- Industrial economics, market dynamics, co-evolution of demand- and supply-side

- Complexity, NK models- Economics of Innovation, tacit knowledge, lock-in's

- Growth, structural change, inequality- Environmental economics, climate change, energy

- Consumers' behaviour, endogenous preferences, marketing

- Epistemology, methodology in Economics

- Agent-based simulations, programming 

Ciarli, T., Lorentz, A., Valente, M. and Savona, M. , 2019 , “STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC REGIMES”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 29(1), pp. 119-176.

D’Orazio, P. and Valente, M., 2019, “THE ROLE OF FINANCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION DIFFUSION: AN EVOLUTIONARY MODELING APPROACH”, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organizations, (162), pp. 417-439

Babutsidze, Z. and Valente, M., 2019, “A TRICK OF THE TAIL: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN SHAPING DISTRIBUTIONAL PROPERTIES OF EXPERIENCE-GOOD MARKETS”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 28(3), pp. 459-475 .

Dosi,G., Marengo,L., Paraskevopoulou, E. and Valente, M., 2017 , “A MODEL OF COGNITIVE AND OPERATIONAL MEMORY OF ORGANIZATIONS IN CHANGING WORLDS”, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41(3).

Caliari, T., Ruiz, S., and Valente, M., 2017 , “HETEROGENEITY OF DEMAND AND PRODUCT INNOVATION”, Estudos Economicos, 47(1), pp.5-37.

Ciarli,T., and Valente, M., 2016, “THE COMPLEX INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND MARKET CONCENTRATION IN A MODEL OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 38 pp. 38-54.

Lorenz, A., Ciarli,T., Savona, M. and Valente, M., 2016, “THE EFFECT OF DEMAND-DRIVEN STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 26(1) pp. 219-246.

Valente, M., 2014 , “AN NK-LIKE MODEL FOR COMPLEXITY”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 24(1), pp. 107-134.

Di Maio, M. and Valente, M., 2013 , “UNCERTAINTY, SPECIALIZATION AND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION”, Metroeconomica, 64(2), pp. 215-243.

Valente, M., 2012 , “EVOLUTIONARY DEMAND: A MODEL FOR BOUNDED RATIONAL CONSUMERS”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 22(5), pp. 1029-1080.

Marengo, L., Pasquali, C., Valente, M. and Dosi, G., 2012 , “APPROPRIABILITY, PATENTS, AND RATES OF INNOVATION IN COMPLEX PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 21(8), pp. 753-773.

Di Maio, M. and Valente, M., 2012 , “UNCERTAINTY AND THE OPTIMAL LEVEL OF SPECIALIZATION”, Research in Economics, 66(3), PP. 213-218.

Coad, A. and Valente, M., 2011, “HUNTING FOR A BOGEYMAN? IN SEARCH OF STATISTICAL EVIDENCE OF DIRECT COMPETITION BETWEEN FIRMS”, Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, 8(1).

Vinciguerra, S., Frenken, K. and Valente, M., 2010, “THE GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE: AN EVOLUTIONARY SIMULATION APPROACH BASED ON PREFERENTIAL ATTACHMENT”, Urban Studies, 47(9), pp. 1969-1984.

Faber, A., Valente, M. and Janssen, P., 2010, “EXPLORING DOMESTIC MICRO-COGENERATION IN THE NETHER- LANDS: AN AGENT-BASED DEMAND MODEL FOR TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION”, Energy Policy, 38(6), pp. 2763- 2775.

Marengo, L. and Valente, M., 2010, “INDUSTRY DYNAMICS IN COMPLEX PRODUCT SPACES: AN EVOLUTION- ARY MODEL”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 21(1), pp. 5-16.

Ciarli,T., Lorenz, A., Savona, M. and Valente, M., 2010, “THE EFFECT OF CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION STRUCTURE ON GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION. A MICRO TO MACRO MODEL”, Metroeconomica, 61(1), pp. 180-218.

Bleda, M. and Valente, M. , 2009, “GRADED ECO-LABELS: A DEMAND-ORIENTED APPROACH TO REDUCE POLLUTION”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 76(4), pp. 512-44.

Valente, M., 2009, “BOOK REVIEW: APPLIED EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS: NEW EMPIRICAL METHODS AND SIMULATION TECHNIQUES”, SAVIOTTI, P.P. (ED.), Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulations, 9(4)

Ciarli, T., Leoncini, R., Montresor, S. and Valente, M. , 2008, “TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND THE VERTICAL ORGANIZATION OF INDUSTRIES”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 18(3-4), pp. 367-87.

Brusoni, S., Marengo, L., Prencipe, A. and Valente, M. , 2007, “THE VALUE AND COSTS OF MODULARITY: A PROBLEM-SOLVING PERSPECTIVE”, European Management Review, 4, pp. 121-132.

Ciarli, T., Leoncini, R. and Montresor, S. and VALENTE, M. , 2007, “INNOVATION AND COMPETITION IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS”, Innovation: management, policy & practice, 9(3-4), pp. 292-310.

Fagiolo, G., Valente, M. and Vriend, N. , 2007, “SEGREGATION IN NETWORKS”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 64(3-4), pp. 316-336.

Fagiolo, G. and Valente, M., 2005, “MINORITY GAMES, LOCAL INTERACTIONS, AND ENDOGENOUS NET- WORKS”, Computational Economics, 25(1-2), pp. 41-57.

Fagiolo, G., Marengo, L. and , Valente, M. , 2005, “POPULATION LEARNING IN A MODEL WITH RANDOM PAYOFF LANDSCAPES AND ENDOGENOUS NETWORKS”, Computational Economics, 24(4), pp. 383–408.

Fagiolo, G., Marengo, L. and Valente, M. , 2004, “ENDOGENOUS NETWORKS IN RANDOM POPULATION GAMES”, Mathematical Population Studies, 11(2), pp. 121–47.

Valente, M. and , Andersen, E. S., 2002, “A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO EVOLUTIONARY SIMULATION: NELSON AND WINTER MODELS IN THE LABORATORY FOR SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT”, e-Jemed, Electronic Journal of Evolutionary Modeling and Economic Dynamics, 1003.

Valente, M. , 2002, “COMMENTS ON THE PAPER “EQUILIBRIUM SELECTION VIA ADAPTATION: USING GENETIC PROGRAMMING TO MODEL LEARNING IN A COORDINATION””, e-Jemed, Electronic Journal of Evolutionary Mod- eling and Economic Dynamics, 1021.

Dosi, G., Bassanini, A., Marengo, L. and Valente, M., 1999, “NORMS AS EMERGENT PROPERTIES OF ADAPTIVE LEARNING: THE CASE OF ECONOMIC ROUTINES”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 9(1), pp. 5–26.