The Funding of Economics Research: Does Social Capital Matter for Success at the National Science Foundation?
Utilizing data on research proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Economics Program over a 5-year period, this paper examines whether the social capital stock of grant applicants enhances their access to research resources by increasing the probability of being awarded a research grant. We estimate latent-variable specifications of the NSF decision to fund a research proposal. Our results show that, given ability, being a National Bureau of Economic Research associate increases the probability of a research proposal being funded. We interpret this as being consistent with the hypothesized causal effects of social capital. © 2004 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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2004
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Authors: | Feinberg, Robert M. ; Price, Gregory N. |
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The Review of Economics and Statistics. - MIT Press. - Vol. 86.2004, 1, p. 245-252
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MIT Press |
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