The economics of universities in a new age of funding options

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1102-1116

  Just, Richard E ^a   Huffman, Wallace E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayh Dole Act; Optimal university Behavior; Private good research; Privatization; Public good research

Indexed keywords

BASIC RESEARCH; BAYH-DOLE ACT; GOVERNMENT GRANTS; MARKET APPLICATIONS; NEW AGE; OPTIMAL UNIVERSITY BEHAVIOR; PRIVATE-GOOD RESEARCH; PUBLIC RESEARCH; PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES; PUBLIC-GOOD RESEARCH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE; US UNIVERSITIES;

PRIVATIZATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 67650001600     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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