Focused Discussion

The Economics of Science in Historical and Disciplinary Perspective

Esther-Mirjam Sent Department of Economics Nijmegen School of Management Radboud University Nijmegen PO Box 9108 6500 HK Nijmegen The Netherlands

Abstract

In the current climate characterized by scrutiny and control of science, it is not too surprising to encounter appeals to an “economics of science” that will serve to structure the inchoate impressions of the various constituencies involved, as well as to provide a basis for reasoned debate and guidance for public policy. This focused discussion piece lays the historical and discilpinary foundation for that debate.

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