Do Competitively Acquired Funds Induce Public Research Institutions to Behave Efficiently?

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2009-11Type
- Working Paper
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Abstract
This paper analyzes the effect of public and private third-party funds on the efficiency of departments of Swiss public research institutions. Estimating an output distance function assuming that labor is used to produce master students and scientific publications, we find no statistically significant effect of private or public third-party funding on research efficiency. However, once we include technology transfer as an additional output, the coefficient of private funding is statistically significant. We further find that this disciplining effect of private funding is qualitatively robust in a setting controlling for endogeneity. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-005995997Publication status
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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH ZurichSubject
PUBLIC FINANCE; BUSINESS EFFICIENCY; FORSCHUNGSANSTALTEN + WISSENSCHAFTLICHE INSTITUTE (KÖRPERSCHAFTEN); University; Efficiency; ÖFFENTLICHE FINANZEN; SWITZERLAND (CENTRAL EUROPE). SWISS CONFEDERATION; SCHWEIZ (MITTELEUROPA). SCHWEIZERISCHE EIDGENOSSENSCHAFT; Public Finance; Third-Party Funding; Research; BETRIEBSEFFIZIENZ; Technology Transfer; SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENTS + RESEARCH INSTITUTES (ORGANISATIONS)Organisational unit
02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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