Behavior and Productivity Implications of Institutional and Project Funding of Research
构建研究科学家的行为模型，分析机构经费与项目经费的需求特征，指出两者在配置效率、生产效率及研究产出组合上的权衡，并用于评估美国农业研究的拨款方式。
Abstract A behavioral model of a research scientist is utilized to develop the characteristics of the demand for institutional (lR) and project research (PR) funds. The demand analysis implies a trade‐off between the allocative and productive efficiency of IR funding and the research output mix of PR funding. The model is used to evaluate the formula and competitive grant funding of U.S. agricultural research. We conclude that national research policy should be cast in terms of the relative mix of the two systems of support, not in the absolute merits of either system.