How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks
25 Pages Posted: 13 Apr 2004
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How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks
How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks
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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