This chapter examines the contributions that economists have made to the study of science and the types of … noncognitive resources play in discovery is discussed as well as the costs of resources used in research. Different models for the … funding of research are presented. The chapter also discusses scientific labor markets and the extreme difficulty encountered …

Scientific research has properties of a public good; there are few monetary incentives for individuals to undertake … basic research and the conventional wisdom is that the market, if left to its own devices, would under- invest in research … in terms of social benefits relative to social costs. Thus research, especially of a basic nature, has traditionally been …

innovations in IT -- BITNET and the Domain Name System (DNS) -- with career history data on research-active life scientists. This …: counts, quality, and co-authorship. Our analysis of a random sample of 3,771 research-active life scientists from 430 U …-career scientists and those in top-tier institutions gain in terms of research quality when IT becomes available at their campuses …

innovations in IT -- BITNET and the Domain Name System (DNS) -- with career history data on research-active life scientists. This …: counts, quality, and co-authorship. Our analysis of a random sample of 3,771 research-active life scientists from 430 U …-career scientists and those in top-tier institutions gain in terms of research quality when IT becomes available at their campuses …