We investigate how university governance affects research output, measured by patenting and international university research rankings. For both European and U.S. universities, we generate several measures of autonomy, governance, and competition for research funding. We show that university...

We investigate how university governance affects research output, measured by patenting and international university research rankings. For both European and U.S. universities, we generate several measures of autonomy, governance, and competition for research funding. We show that university...

The author explores the effectiveness of the two most-established forms of school choice in the United States choice among public school districts and the choice between public and private schools. She finds that traditional school choice improves the quality of schooling by increasing...