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50. Ibid., pp. 1213.
36. General Accounting Office, "Advanced
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Technology Program: Inherent Factors in Selection
Process Could Limit Identification of Similar
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National Energy Policy (Washington: Government
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37. General Accounting Office, "Measuring
Performance: The Advanced Technology Program
53. Bradsher.
and Private-Sector Funding," GAO/RECD-96-47,
January 1996, p. 3.
54. See Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal
Year 2002--Appendix (Washington: Government
38. General Accounting Office, "Advanced
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Technology Program: Inherent Factors in Selection
Process Could Limit Identification of Similar
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Research," pp. 4, 79.
Export Import Bank," Testimony before the
Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy
39. Author's calculations based on data from ibid.
and Trade of the House Committee on Financial
Services, 107th Cong., 1st sess., May 8, 2001,
40. Many companies receive more than is listed in
http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-iv050801.html.
the table since many companies are also members
of multiple consortiums and joint ventures that
56. See James K. Jackson, "Export-Import Bank:
receive federal money to divvy up among partici-
Background and Legislative Issues," Congression-
pants. The numbers used in this study are a rep-
al Research Service Report for Congress, 98-568E,
resentative sample of the total money received.
January 19, 2001, p. 5.
41. Quoted in Scott J. Wallsten, "The R&D
57. See Vásquez.
Boondoggle," Regulation 23, no. 4 (2000): 13.
58. Export-Import Bank, 1999 Annual Performance
42. This result is arrived at by regression analysis
Report (Washington: Export-Import Bank, 2001),
outlined in ibid., pp. 1415.
chap. 1, p. 2, http://www.exim.gov/annperf2.pdf.
43. See "A Declaration of Intent: Partnership for a
59. Jackson, p. 6.
New Generation of Vehicles," http://www.ta.doc.
gov/pngv/news/pngv.htm.
60. A different version of this commission has been
introduced in the past. A high-profile coalition in 1997
44. Author's calculations based on data from General
brought together in the Senate cosponsors as diverse
Accounting Office, "Cooperative Research: Results of
as John McCain (R-Ariz.), Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.),
U.S.-Industry Partnership to Develop a New
Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Russ
Generation of Vehicles," GAO/RECD-00-81, March
Feingold (D-Wis.), Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), and Sam
2000; and Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal
Brownback (R-Kans.); and in the House, John Kasich
Year 2001--Appendix (Washington: Government
(R-Ohio), Ed Royce (R-Calif.), Rob Andrews (D-N.J.),
Printing Office, 2001), p. 410.
Dan Miller (R-Fla.),and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio). More
recently, in 1999, Rep. Joe Hoeffel (D-Pa.) introduced a
45. See Sholnn Freeman, "Auto Sales Rise Despite
bill that outlined a version of such a commission.
Big Three as Foreign Brands Gain Ground," Wall
Street Journal, July 5, 2001, p. A3.
61. Kenneth R. Mayer, "The Limits of Delegation:
The Rise and Fall of BRAC," Regulation 22, no. 3
46. Keith Bradsher, "Detroit Plays Catch-up in
(1999): 34.
Race for Hybrid Car; With Fewer Subsidies, Japan
is Ahead," New York Times, January 1, 2000, p. C1.
62. Ibid., p. 32.
47. General Accounting Office, "Cooperative
63. General Accounting Office, "Farm Programs:
Research: Results of U.S.-Industry Partnership to
Information on Recipients of Federal Payments,"
Develop a New Generation of Vehicles."
June 2001, p. 40.
48. Bradsher.
64. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service, "Using Farm-Sector Income as a
49. General Accounting Office, "Energy Policy Act
Policy Benchmark," Agricultural Outlook, JuneJuly
of 1992: Limited Progress in Acquiring Alternative
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