title: Over a pork barrel.
abstract: The US Congress is well-known for tucking special provisions for favoured projects into budget bills. David Goldston explains why 'earmarks' for research and development have risen so dramatically in recent years.
authors.affiliation: Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldston
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D035082:Federal Government; D011057:Politics; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence