Delay and secrecy: Does industry sponsorship jeopardize disclosure of academic research?

Dirk Czarnitzki, Christoph Grimpe and Andrew A. Toole

No 11-009, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: The viability of modern open science norms and practices depend on public disclosure of new knowledge, methods, and materials. Aggregate data from the OECD show a broad shift in the institutional financing structure that supports academic research from public to private sponsorship. This paper examines the relationship between industry sponsorship and restrictions on disclosure using individual-level data on German academic researchers. Accounting for selfselection into extramural sponsorship, our evidence strongly supports the perspective that industry sponsorship jeopardizes public disclosure of academic research.

Keywords: Open science; research funding; industry sponsorship; disclosure; secrecy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L33 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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