Can money buy scientific leadership? The impact of excellence programs on German and French universities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105155
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Keywords
Economics of science; Science funding; Difference in difference; Excellence policy; Coarsen exact matching;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
- O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
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