Publications

Peer-reviewed articles
Taalbi, J.; Nielsen, H. (2021) “The role of energy infrastructure in shaping early adoption of electric and gasoline cars” Nature Energy
Taalbi, J. (2021) “Innovation in the long run: Perspectives on technological transitions in Sweden 1908-2016.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 
Taalbi, J. (2020) “Evolution and structure of technological systems” Research Policy, Vol. 49(8), 104010
Taalbi, J. (2019) “Origins and pathways of innovation in the third industrial revolution.”  Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 28(5), pp. 1125-1148
Kander, A.; Taalbi, J.; Oksanen, J.; Sjöö, K.; Rilla, N. (2018) “Innovation trends and industrial renewal in Sweden and Finland, 1970-2013.” Scandinavian Economic History Review
Taalbi, J. (2017) “What drives innovation? Evidence from economic history” Research Policy, Vol. 46 (8), pp. 1456-1472
Taalbi, J. (2017) “Development blocks in innovation networks”. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol 27(3), pp. 461-501 
PhD dissertation (monograph)
Taalbi, J. (2014) Innovation as creative response. A study of the determinants of innovation in the Swedish manufacturing industry, 1970-2007. PhD thesis. Lund University
Book chapters 
Taalbi, J. (2016) Development blocks and structural analysis. In Ljungberg, J. (ed) (2016) Structural analysis and the process of economic development. Essays in memory of Lennart Schön. Routledge.
Taalbi, J. (2015) Lönebildning, omvandlingstryck och innovationer. In Johansson, T. (ed) (2015) Lönebildning bortom NAIRU. Landsorganisationen i Sverige. Stockholm
Working papers
Martynovich, M.; Taalbi, J. (2020) Related variety, recombinant knowledge and regional innovation. Evidence for Sweden, 1991-2010, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography #20.15, Utrecht University
Hegelund, E.; Taalbi, J. (2019) What determines unemployment in the long-run? Band spectrum regressions on ten countries, 1913-2016, Lund Papers in  Economic History, No. 203
Taalbi, J. (2019) Innovation waves and technological transitions. Sweden, 1909-2016. Lund Papers in Economic History, No. 196
Taalbi, J. (2018) Evolution and structure of technological systems, ArXiv [econ]
Taalbi, J. (2017) “Origins and pathways of innovation in the third industrial revolution. Sweden, 1950-2013” Lund Papers in Economic History, No. 156
Taalbi, J.; Ljungberg, J. (2017) “Innovation and economic growth in the Swedish engineering industry, 1914-2014” (latest version here)
Taalbi, J. (2015)  “Causality and endogenous structural change in economics and history”
SWINNO database:
Sjöö, K.; Taalbi, J.; Kander, A.; Ljungberg, J. (2014) SWINNO – A Database of Swedish Innovations. Lund Papers in Economic History. No 133
Reports and miscellaneous (2014-)
Taalbi, J.; Karlsson, L. (2018) Regionala innovationsmönster. Perspektiv från en ny innovationsdatabas, 1970-2013. Region Skåne.
Taalbi, J. (2016) Realistisk ekonomisk teori? In Hylmö, A. & Borgnäs, K. (eds) Fronesis, no 54-55 (“Ekonomiskt vetande”), p. 143-160. See more about this issue here
Scocco, S.; Taalbi, J. (2014) Lägre skatter, färre personal, större behov. Arena Idé. Stockholm
Currently in progress 
“What killed the electric car?” with Hana Nielsen (Lund university) We study the performance of American electric and gasoline cars at the turn of the 20th century, to better understand why electric cars were overtaken by gasoline.
“Regional innovation and industrial transformation in Sweden, 1970-2013.” I present basic results on regional patterns of innovation in Sweden and compare results with patent indicators.
“Evolving technological complexity”. I study a generalized NK-model to derive insights on how the complexity of technological networks evolves depending on search strategies.
“Collaboration networks in Swedish innovation, 1970-2013” with Gergei Farkas (Lund university). We study the structure and development of collaboration networks using the SWINNO-database
“Innovation in Swedish shipbuilding, 1935-2013” with Tobias Karlsson (Lund University).