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

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...

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Main Authors: de Figueiredo, John, Silverman, Brian
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7404