Strength of Strong Ties in Intercity Government Information Sharing and County Jurisdictional Boundaries

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ki, Namhoon; Song, Minsun; Kwak, Chang-Gyu
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; Florida State University; University System of Georgia; Valdosta State University; Sejong University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13135
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 23-35
• 关键词: policy networks; rational choice; decision-making; governance; transitivity; uncertainty; diffusion; models

摘要

Studies have found that information sharing between city governments can be easily observed within the same county jurisdiction, but less attention has been paid to the reasons why the jurisdictional boundary matters. This article fills this lacuna, drawing on the insight of the strength of strong ties argument that people help their friends first. The analysis reveals that city governments in the Orlando, Florida, metropolitan area are more likely to share economic development information (EDI) with governments in the same county as the collective demand for such information in that area increases. This study additionally finds that the greater the demand for EDI, the more likely it is that city governments will seek the information from their county members. As a result, as the demand for information increases among city governments in a metropolitan area, the likelihood that it will be shared by all members of the area beyond the county boundaries decreases.