How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks
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de Figueiredo, John; Silverman, Brian
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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.
Date issued
2004-12-10Series/Report no.
MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper;4484-04
Keywords
Lobbying, Education, Political Economy