The Economics of Science: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Megan MacGarvie & Reinhilde Veugelers, editors
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CONFERENCE HELD September 25-26, 2025
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press

Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant #G-2024-22428

Megan MacGarvie and Reinhilde Veugelers. 2025. The Economics of Science: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead. University of Chicago Press. https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/economics-science-taking-stock-and-looking-ahead.

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