Maikel Pellens
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Maikel Pellens
@maikelpellens.bsky.social
Senior Researcher @Ku Leuven. Innovation economics, economics of science, food, photography, angry music.
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Innovation is at the center of economic growth. Congratulations to three who’ve taught us so much.

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October 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Tsja.
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
April 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Thinking of the AER thumb paper.

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March 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What the fuck. Reposting for visibility.
"Some unfortunate news from the USPTO - it looks like the agency will be forced to terminate the PatentsView contract, so all the datasets and disambiguation currently available at patentsview.org will likely go offline on March 28."
PatentsView
patentsview.org
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
For your Sunday morning, a bit of poetic optimism from this week's Charlemagne column.
March 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Awful news on the IZA.
Awful timing given the funding meltdown in the USA

IZA shutting down its institute in Bonn

Hoping to maintain the scholar network

www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...
February 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Reading Parable of the Talents now by Octavia E Butler. Found this passage relevant to our times. Actually this entire book is relevant to our dystopian reality. #booksky #booktok
January 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Back at ZEW for a few days. Any takers for a coffee?
December 4, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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Female content creators on YouTube received significantly more negative feedback for comparable content.

But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand.

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November 19, 2024 at 6:16 PM
R&R days are good days.
October 26, 2023 at 7:57 AM
At the ZEW CoDE conference today. Good to be back in Mannheim.
October 12, 2023 at 8:50 AM