3. 72.Sébastien Bock, Aya Elewa, Sarah Guillou, Mauro Napoletano, Lionel Nesta, Evens Salies and Tania Treibich (2024). Documenting the widening transatlantic gap. OFCE Policy Brief 129. link
  4. 73.Sébastien Bock, Aya Elewa, Sarah Guillou, Mauro Napoletano, Lionel Nesta, Evens Salies and Tania Treibich (2024). Le décrochage européen en question. OFCE Policy Brief 128. link
  5. 74.Sarah Guillou, Sébastien Bock, Aya Elewa, Evens Salies, Mauro Napoletano, Lionel Nesta and Tania Treibich (2023). Le tissu productif en France 2010-2020. Rapport sur le tissu productif, OFCE. link
  6. 75.Johanna Deperi, Ludovic Dibiaggio, Mohamed Keita and Lionel Nesta (2023). Ideas Without Scale in French Artificial Intelligence Innovations. OFCE Policy Brief 118. link
  7. 76.Johanna Deperi, Ludovic Dibiaggio, Mohamed Keita and Lionel Nesta (2023). Des idées sans échelle. OFCE Policy Brief 115. link
  8. 77.Sarah Guillou, Sébastien Bock, Evens Salies, Lionel Nesta, Mauro Napoletano, Michele Pezzoni, Tania Treibich and Francesco Vona (2022). Le tissu productif français : construire la résilience face à l’imprévisibilité des chocs. OFCE Policy Brief 105. link
  9. 78.Lionel Nesta (2021). Faillites : 2021, année de tous les dangers. Alternatives économiques, 28 January 2021. Article.
  10. 79.Mattia Guerini, Lionel Nesta, Xavier Ragot and Stefano Schiavo (2020). Firm liquidity and solvency under the Covid-19 lockdown in France. OFCE Policy Brief 76. link
  11. 80.Mattia Guerini, Lionel Nesta, Xavier Ragot and Stefano Schiavo (2020). Dynamique des défaillances d'entreprises en France et crise de la Covid-19. OFCE Policy Brief 73. link
  12. 81.Zakaria Babutsidze and Lionel Nesta (2018). Le changement climatique en France : croyances, comportements,responsabilités. OFCE Policy Brief 43. link
  13. 82.Mattia Guerini, Sarah Guillou, Lionel Nesta, Xavier Ragot and Evens Salies (2018). Impôt sur les sociétés : état des lieux et effets différenciés de la réforme. OFCE Policy Brief 38. link
  14. 83.Lionel Nesta, Elena Verdolini and Francesco Vona (2018). Promoting the Energy Transition Through Innovation. OFCE Le Blog. link
  15. 84.Lionel Nesta, Sarah Guillou, Mauro Napoletano, Francesco Vona and Evens Salies (2016). L'Etat du tissu productif français Absence de reprise ou véritable décrochage ? OFCE Policy Brief 6. link
  16. 85.Sarah Guillou, Lionel Nesta, Raul Sampognaro and Tania Treibich (2016). Le CICE est-il le bon instrument pour améliorer la compétitivité française ? OFCE Le Blog, 3 October 2016. Article.
  17. 86.Flora Bellone and Lionel Nesta (2021). Géographie des chaînes de valeur mondiales et nouvelles rivalités économiques. La Lettre de l'INSHS. link