How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks

de Figueiredo, John M.; Silverman, Brian S.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.521130

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How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks

25 Pages Posted: 13 Apr 2004

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John M. de Figueiredo

Duke University School of Law; Duke University - Fuqua School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative

Brian S. Silverman

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

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Date Written: March 16, 2004

Abstract

This paper examines academic earmarks and its role in the funding of university research. It provides a summary and review of the evidence on the supply of earmarks by legislators. It then discusses the role of university lobbying for earmarks on the demand side. After a review of the literature of the impact of earmarks on research quantity and quality, the paper poses a number of public policy questions related to the funding of science.

Keywords: Lobbying, Education, Political Economy

JEL Classification: H52, I22

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de Figueiredo, John M. and Silverman, Brian S., How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks (March 16, 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=521130 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.521130