Public Goods, Public Gains

Calculating the Social Benefits of Public R&d
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-972968-5
Verlag: OUP US

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 432 g

Public Goods, Public Gains is the first book to provide a basis, grounded in economic theory, for alternative approaches to evaluation methods.

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 economics and, for comparison, non-economics based.

The book is motivated by four foundation chapters that discuss government's role in innovation from the perspective of economic theory, review public accountability issues from both a constitutional and an historical perspective, overview systematic approaches to program evaluation, and describe the evaluation metrics typically used. Four case studies illustrate the four alternative evaluation approached discussed.

These case studies are for the U.S. Advanced Technology Program's intramural research awards program, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's research on wavelength references for optical fiber communications, the U.S. Malcolm Balridge National Quality Award, and the Advanced Technology Program's focused program on the integration of manufacturing applications.

Zielgruppe

Supplemental text for graduate classes in policy analysis (within economics, political science, and public policy). Policy makers. Practitioners involved in program evaluation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Link, Albert N.

Scott, John T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors
Introduction
1: Government's Role in Innovation
2: Historical Perspectives on Public Accountability
3: Systematic Approaches to Program Evaluation and Evaluation Metrics
4: Introduction to the Case Studies
5: The Advanced Technology Program's Intramural Research Awards Program
6: Wavelength References for Optical Fiber Communications
7: The Malcolm Balridge National Quality Award
8: Technologies for the Integration of Manufacturing Applications
Conclusions
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Albert N. Link, Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and John T. Scott, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College