Rubenstein, Kelly Day; Heisey, Paul W.; Klotz-Ingram, … - In: Review of Agricultural Economics 25 (2003) 2, pp. 352-368
Efforts to improve public agricultural research efficiency include calls to increase use of competitive grants. This paper empirically assesses different instruments the USDA uses to fund state-level research. Compared with other instruments, competitive grants focus more on basic research and...