Economic analysis of scientific publications and implications for energy research and development

被引:38
作者
Popp, David [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Syracuse Univ, Dept Publ Adm & Int Affairs, Ctr Policy Res, Maxwell Sch, 426 Eggers Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
[2] Natl Bur Econ Res, 1050 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
来源
NATURE ENERGY | 2016年 / 1卷
关键词
PATENT CITATIONS; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY; VOLATILITY; DIFFUSION; POLICIES; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1038/NENERGY.2016.20
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The mix of public and private funding in alternative energy research makes isolating the effect of government funding challenging. Factors such as energy prices and environmental policy influence both private and public R&D decisions, and it may take several years for public R&D's effect on technology to be realized. Here, by combining data on scientific publications for alternative energy technologies with data on government R&D support, I provide information on the lags between research funding and new publications and link these articles to citations in US energy patents. I find that US$ 1 million in additional government funding leads to one to two additional publications, but with lags as long as ten years between initial funding and publication. Finally, I show that adjustment costs associated with large increases in research funding are of little concern at current levels of public energy R&D support. These results suggest that there is room to expand public R&D budgets for renewable energy, but that the impact of any such expansion may not be realized for some time.
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