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How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks
The paper examines academic earmarks and its role in the funding of university research. It provides a summary and review of the evidence on the supply of earmarks by legislators.
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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=521130