How Economics Shapes Science /

How Economics Shapes Science / / Paula Stephan.

The beauty of science may be pure and eternal, but the practice of science costs money. And scientists, being human, respond to incentives and costs, in money and glory. Choosing a research topic, deciding what papers to write and where to publish them, sticking with a familiar area or going into so...

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Stephan, Paula,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
©2015
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.) :; 13 line illustrations, 7 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter One. What Does Economics Have To Do with Science?
  • Chapter Two. Puzzles and Priority
  • Chapter Three. Money
  • Chapter Four. The Production of Research: People and Patterns of Collaboration
  • Chapter Five. The Production of Research: Equipment and Materials
  • Chapter Six. Funding for Research
  • Chapter Seven. The Market for Scientists and Engineers
  • Chapter Eight. The Foreign Born
  • Chapter Nine. The Relationship of Science to Economic Growth
  • Chapter Ten. Can We Do Better?
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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