The economic benefits of publicly funded basic research: a critical review doc

... Conceptual and methodological overview 3.1. The economics of publicly funded basic research Many of the problems in assessing the benefits of publicly funded basic research stem from limitations of the ... social rates of return to privately funded R&D are large, most of them falling in the range between 20% and Ž. 50%. In a review, Hall 1993 calcu...

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... to all Local Authority Council Leaders advising them of the multiple benefits of farmers’ markets. And in May 2000, Nick Brown, speaking at the launch of the National Association of Farmers’ Markets, ... areas would be able to support a farmers’ market - their analysis also shows that these markets either make fresh fruit and vegetables available where they weren’t before, o...

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... the appropriate sample size, the average annual income of a "typical" high literacy individual can be compared with that of a low literacy individual. The average male with high document ... capital can be moved quickly, and natural resources are comparatively lowly valued. As a major trading nation, Canada's companies face significant competition in the m...

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... Rural Affairs WALLACE HUFFMAN, Iowa State University D. GALE JOHNSON, University of Chicago NEAL VAN ALFEN, University of California, Davis Although the reviewers listed above have provided many ... nitrogen-fixing bacteria (as alternatives for chemical fertilizers); on-farm composting and biodegradation of organic wastes (as an alternative to dumping or disposal); soil conservation t...

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... engineering basic research include the following: o Measurement and standards o Materials characterization and micro- and nanofabrication o Manufacturing and automation o Biomechanical engineering ... Mechanical engineering is a discipline that encompasses a broad set of research areas. At the core of the discipline are the design, analysis, manufacturing, and control...

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... total economic impact of more than $10 million each year. Total Annual Economic Impacts All told, these identifiable, quantifiable activities produce a substantial economic impact on the Austin ... mixed among them. Among the affordable units counted here are 592 repair and barrier removal projects that made safe, affordable housing available to existing residents. Map 1 on...

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... new approach to project management, characterized by a dramatic shift toward having collaboration as the heart of managing projects. The new-generation tools take care of the routine part of a ... one of the biggest chal- lenges of traditional software packages. One of the major problems with traditional tools was the users’ unwillingness to update data regularl...

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... scan across the marginal annual economic value of a good teacher (compared to the average) evaluated at a given class size – say 20 students per class – we see that the parameters do make a ... motivate salary considerations, but little of the existing analysis is very relevant. What is the Economic Value of Quality Teachers? An alternative way to think of t...

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