TY  - JOUR
AU  - Figueiredo,John M. de
AU  - Silverman,Brian S.
TI  - How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13459
PY  - 2007
Y2  - October 2007
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13459
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13459.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
John M. de Figueiredo
The Law School
Duke University
210 Science Drive
Durham, NC 27708
Tel: 919-613-8513
E-Mail: jdefig@law.duke.edu

Brian S.. Silverman
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
105 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario  M5S 3E6  CANADA
E-Mail: silverman@rotman.utoronto.ca
AB  - This paper examines academic earmarks and their 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. Finally, the paper examines the impact of earmarks on research quantity and quality.
ER  -