Dr Samuli Leppälä

Senior Lecturer in Economics

Samuli is a microeconomist interested in questions concerning knowledge and innovation.

He received his doctoral degree from University of Turku in December 2011 and joined Cardiff University in August 2012.

Doctor of Science in Economics and Business Administration, University of Turku, 2011
Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration, Turku School of Economics, 2004

Desrochers, P., Leppala, S. and Szurmak, J. 2017. Urban diversity and innovation. In: Bathelt, H. et al. eds. The Elgar Companion to Innovation and Knowledge Creation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 215-229.

Leppälä, S. and Desrochers, P. 2012. Regional economic analysis: The case for methodological individualism. In: Andersson, D. E. ed. The Spatial Market Process. Advances in Austrian Economics Vol. 16. Bingley: Emerald, pp. 25-56., (10.1108/S1529-2134(2012)0000016005)
Leppälä, S. 2012. Economic analysis of knowledge: The history of thought and the central themes. Working paper. Social Science Research Network. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2027570
Leppälä, S. 2012. Essays in the Economics of Knowledge [PhD Summary]. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 5(1), pp. 131-134.
Leppälä, S. 2012. Tiedon taloustieteellinen analyysi [PhD summary]. Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja [The Finnish Economic Journal] 108(2), pp. 223-225.
Leppälä, S. 2012. An epistemological perspective on knowledge transfers: From tacitness to capability and reliability. Industry and Innovation 19(8), pp. 631-647. (10.1080/13662716.2012.739759)

Desrochers, P. and Leppälä, S. 2011. Opening up the 'Jacobs Spillovers' black box: local diversity, creativity and the processes underlying new combinations. Journal of Economic Geography 11(5), pp. 843-863. (10.1093/jeg/lbq028)
Desrochers, P. and Leppälä, S. 2011. Creative cities and regions: The case for local economic diversity. Creativity and Innovation Management 20(1), pp. 59-69. (10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00586.x)
Leppälä, S. 2011. Inventive city-regions: Path dependence and creative knowledge strategies [book review]. Regional Studies 45(7), pp. 1013-1015. (10.1080/00343404.2011.593884)
Leppälä, S. 2011. Review of Russell Hardin, how do you know? The economics of ordinary knowledge. Princeton University Press, 2009, 240 pages [Book Review]. The Review of Austrian Economics 24(1), pp. 77-80. (10.1007/s11138-010-0118-0)
Desrochers, P. and Leppälä, S. 2011. Creative environments: the case for local economic diversity. In: Andersson, D. E., Andersson, ?. E. and Mellander, C. eds. Handbook of Creative Cities. Elgar Original Reference Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 422-434.
Leppälä, S. 2011. Essays in the Economics of Knowledge. Turun kauppakorkeakoulun julkaisuja. Turku: Turku School of Economics, University of Turku.

Desrochers, P. and Leppälä, S. 2010. Industrial symbiosis: Old wine in recycled bottles? Some perspective from the history of economic and geographical thought. International Regional Science Review 33(3), pp. 338-361. (10.1177/0160017610375441)
Leppälä, S. and Desrochers, P. 2010. The division of labor need not imply regional specialization. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 74(1-2), pp. 137-147.
Leppälä, S. 2010. Hayek on prices and knowledge: supplementing "The use of knowledge in society" with the sensory order. In: Butos, W. N. ed. The Social Science of Hayek's "The Sensory Order". Advances in Austrian Economics Vol. 13. Bingley: Emerald, pp. 237-259., (10.1108/S1529-2134(2010)0000013012)
Desrochers, P. and Leppälä, S. 2010. Rethinking 'Jacobs Spillovers,' or how diverse cities actually make individuals more creative and economically successful. In: Lynne, E. and Goldsmith, S. A. eds. What we See: Advancing the Investigations of Jane Jacobs. Oakland, CA: New Village Press, pp. 287-296.
Leppälä, S. and Desrochers, P. 2010. Division of labor. In: Warf, B. ed. Encyclopedia of Geography. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, pp. 780-781.
Leppälä, S. and Desrochers, P. 2010. Knowledge spillovers. In: Warf, B. ed. Encyclopedia of Geography. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, pp. 1633-1634.
Desrochers, P. and Leppälä, S. 2010. Geography of innovation. In: Warf, B. ed. Encyclopedia of Geography. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, pp. 1597-1599.