A First Look at Monetary (Re-)Distribution Effects of FP 7

The EU Framework Programme is (essentially) financed by contributions from the Member States, which in turn receive back the largest part of FP funds through the financial support to research institutions or firms. Although the net distribution effects of this process are of some political relevance, very little is known about these effects (at least in public…). For the sake of transparency, this paper tries to shed some light on the issue – and presents some astonishing findings…