The Changing Rationale for European University Research Funding: Are There Negative Unintended Consequences?

From: Journal of Economic Issues | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: Geuna, Aldo | Copyright information

In recent years there has been wide-ranging debate on the advantages and drawbacks of the rationale for resource allocation to university research. The post-World War II rationale for public support of science has been challenged by a more contractual-oriented vision of how to support research. The academic debate has provided a diverse set of descriptions and explanations with some views strongly supporting the contractual-oriented rationale and others critical of it. [1] The debat...

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