Public Goods, Public Gains: Calculating the Social Benefits of Public R&d

by Albert N. Link and John T. Scott

In Public Goods, Public Gains, Link and Scott discuss the systematic application of alternative evaluation methods to estimate the social benefits of publicly financed research and development (R&D). The authors argue that economic theory should be the guiding criterion for any method of program evaluation because it focuses attention on the value and the opportunity costs of the program. The evaluation methods discussed and illustrated are both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199729689
• ISBN13: 9780199729685
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"