Dr Samuli Leppälä
Senior Lecturer in Economics
- Email:
- leppalasm@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 6530
- Location:
- B46, Aberconway Building, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
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.
Qualifications
- 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
2019
- Leppala, S. 2019. Innovation, R&D spillovers, and the variety and concentration of the local industry structure. Scandinavian Journal of Economics (10.1111/sjoe.12368)
2018
- Leppala, S. 2018. Theoretical perspectives on localised knowledge spillovers and agglomeration. Papers in Regional Science 97(3), pp. 467-484. (10.1111/pirs.12256)
2017
- 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.
2016
- Leppala, S. 2016. Antitrust exemptions for joint R&D improve patents. Public Choice 166(1), pp. 29-52. (10.1007/s11127-016-0311-1)
2015
- Leppala, S. 2015. Economic analysis of knowledge: the history of thought and the central themes. Journal of Economic Surveys 29(2), pp. 263-286. (10.1111/joes.12052)
2012
- 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)
2011
- 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.
2010
- 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.
Teaching commitments
- Advanced Political Economy (Second Year PhD)
- Applications of Microeconomic Theory (Second Year PhD)
- Contemporary Economic Issues (First Year BSc)
- Industrial Economics (Third Year BSc)
PhD supervision research interests
Innovation and incentives,Information economics,Regional and urban economics
Research interests
- Innovation and incentives
- Information economics
- Regional and urban economics