Allocation of funds and research output : the case of UK universities

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Allocation of funds and research output : the case of UK universities

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Geuna,Aldo (MERIT)

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Aldo Geuna

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The paper develops an empirical approach for analysing the relationships between funding and research output. In particular, it focuses on how the changes in the funding structure of multi-disciplinary old British universities have affected their propensity to carry out research of a more applied nature. First, the evolution of the funding structure of UK universities in the period 1989-93 is studied. Then, in order to assess the influence of the funding structure on the research output, the characteristics of 47 multi-disciplinary universities are examined at the start and at the end of the period considered. The analysis developed offers some evidence to support the hypothesis that policies oriented towards a decreasing state financing of university research aimed at a larger university funding from industry may be to the detriment of the scientific research output of these institutions as measured by publications per researcher.

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Paper provided by Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology in its series Research Memoranda with number 002.

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Date of creation: 1997
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Albert Banal-Estañol & Mireia Jofre-Bonet & Cornelia Meissner, 2008. "The Impact of Industry Collaboration on Academic Research Output: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis," City University Economics Discussion Papers 08/14, Department of Economics, City University, London. [Downloadable!]

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