The Publicness of Publicly Funded Research

Albert Link and Caroline Wagner

No 21-5, UNCG Economics Working Papers from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics

Abstract: In this paper, we chronicle key U.S. legislative initiatives during the post-World War II history of public policy related to the ownership of publicly funded research-based knowledge. Our motivation for recording this history is the observation that many scholars, who are appropriately concerned about taxpayer rights, have argued for the need for public policy to clarify ownership of the publicness or openness of publicly funded research results when in fact such public policies have long been in place. We conclude this historical trace with the proposition that if the past is prologue to the future, one might expect future administrations to continue to acknowledge the importance of public access to findings from publicly funded research, be that research having occurred in federal laboratories, universities, or private-sector organizations.

Keywords: Publicly funded R&D; open access; National Technical Information Service; Bayh-Dole Act; Stevenson-Wydler Act (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 H54 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2021-07-07
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