Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/44459 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 11-009
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
The viability of modern open science norms and practices depend on public disclosure of new knowledge, methods, and materials. Aggregate data from the OECD show a broad shift in the institutional financing structure that supports academic research from public to private sponsorship. This paper examines the relationship between industry sponsorship and restrictions on disclosure using individual-level data on German academic researchers. Accounting for selfselection into extramural sponsorship, our evidence strongly supports the perspective that industry sponsorship jeopardizes public disclosure of academic research.
Subjects: 
Open science
research funding
industry sponsorship
disclosure
secrecy
JEL: 
O31
O32
L33
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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