Francois Lafond

University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School

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University of Oxford - Mathematical Institute

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  • University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School

  • University of Oxford - Mathematical Institute

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1.

How Predictable is Technological Progress?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2015
J. Doyne Farmer and Francois Lafond
University of Oxford and University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School
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forecasting, technological progress, Moore's law, solar energy

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Wright Meets Markowitz: How Standard Portfolio Theory Changes When Assets Are Technologies Following Experience Curves

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 May 2017 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2018
Rupert Way, Francois Lafond, Fabrizio Lillo, Valentyn Panchenko and J. Doyne Farmer
University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Università di Bologna, UNSW Business School, Economics, University of New South Wales and University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School
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Experience curves, Technological change, Learning-by-doing, Portfolio theory, Technology investment, Markowitz portfolio

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Can Stimulating Demand Drive Costs Down? World War II as a Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 23 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2020
Francois Lafond, Diana Seave Greenwald and J. Doyne Farmer
University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, National Gallery of Art and University of Oxford
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innovation policy; learning curve; natural experiment; World War II

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Long-Run Dynamics of the U.S. Patent Classification System

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2018
Francois Lafond and Daniel Kim
University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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patents, classification, reclassification

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Technological Interdependencies Predict Innovation Dynamics

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Mar 2020
Anton Pichler, Francois Lafond and J. Doyne Farmer
University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School and University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School
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innovation technology network forecasting patents spatial econometrics

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Measuring Productivity Dispersion: A Parametric Approach Using the Lévy Alpha-Stable Distribution

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 22 Oct 2019
Jangho Yang, Torsten Heinrich, Julian Winkler, Francois Lafond, Pantelis Koutroumpis and J. Doyne Farmer
University of Waterloo, Faculty for Economics and Business Administration, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09111 Chemnitz, Germany, University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Oxford Martin Programme of Technological and Economic Change and University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School
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productivity, dispersion, distribution, heavy-tail, Lévy stable distribution