Invisible colleges, private patronage and commercial profits versus public goods, government funding and 'crowding-out': Terence Kealey on the motivations and incentives driving science

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-115

  Charlton, Bruce G ^a  

^a Medical Hypotheses ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST;

CAPITALISM; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; POLITICS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SCIENCE;

EID: 57849148984     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.025     Document Type: Editorial

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