John Van Reenen

My new book with @ufukakcigit on innovation available at My new book with @ufukakcigit on innovation available at amazon.co.uk/Economics-Crea… and all good bookshops near you! and all good bookshops near you!

Enough negativity! Underlying UK productivity is stronger than thought and policy has helped blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

Philippe Aghion: explaining sustained growth through creative destruction - @johnvanreenen @CEP_LSE cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publicati…

Ray of hope? The rise of solar energy in China Ignacio Banares-Sanchez, Robin Burgess, Dávid László, Pol Simpson, @johnvanreenen & Yifan Wang outlined their research on China's green industrial policy (@LSEEcon @LSEnews @STICERD_LSE @The_IGC): voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

✨ March-special episode is out! ✨Our guest is @landais_camille (LSE) and we talked about his academic journey, family economics, gender inequality, child penalty, gender roles and more. Enjoy! 🥳 @CEP_LSE @POID_LSE @johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen #econtwitter

Measuring national technological trajectories using 200 years of international patent data Antonin Bergeaud @a_bergeaud @HECParis @CEP_LSE, Ruveyda Nur Gozen @ruveyda_gozen @LSEEcon, John Van Reenen @johnvanreenen @LSEEcon @MIT ow.ly/gVWv50Yv7zi

Ray of hope? The rise of solar energy in China Ignacio Banares-Sanchez, Robin Burgess, Dávid László, Pol Simpson, @johnvanreenen & Yifan Wang outlined their research on China's green industrial policy (@LSEEcon @LSEnews @STICERD_LSE @The_IGC): voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

Ray of hope? The rise of solar energy in China Ignacio Banares Sanchez, Robin Burgess, Dávid László, Pol Simpson, @johnvanreenen, Yifan Wang @LSEnews @LSEEcon ow.ly/oIAv50Yq1cL

🆕 Ray of hope? The rise of solar energy in China Ignacio Banares-Sanchez, Robin Burgess, Dávid László, Pol Simpson, @johnvanreenen & Yifan Wang outline their research on China's green industrial policy (@LSEEcon @LSEnews @STICERD_LSE @The_IGC): voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

Chinese local industrial policy subsidies were responsible for 40 to 50 percent of the fall in prices, and the growth in innovation and output since 2006 in the Chinese solar industry, from Ignacio Banares-Sanchez, Robin Burgess, Dávid László, Pol Simpson, @johnvanreenen, and Yifan Wang nber.org/papers/w34893

🌟Our new episode is out! Our guest is @BaslandzeSalome from @AtlantaFed and we talked about her academic journey, product vs process innovations, firm strategy and growth, political connections, and more! Enjoy🥳 @POID_LSE @CEP_LSE @johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen

Using 200 years of patent data to describe the rise of the US innovation machine. Innovation drivers are R&D, education, and defense spending, from @a_bergeaud, @ruveyda_gozen, and @johnvanreenen nber.org/papers/w34760

New #POIDWorkingPaper "When Trade Drives Markup Divergence: An application to auto markets" by Agnes Norris Keiller, @timoberm, @AndreasTeichgr, and @johnvanreenen poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLICATIONS/a…

🌟The new episode is out! Our guest is @ThomasPHI2 and we talked about his academic journey from physics to economics, his book "The Great Reversal", superstar firms, competition, Europe vs US, and more. Enjoy!🥳@POID_LSE @CEP_LSE @johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen #econtwitter

"Management matters. But only when the market rewards it." Read the latest @vox_dev article by @I_Am_NickBloom, @leoiacovone, @mariana_ppl11, and @johnvanreenen voxdev.org/topic/firms/ma…

Great job opportunity to work with me and @POID_LSE team at @LSEEcon @CEP_lse. Apply now! @https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/6939/0/462693/15539/research-assistant-poid

🚨Conference Alert🚨 The Empirical Management Conference will take place at Stanford University from May 27to May 29 2026. Please submit your papers by January 18th! worldmanagementsurvey.org/emc2026/

🆕 Management matters. But only when the market rewards it. Today on VoxDev, @I_Am_NickBloom (@StanfordEcon), @leoiacovone (@wb_research), @mariana_ppl11 & @johnvanreenen (@LSEEcon) discuss the factors limiting well-managed Mexican firms from expanding: voxdev.org/topic/firms/ma…

🌟The new episode is on! Our guest is @Fiona_MIT and we talked about her academic journey, the recent Nobel Prize in Economics, women inventors, and security-driven innovations. Enjoy! 😊 @POID_LSE @CEP_LSE @johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen #econtwitter

Great piece here on the work of Philippe Aghion - winner of the Nobel prize, which was awarded jointly with Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr. Written by @JohnVanReenen published by the European Economic Association eeassoc.org/news/2025-nobe…

Incredibly saddened to hear about Ghazala Azmat's premature death. She was a wonderful and kind person, this is an immense loss for the economics community.