America's Leaning Ivory Tower The Measurement of and Response to Con
This book will expand the body of literature on capacity-building in science and improve public understanding of the issues regarding geographical concentration of federal research funding. The federal government has been the primary sponsor of acad
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Yonghong Wu
America’s Leaning Ivory Tower The Measurement of and Response to Concentration of Federal Funding for Academic Research 123
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Yonghong Wu
America’s Leaning Ivory Tower The Measurement of and Response to Concentration of Federal Funding for Academic Research
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Yonghong Wu Department of Public Administration University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
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Preface
As a scholar in the field of public budgeting and finance, I have a genuine interest in the allocation of government resources. Government allocation decisions affect the operation of various public, private, and not-for-profit organizations and, ultimately, the lives of people in this country. Because elected representatives make budgetary decisions at all levels of government, government resource allocation is basically an outcome of the political process. However, federal resource allocation does not end when Congress passes appropriation bills and the president signs them. Government agencies often need to further allocate appropriated funds to other institutions and individuals. While public budgeting and finance scholars focus on the politics of government budgeting, the post-appropriation allocation has not been studied enough. A few federal agencies such as the National Science
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