| Clio and the Economics of QWERTY PA David The American economic review 75 (2), 332-337, 1985 | 12295 | 1985 |
| Toward a new economics of science D Partha, PA David Research policy 23 (5), 487-521, 1994 | 4359 | 1994 |
| Is public R&D a complement or substitute for private R&D? A review of the econometric evidence PA David, BH Hall, AA Toole Research policy 29 (4-5), 497-529, 2000 | 2841 | 2000 |
| The dynamo and the computer: an historical perspective on the modern productivity paradox PA David The American economic review 80 (2), 355-361, 1990 | 2436 | 1990 |
| The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness R Cowan, PA David, D Foray Industrial and corporate change 9 (2), 211-253, 2000 | 2271 | 2000 |
| Technical choice innovation and economic growth: essays on American and British experience in the nineteenth century PA David Cambridge University Press, 1975 | 2000* | 1975 |
| Why are institutions the ‘carriers of history’?: Path dependence and the evolution of conventions, organizations and institutions PA David Structural change and economic dynamics 5 (2), 205-220, 1994 | 1646 | 1994 |
| Path dependence, its critics, and the quest for'historical economics' PA David Evolution and path dependence in economic ideas, 15-40, 2001 | 1559 | 2001 |
| The economics of compatibility standards: An introduction to recent research PA David, S Greenstein Economics of innovation and new technology 1 (1-2), 3-41, 1990 | 1472 | 1990 |
| Knowledge economists policy brief n 9 D Foray, PA David, B Hall European Commission, Brussels, 2009 | 1404 | 2009 |
| Understanding of the economics of QWERTY: The necessity of history PA David Economic History and the Modern Economist/Basil Blackwell, 1986 | 866 | 1986 |
| Accessing and expanding the science and technology knowledge base PA David, D Foray STI review, 1995 | 831 | 1995 |
| Smart specialisation from academic idea to political instrument, the surprising career of a concept and the difficulties involved in its implementation D Foray, PA David, BH Hall EPFL, 2011 | 796 | 2011 |
| Some new standards for the economics of standardization in the information age PA David Economic policy and technological performance, 206-239, 1987 | 765 | 1987 |
| Path dependence: a foundational concept for historical social science PA David Cliometrica 1 (2), 91-114, 2007 | 719 | 2007 |
| Economic fundamentals of the knowledge society PA David, D Foray Policy futures in education 1 (1), 20-49, 2003 | 711 | 2003 |
| The modern productivity paradox in a not-too-distant mirror PA David Technology and Productivity: The Challenge for Economic Policy, The …, 1991 | 610 | 1991 |
| Knowledge, property, and the system dynamics of technological change PA David The World Bank Economic Review 6 (suppl_1), 215-248, 1992 | 540 | 1992 |
| Information disclosure and the economics of science and technology P Dasgupta, PA David Arrow and the ascent of modern economic theory, 519-542, 1987 | 520 | 1987 |
| The economics of gateway technologies and network evolution: Lessons from electricity supply history PA David, JA Bunn Information economics and policy 3 (2), 165-202, 1988 | 486 | 1988 |
