Measuring the effect of federal research funding on private donations at research universities: Is federal research funding more than a substitute for private donations?

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 731-751

  Payne, A Abigail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowd out; Federal research funding; Higher education; Private donations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037932378     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012843227003     Document Type: Article

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