Models that bury certain uncomfortable realities in assumptions (e.g. "perfect information/competition") are useful to some people but not others. What I'd lik

Models that bury certain uncomfortable realities in assumptions (e.g. "perfect information/competition") are useful to some people but not others. What I'd like to see studied is any connection between funds allocated to econ research and the assumptions made in the publication output. More study on how econ research is funded in general would help to better understand the incentives and motives of researchers.