Research Grants Crowding out and Crowding in Donations to Higher Education

• Published in: Education finance and policy Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 498 - 521
• Main Authors: Gannaway, Grant, Heutel, Garth, Price, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MIT Press 17.07.2023
• Subjects: Alumni; Donors; Federal Aid; Grants; Individual Characteristics; Private Financial Support; Public Colleges

Using a dataset that includes every private donation made to a large public university from 1938 to 2012 and demographic information on all alumni, we examine the effects of public research funding on individual donations. Our dataset allows us to examine crowding effects on a small time scale and e...