The governance and performance of research universities : evidence from Europe and the U.S. / Philippe Aghion ... [et al.].
Material type: TextSeries: Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; no. 14851.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009Description: 56 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSubject(s): Universities and colleges -- Europe -- Administration | Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration | Technological innovations -- Europe | Technological innovations -- United StatesLOC classification: HB1 | .N38 no. 14851Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: We investigate how university governance affects research output, measured by patenting and international university research rankings. For both European and U.S. universities, we generate several measures of autonomy, governance, and competition for research funding. We show that university autonomy and competition are positively correlated with university output, both among European countries and among U.S. public universities. We then identity a (political) source of exogenous shocks to funding of U.S. universities. We demonstrate that, when a state's universities receive a positive funding shock, they produce more patents if they are more autonomous and face more competition from private research universities. Finally, we show that during periods when merit-based competitions for federal research funding have been most prominent, universities produce more patents when they receive an exogenous funding shock, suggesting that routine participation in such competitions hones research skill.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Β (Stack Room B) | Research Papers | HB1.N38 no. 14851 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0013125706 |
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We investigate how university governance affects research output, measured by patenting and international university research rankings. For both European and U.S. universities, we generate several measures of autonomy, governance, and competition for research funding. We show that university autonomy and competition are positively correlated with university output, both among European countries and among U.S. public universities. We then identity a (political) source of exogenous shocks to funding of U.S. universities. We demonstrate that, when a state's universities receive a positive funding shock, they produce more patents if they are more autonomous and face more competition from private research universities. Finally, we show that during periods when merit-based competitions for federal research funding have been most prominent, universities produce more patents when they receive an exogenous funding shock, suggesting that routine participation in such competitions hones research skill.
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