Professor Paul H. Jensen

Professorial Research Fellow

Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

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Biography

Paul's current research interests are innovation, industrial dynamics, and technology markets. Much of his research has a strong public policy focus, and has been published in leading journals such as Review of Economics and Statistics, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Law & Economics, Strategic Management Journal, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Economics Letters, Health Economics, and Industrial and Corporate Change. In addition, he has undertaken commissioned research for IBM, the OECD, the European Commission, Asialink and the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Research Interests

Economics of innovation; Contracts and incentives; Health economics; Privatisation and contracting out; Firm survival; Economics of climate change; Science of science policy

Current Projects

The Market for Technology in Australia

Determinants of Successful Commercialisation: Evidence from a Survey of Australian Inventors

The Effects of Patenting on the Scientific Environment

 

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Selected Publications / Papers

Webster, E. and Jensen, P.H. (2011). “Do patents matter for commercialization?”, Journal of Law and Economics 54(2), 431-53.

Leahy, A. and Jensen, P.H. (2011). “Australia’s engagement with Asia 1990-2010”, Australian Economic Review 44(4), 418-26.

Jensen, P.H., Thomson, R.K. and Yong, J.S. (2011). “Estimating the patent premium: Evidence from the Australian Inventor Survey”, Strategic Management Journal 32, 1128-38.

Palangkaraya, A., Webster, E. and Jensen, P.H. (2011). “Misclassification between patent offices: Evidence from a matched sample of patent applications”, Review of Economics and Statistics 93(3), 1063-75.

Jensen, P.H. and Webster, E. (2011). “The effects of patents on scientific inquiry”, Australian Economic Review 44(1), 88-94.

Griffiths, W., Jensen, P.H. and Webster, E. (2011). “What creates abnormal profits?”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy 58(3), 323-46.

Webster, E. and Jensen, P.H. (2011). “Macroeconomic conditions and the determinants of commercialization”, Cambridge Journal of Economics 35, 125-43.

Buddelmeyer, H., Jensen, P.H. and Webster, E. (2010). “Innovation and the determinants of company survival”, Oxford Economic Papers 62(2), 261-285.

Jensen, P.H. (2010). “Exploring the uses of matched employer-employee datasets”, Australian Economic Review 43(2), 209-16.

Jensen, P.H., Webster, E. and Witt, J. (2009). “Hospital type and patient outcomes: An empirical examination using AMI re-admission and mortality records”, Health Economics 18(12), 1440-60.

Jensen, P.H. and Stonecash, R.E. (2009). “Contract type and the cost of provision: Evidence from maintenance services contracts”, Fiscal Studies 30(2), 279-96.

Scott, A., Schurer, S., Jensen, P.H., and Sivey, P. (2009). “The effects of an incentive program on quality of care in diabetes management”, Health Economics 18(9), 1091-1108.

Jensen, P.H. and Webster, E. (2009). “Knowledge management: Does capture impede creation?”, Industrial and Corporate Change 18(4), 701-27.

Jensen, P.H. and Webster, E. (2009). “Another look at the relationship between innovation proxies”, Australian Economic Papers 48(3), 252-69.