Does massive funding support of researchers work?: Evaluating the impact of the South African research chair funding initiative

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 467-482

  Fedderke, J W ^a,b,c,d   Goldschmidt, M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Economic Research Southern Africa   (South Africa)

^c South African Reserve Bank ^*  (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Funding allocation for research; Impact bibliometric measures of research performance; Impact research; Output research; Productivity of research; Public research funding

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY;

PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PUBLIC FUNDING; PUBLIC RESEARCH FUNDING; RESEARCH OUTPUTS; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; TRACK RECORD;

FINANCE;

EID: 84920659894     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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