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The Matthew effect, research productivity, and the dynamic allocation of NIH grants.

Funding is important for research. However, research funding may suffer from the Matthew effect: the more researchers already have, the more they will be given. I develop an empirical framework to study how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) could allocate funding in a dynamically optimal manne...

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Published in:RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 135 - 165
Main Author: Qiu, Y. J. Jeff
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2023
Subjects:
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Grants (Money)
Empirical research
Matthew effect
Endowment of research
Endowments
Research funding
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