Investing in Science
Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Research Infrastructures
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2019
Summary
A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public investment in large scientific projects.Large particle accelerators, outer space probes, genomics platforms- all are scientific enterprises managed through the new form of the research infrastructure, in which communities of scientists collaborate across nations, universities, research institutions, and disciplines. Such large projects are often publicly funded, with no accepted way to measure the benefi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262043199 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026204319X |
| Author: | Massimo Florio |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 744g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 29mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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About The Author
Massimo Florio
Massimo Florio is Professor of Public Economics at the University of Milan. He is the author of The Great Divestiture and coeditor of The Economics of Infrastructure Provisioning (both published by the MIT Press).
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