Nikolas Zolas

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 459 citations indexed

About

Nikolas Zolas is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolas Zolas has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 459 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 5 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Nikolas Zolas's work include Firm Innovation and Growth (11 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (8 papers) and Intellectual Property and Patents (7 papers). Nikolas Zolas is often cited by papers focused on Firm Innovation and Growth (11 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (8 papers) and Intellectual Property and Patents (7 papers). Nikolas Zolas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. Nikolas Zolas's co-authors include Travis J. Lybbert, Lucia Foster, Nathan Goldschlag, Zachary Kroff, Emin Dinlersoz, Kristina McElheran, Erik Brynjolfsson, Julia Lane, Ron S. Jarmin and Cheryl Grim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Research Policy and Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

In The Last Decade

Nikolas Zolas

20 papers receiving 425 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

AI adoption in America: Who, what, and where

2024 44 citations Kristina McElheran, Erik Brynjolfsson et al. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikolas Zolas United States	11	290	106	95	62	54	22	459
Vincent Van Roy Belgium	7	280 1.0×	55 0.5×	79 0.8×	40 0.6×	31 0.6×	20	429
Daniele Moschella Italy	9	393 1.4×	89 0.8×	112 1.2×	123 2.0×	67 1.2×	22	500
Dániel Vértesy Italy	9	300 1.0×	53 0.5×	92 1.0×	51 0.8×	25 0.5×	33	512
Atsushi Ohyama United States	10	240 0.8×	150 1.4×	151 1.6×	46 0.7×	142 2.6×	19	469
Mariagrazia Squicciarini France	8	193 0.7×	105 1.0×	161 1.7×	27 0.4×	33 0.6×	20	346
Rajesh Raj Natarajan India	12	291 1.0×	51 0.5×	51 0.5×	82 1.3×	111 2.1×	42	408
Valentina Diana Rusu Romania	10	238 0.8×	201 1.9×	126 1.3×	53 0.9×	75 1.4×	32	487
Vasco Eiriz Portugal	13	150 0.5×	63 0.6×	213 2.2×	61 1.0×	54 1.0×	36	498
Sébastien Lechevalier France	12	224 0.8×	52 0.5×	120 1.3×	100 1.6×	46 0.9×	36	419
Laura Abramovsky United Kingdom	9	351 1.2×	103 1.0×	222 2.3×	61 1.0×	52 1.0×	16	517

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McElheran, Kristina, Erik Brynjolfsson, Zachary Kroff, et al.. (2024). AI adoption in America: Who, what, and where. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. 33(2). 375–415. 44 indexed citations breakdown →

Fairlie, Robert W., Zachary Kroff, Javier Miranda, & Nikolas Zolas. (2023). The Promise and Peril of Entrepreneurship. The MIT Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Lybbert, Travis J., Nikolas Zolas, & Prantik Bhattacharyya. (2023). An "Algorithmic Links with Probabilities" Concordance for Trademarks For Disaggregated Analysis of Trademark and Economic Data. SSRN Electronic Journal.

McElheran, Kristina, Erik Brynjolfsson, Zachary Kroff, et al.. (2023). AI Adoption in America: Who, What, and Where. SSRN Electronic Journal. 37 indexed citations

Acemoğlu, Daron, Gary L. Anderson, David N. Beede, et al.. (2023). Advanced Technology Adoption: Selection or Causal Effects?. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 113. 210–214. 15 indexed citations

Acemoğlu, Daron, Gary Clayton Anderson, David N. Beede, et al.. (2022). Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 24 indexed citations

Branstetter, Lee, et al.. (2021). Does Offshoring Production Reduce Innovation: Firm-Level Evidence from Taiwan. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Zolas, Nikolas, Zachary Kroff, Erik Brynjolfsson, et al.. (2020). Advanced Technologies Adoption and Use by U.S. Firms: Evidence from the Annual Business Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Goldschlag, Nathan, Ron S. Jarmin, Julia Lane, & Nikolas Zolas. (2019). Research Experience as Human Capital in New Business Outcomes. NBER Chapters. 1 indexed citations

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Foster, Lucia, Cheryl Grim, & Nikolas Zolas. (2019). A portrait of U.S. firms that invest in R&D. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 29(1). 89–111. 15 indexed citations

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Fairlie, Robert W., Javier Miranda, & Nikolas Zolas. (2019). Measuring Job Creation, Growth, and Survival among the Universe of Start-ups in the United States Using a Combined Start-up Panel Data Set. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 72(5). 1262–1277. 15 indexed citations

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Goldschlag, Nathan, Julia Lane, Bruce A. Weinberg, & Nikolas Zolas. (2018). Proximity and economic activity: An analysis of vendor‐university transactions. Journal of Regional Science. 59(1). 163–182. 4 indexed citations

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Lane, Julia, Nathan Goldschlag, Ron S. Jarmin, & Nikolas Zolas. (2017). The Link Between University R&D, Human Capital and Business Startups. 2 indexed citations

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Goldschlag, Nathan, Travis J. Lybbert, & Nikolas Zolas. (2016). An Algorithmic Links with Probabilitiess Crosswalk for USPC and CPC Patent Classifications with an Application Towards Industrial Technology Composition. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Foster, Lucia, Cheryl Grim, & Nikolas Zolas. (2016). A Portrait of Firms that Invest in R&D. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Zolas, Nikolas, Travis J. Lybbert, & Prantik Bhattacharyya. (2016). An ‘Algorithmic Links with Probabilities’ Concordance for Trademarks with an Application Towards Bilateral IP Flows. World Economy. 40(6). 1184–1213. 10 indexed citations

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Zolas, Nikolas, Nathan Goldschlag, Ron S. Jarmin, et al.. (2015). Wrapping it up in a person: Examining employment and earnings outcomes for Ph.D. recipients. Science. 350(6266). 1367–1371. 55 indexed citations

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Zolas, Nikolas. (2014). International Patenting Strategies with Heterogeneous Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Zolas, Nikolas, Travis J. Lybbert, & Prantik Bhattacharyya. (2013). An Algorithmic Links with Probabilitiess Concordance for Trademarks: For Disaggregated Analysis of Trademark & Economic Data. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Lybbert, Travis J. & Nikolas Zolas. (2012). Getting Patents and Economic Data to Speak to Each Other: An 'Algorithmic Links with Probabilities' Approach for Joint Analyses of Patenting and Economic Activity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 41 indexed citations

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