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“Public Good” or “Good for the Public?” Political Entrepreneurship and the Public Funding of Scientific Research

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  • Ryan Safner, 2021. "“Public Good” or “Good for the Public?” Political Entrepreneurship and the Public Funding of Scientific Research," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 36(Spring 20), pages 17-44.
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    Keywords

    public goods; public choice; political economy; science; scientific research; political entrepreneurship;
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    JEL classification:

    • H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General

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