Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73132 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeitrag No. 481
Publisher: 
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Hannover
Abstract: 
Research can be carried out in academia, or in the private sector, or as a mixture, for example as privately funded academic research. We develop a theoretical framework in which private research funding (PRF) transfers information about the value of a research project from the private sector into academia, in an incentive compatible way. PRF dominates neither pure academia nor private research. We derive predictions about the optimal sequence of research designs, and about the optimal duration of a project within different designs. For example, PRF is never optimal if not preceded by pure academical research. We compare our results with stylized facts.
Subjects: 
Innovation
Research Funding
Research Finance
R\& D
Academia
University Finance.
JEL: 
L33
H52
O31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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