title: Privatizing public research.
abstract: With the end of the cold war, national defense has given way to international competitiveness as the theme for federal support of research. As it now stands, the idea will probably not work well.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Noll
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011332:Privatization; D012106:Research / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States