The effects of congressional appropriation committee membership on the distribution of federal research funding to universities

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 325-345

  Payne, A Abigail ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0038036773     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbg012     Document Type: Article

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