Evaluating public sector intramural research programmes: the case of the US Advanced Technology Program's Intramural Research Initiative

Albert Link and John Scott

International Journal of Public Policy, 2009, vol. 4, issue 6, 516-532

Abstract: Within a public environment in which accountability is at the forefront, an important evaluation question is how to document the economic value of innovation-related outputs and outcomes from intramural research relative to the cost of funding an intramural research programme. In this paper, we apply a counterfactual method to an evaluation of the US Advanced Technology Program's (ATP) Intramural Research Initiative. We also suggest more general applications of the methodology – for example, economic development applications to project evaluations in the developing areas of a country or in developing nations.

Keywords: intramural research; project evaluation; public accountability; cost-benefit analysis; ATP; Advanced Technology Program; USA; United States; public policy; economic development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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