Gaétan de Rassenfosse

Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Gaétan de Rassenfosse in 2021
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Anderlecht, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Academic background
EducationEconomics
Alma materUniversité libre de Bruxelles
ThesisEssays on the propensity to patent: measurement and determinants (2010)
Doctoral advisorBruno van Pottelsberghe
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Sub-disciplineIntellectual property
InstitutionsÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Main interestsIntellectual property
Patents
Economics of innovation
Science policy
Websitehttps://www.epfl.ch/labs/iipp/

Gaétan de Rassenfosse (born 1983 in Anderlecht, Belgium) is a Belgian economist, whose research is specialized in the field of economics of innovation. He is a professor at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne),[1] where he heads the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Laboratory at the College of Management of Technology.[2]

Career[edit]

de Rassenfosse graduated in 2006 as an Ingénieur de gestion from Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management at Université libre de Bruxelles. He subsequently joined Bruno van Pottelsberghe to pursue a PhD in economics at Université libre de Bruxelles.[3] In his PhD thesis he was able to provide empirical evidence on the price elasticity of the demand for patents.[4][5] After receiving his PhD in 2010 de Rassenfosse joined the University of Melbourne as a research fellow, where he developed a novel way to count patents that has since been adopted by institutions such as the National Science Foundation.[6][7]

He started as an assistant professor in economics of innovation at EPFL in 2014 and was promoted to associate professor in 2022.[8] He is the director of the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Laboratory at the College of Management of Technology.[2]

Research[edit]

de Rassenfosse's laboratory performs empirical economic research in the following areas: intellectual property, patents, economics of innovation and science policy. His laboratory has documented the discrimination against foreigners in the patent system[9][10] and has engaged in the production of open source data.[11][12]

The laboratory's research was featured in various news outlets such as RTS,[13] Le Temps,[14] WBI,[15] and Swissinfo.[16]

Distinctions[edit]

de Rassenfosse received the International Geneva Award 2019 by the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS),[17] the McKinsey & Company Scientific Award 2010[18] and the CeFIP Academic Award 2008.[19]

He is a scientific advisory board member of the Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques at the Haut Conseil de l'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur in Paris, France.[20] He acts as a co-editor at the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.[21]

Selected works[edit]

  • de Rassenfosse, G.; Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, B. (2007). "Per un pugno di dollari: A first look at the price elasticity of patents". Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 23 (4): 588–604. doi:10.1093/oxrep/grm032.
  • Rassenfosse, Gaétan de; Potterie, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la (2012). "On the Price Elasticity of Demand for Patents" (PDF). Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 74: 58–77. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00638.x. S2CID 43660064.
  • de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Dernis, Hélène; Guellec, Dominique; Picci, Lucio; Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno (2013). "The worldwide count of priority patents: A new indicator of inventive activity" (PDF). Research Policy. 42 (3): 720–737. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2012.11.002.
  • de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Jensen, Paul H.; Julius, T'Mir; Palangkaraya, Alfons; Webster, Elizabeth (2019). "Are Foreigners Treated Equally under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement?". The Journal of Law and Economics. 62 (4): 663–685. doi:10.1086/705801. S2CID 214094523.
  • de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Jaffe, Adam; Raiteri, Emilio (2019). "The procurement of innovation by the U.S. Government". PLOS ONE. 14 (8): e0218927. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1418927D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218927. PMC 6690509. PMID 31404070.
  • de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Fischer, Timo (2016). "Venture Debt Financing: Determinants of the Lending Decision". Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 10 (3): 235–256. doi:10.1002/sej.1220.
  • de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Palangkaraya, Alfons; Webster, Elizabeth (2016). "Why do patents facilitate trade in technology? Testing the disclosure and appropriation effects" (PDF). Research Policy. 45 (7): 1326–1336. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2016.03.017.
  • de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Jaffe, Adam B. (2018). "Econometric evidence on the depreciation of innovations". European Economic Review. 101: 625–642. doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.11.005.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "7 new professors at the two Federal Institutes of Technology | ETH-Board". www.ethrat.ch. Archived from the original on 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  2. ^ a b "STIP – Chair of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy". www.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  3. ^ de Rassenfosse, Gaétan. "Essays on the propensity to patent: measurement and determinants". cibleplus.ulb.ac.be. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  4. ^ de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno (2007-12-01). "Per un pugno di dollari: a first look at the price elasticity of patents". Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 23 (4): 588–604. doi:10.1093/oxrep/grm032. ISSN 0266-903X.
  5. ^ Rassenfosse, Gaétan de; Potterie, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la (2012). "On the Price Elasticity of Demand for Patents*". Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 74 (1): 58–77. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00638.x. ISSN 1468-0084. S2CID 43660064.
  6. ^ de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Dernis, Hélène; Guellec, Dominique; Picci, Lucio; van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno (2013-04-01). "The worldwide count of priority patents: A new indicator of inventive activity". Research Policy. 42 (3): 720–737. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2012.11.002. ISSN 0048-7333.
  7. ^ "Invention, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation" (PDF). NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD - SCIENCE & ENGINEERING INDICATORS 2020.
  8. ^ "23 new professors appointed at the two Federal Institutes of Technology". www.ethrat.ch. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  9. ^ de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Hosseini, Reza (2020-12-01). "Discrimination against foreigners in the U.S. patent system". Journal of International Business Policy. 3 (4): 349–366. doi:10.1057/s42214-020-00058-6. ISSN 2522-0705. S2CID 225638694.
  10. ^ de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Jensen, Paul H.; Julius, T’Mir; Palangkaraya, Alfons; Webster, Elizabeth (November 2019). "Are Foreigners Treated Equally under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement?". The Journal of Law and Economics. 62 (4): 663–685. doi:10.1086/705801. ISSN 0022-2186. S2CID 214094523.
  11. ^ de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Kozak, Jan; Seliger, Florian (2019-11-06). "Geocoding of worldwide patent data". Scientific Data. 6 (1): 260. Bibcode:2019NatSD...6..260D. doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0264-6. ISSN 2052-4463. PMC 6834584. PMID 31695047.
  12. ^ Rassenfosse, Gaétan de; Jaffe, Adam; Raiteri, Emilio (2019-08-12). "The procurement of innovation by the U.S. government". PLOS ONE. 14 (8): e0218927. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1418927D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218927. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6690509. PMID 31404070.
  13. ^ "Play RTS". Play RTS (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  14. ^ "Les raisons du sous-financement de la recherche sur les vaccins". Le Temps (in French). 2020-05-11. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  15. ^ "Le Laboratoire des idées: Entretien avec Gaétan de Rassenfosse". www.wbi.be (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  16. ^ "Fight over rights to Covid-19 drugs puts Switzerland in a tough spot". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  17. ^ "Are Foreigners Treated Equally under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement? | Swiss Network for International Studies". Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  18. ^ "LAURÉATS DES PRIX SCIENTIFIQUES McKINSEY & COMPANY" (PDF).
  19. ^ Libre.be, La (2009-05-06). "Cefip Academic Awards 2008 : deuxième !". LaLibre.be (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  20. ^ "Conseil d'orientation scientifique (COS) de l'Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques (OST)". Hcéres (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  21. ^ "Editors – Journal of Economics & Management Strategy". Retrieved 2020-12-11.

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