Papers Commissioned for a Workshop on the Federal Role in Research and Development

Sponsored by the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and the Academy Industry Program

• 1 Front Matter; 2 A Historical Overview of the Evolution of Federal Investment in Research and Development Since World War II; 3 Federal Support of Applied Research: A Review of the United States Experience; 4 Economics, Politics, and Government Research and Development; 5 The Government Role in Research and Development: The Case of the European Community; 6 Economic Measures of the Returns to Federal Research and Development; 7 Assessing the Impact of Federal Industrial Research and Development Expenditure on Private Research and Development Activity; 8 Measuring Economic Effects of Federal Research and Development Expenditures: Recent History with Special Emphasis on Federal R&D Performed in Industry; 9 Selected Sectors, Returns on Federal Investments: The Physical Sciences Harvey Brooks; 10 Biomedical Research and Development: Measuring the Returns on Investment; 11 Energy Research and Development; 12 Impact of Defense Research and Development Investments on the Civilian Sector; 13 Measuring the Economic Impact of Federal Research and Development Investments in Civilian Space Activities; 14 Federal Funding of Research and Development in Transportation: The Case of Aviation; 15 Federal Research and Development and U.S. Agriculture: An Assessment of Role and Productivity Effects