The paper compares and contrasts higher education funding sources and systems in the U.S. and the UK. The issues raised in the paper pertain to the major challenge of academia: finding financial support in times of limited resources and enhanced competition. The issues discussed throughout the...

According to Aghion et al. (2007; 2008; 2010), the research performance of universities is positively correlated to the amount of budget per student. Italian universities usually perform poorly in international rankings, while the English university system is widely recognized as one of the best in the...

Die vorliegende Arbeit entstand im Rahmen des von der DFG geförderten Forschungsprojekts "Leistungsorientierte Ressourcensteuerung und Anreizstrukturen in Hochschulsystemen im internationalen und interregionalen Vergleich" an der Abteilung Wirtschaftsgeographie des Geographischen Instituts der...