Governments purchase everything from airplanes to zucchini. This paper investigates the role of the technological content of government procurement in innovation. We theoretically show that a shift in the composition of public purchases toward high-tech products translates into higher...

Viridiana Jones and the Temple of Mammon : or, adventures in neoliberal science studies -- [pt.] I. Why we should not depend upon the existing content of an "Economics of Science." The "Economics of Science" as repeat offender -- [pt.] II. A modern economic history of science organization....