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Turn the scientific method on ourselves

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  • Pierre Azoulay

    (Pierre Azoulay is an associate professor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.)

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How can we know whether funding models for research work? By relentlessly testing them using randomized controlled trials, says Pierre Azoulay.

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  • Pierre Azoulay, 2012. "Turn the scientific method on ourselves," Nature, Nature, vol. 484(7392), pages 31-32, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:484:y:2012:i:7392:d:10.1038_484031a
    DOI: 10.1038/484031a
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    2. Zoltán Néda & Levente Varga & Tamás S Biró, 2017. "Science and Facebook: The same popularity law!," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(7), pages 1-11, July.
    3. Albert Bravo-Biosca, 2020. "Experimental Innovation Policy," Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 20(1), pages 191-232.
    4. Daniel Mietchen, 2014. "The Transformative Nature of Transparency in Research Funding," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(12), pages 1-3, December.
    5. Glennon, Britta & Lane, Julia & Sodhi, Ridhima, 2018. "Money for Something: The Links between Research Funding and Innovation," IZA Discussion Papers 11711, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    6. Miguel Navascués & Costantino Budroni, 2019. "Theoretical research without projects," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(3), pages 1-35, March.
    7. Yang, Alex J., 2024. "Unveiling the impact and dual innovation of funded research," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 18(1).
    8. Lu Liu & Benjamin F. Jones & Brian Uzzi & Dashun Wang, 2023. "Data, measurement and empirical methods in the science of science," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 7(7), pages 1046-1058, July.

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