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Reputation and competence in publicly funded scientific research

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  • Ashish Arora

    (Carnegie Mellon Univ)

  • Alfonso Gambardella

    (University of Urbino)

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This paper studies an unusually comprehensive data-set of the universe of research groups that applied to an Italian 1989 93 research programme in biotechnology and bio-instrumentation. We develop a model to test whether past publications influence the expected grants obtained by the units in this programme, and hence their publication output. We find that this effect is important, and suggest that institutional features of resource allocation in public research may have serious implications for long term divergence in research performance. We also find that to maximise the total expected publications of the programme about 85% of its budget should be allocated to the top quartile of the selected units (about 10% of applicants) ranked according to past publications. Our estimated elasticity of publications on budget is 0.6, and we find evidence of a trade-off between publications and "industrial transferability": all else held constant, projects conducted with industrial applications in mind produce about 20% fewer publications.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Industrial Organization with number 9605002.

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Length: 29 pages
Date of creation: 27 May 1996
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Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpio:9605002

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Keywords: Research Productivity; Public Support; Publication; Molecular Biology; Mathew Effect; Italy; Program Evaluation;

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  1. David,P.A. & Keely,L.C., 2002. "The economics of scientific research coalitions : collaborative network formation in the presence of multiple funding agencies," Working papers 11, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems.
  2. Harhoff, Dietmar & Hoisl, Karin, 2006. "Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Inventors (But Never Asked): Evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey," Discussion Papers in Business Administration 1261, University of Munich, Munich School of Management.
  3. Verbene,P & Zon,A.H.,van & Muysken,J., 1996. "A three-sector endogenous growth model with combined technological change : the choice between basic innovations and quality improvements," Research Memoranda 011, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.
  4. Toole, A.A. & Czarnitzki, Dirk, 2009. "Exploring the relationship between scientist human capital and firm performance: The case of biomedical academic entrepreneurs in the SBIR Program," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/205828, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
  5. Paul A. David & Bronwyn H. Hall & Andrew A. Toole, 2000. "Is Public R&D a Complement or Substitute for Private R&D? A Review of the Econometric Evidence," Development and Comp Systems 9912002, EconWPA.
  6. Bronwyn H. Hall & Jacques Mairesse & Laure Turner, 2005. "Identifying Age, Cohort and Period Effects in Scientific Research Productivity: Discussion and Illustration Using Simulated and Actual Data on French Physicists," NBER Working Papers 11739, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  7. Daniel Chudnovsky & Andrés López & Martín Rossi & Diego Ubfal, 2006. "Evaluating a Program of Public Funding of Scientific Activity. A Case Study of FONCYT in Argentina," OVE Working Papers 1206, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE).
  8. Lorenzo Rocco, 2002. "Economics of Science," Working Papers 55, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Aug 2002.
  9. Ashish Arora & Alfonso Gambardella, 1997. "Impact of NSF support for basic research in economics," Others 9702001, EconWPA.
  10. Geuna,Aldo, 1996. "Determinants of university participation in EU R & D cooperative projects," Research Memoranda 007, Maastricht : MERIT, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology.

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