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| Title: | | Industry funding of university research and scientific productivity  |
| Authors: | | Hottenrott, Hanna Thorwarth, Susanne |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ZEW Discussion Papers 10-105 [rev.] |
| Abstract: | | University research provides valuable inputs to industrial innovation. It is therefore not surprising that private sector firms increasingly seek direct access through funding public R&D. This development, however, spurred concerns about possible negative long-run effects on scientific performance. While previous research mainly focused on a potential crowding-out of scientific publications through commercialization activities such as patenting or the formation of spin-off companies, we study the effects of direct funding from industry on professors' publication and patenting efforts. Our analysis on a sample of 678 professors at 46 higher education institutions in Germany shows that a higher share of industry funding of a professor's research budget results in a lower publication outcome both in terms of quantity and quality in subsequent years. For patents, we find that industry funding increases their quality measured by patent citations. |
| Subjects: | | Scientific Productivity Research Funding Academic Patents Technology Transfer |
| JEL: | | O31 O32 O33 |
| older Version: | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/43867 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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