The Endless Frontier: Reaping what Bush Sowed?

Paula Stephan

NBER Working Paper No. 19687
Issued in November 2013

---- Acknowledgments ----

I have benefited from the comments of participants at the "Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy" Pre-Conference and Conference Workshops, especially those of the organizers Adam Jaffe, Benjamin Jones and Bruce Weinberg, the discussant. I have also benefited from discussions with Gregory Petsko and comments by Bill Amis. Various individuals helped in supplying unpublished data and answering inquiries. They include Robert Buhrman, Ronald Ehrenberg, John Griswold, Vicky Harden, Barbara Harkins, Peter Henderson, Richard Mandel, Joseph November, James Schuttinga, Buhm Soon, Lori Thurgood, and Hui Wang. Research assistance was provided by Nicholas Heaghney and Rhita Simorangkir. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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