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作者：Thatcher, Mark; Sweet, Alec Stone; Rangoni, Bernardo
作者单位：Luiss Guido Carli University; University of Hong Kong; University of York - UK
摘要：Elected governments and states have delegated extensive powers to non-majoritarian institutions (NMIs) such as independent central banks and regulatory agencies, courts, and international trade and investment organizations, which have become central actors in governance. But, far from having resolved the balance between political control and governing competence or removed certain issues from political debate, NMIs have faced challenges to their legitimacy by elected officials and sometimes at...
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作者：van den Boogaard, Vanessa; Santoro, Fabrizio
作者单位：University of Toronto
摘要：Community contributions are often required as part of community-driven development programs, with contributions encouraged through matching grants. However, little remains known about the impact of matching grants or the implications of requiring community contributions-also known as informal taxation. We explore this research gap through a randomized control trial of a matching grant program in Gedo region in south-central Somalia. We find that matching grants can increase informal taxation a...
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作者：Gill-Tiney, Patrick
作者单位：University of Oxford
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作者：Shen-Bayh, Fiona
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作者：Aizenberg, Ellis
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：This paper argues that a high degree of conflict and a low degree of salience on a policy issue drives corporations to lobby alone rather than via a business association. Previous research has addressed drivers at organizational, sector and structural level. This paper adds an issue perspective. These arguments are important as democracies thrive when business employs its power in a responsible manner. When corporations lobby alone, it can be a challenge to do so as they tend to overlook long-...
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作者：Quaglia, Lucia
作者单位：University of Bologna
摘要：International non-majoritarian institutions (NMIs) in finance have proliferated over the last decades. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) is the main international NMI in finance and the European Union (EU) is one of its core jurisdictions. Despite the far-reaching effects of international banking standards in the EU, especially the Basel accords, there has been limited politicization of delegation to the BCBS and no attempt to reverse it. Why? By taking a soft principal-agent a...
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作者：Porumbescu, Gregory; Moynihan, Donald; Anastasopoulos, Jason; Olsen, Asmus Leth
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Yonsei University; Georgetown University; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Copenhagen
摘要：Public officials use blame avoidance strategies when communicating performance information. While such strategies typically involve shifting blame to political opponents or other governments, we examine how they might direct blame to ethnic groups. We focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, where the Trump administration sought to shift blame by scapegoating (using the term Chinese virus) and mitigate blame by positively framing performance information on COVID-19 testing. Using a novel experimental d...
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作者：Hesstvedt, Stine; Christensen, Johan
作者单位：University of Oslo; Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：Governments face a fundamental dilemma when asking expert groups for advice. Experts possess knowledge that can help governments design effective and legitimate policies. However, they can also propose different policies than those preferred by government. How do governments solve this conundrum? Through a mixed-methods study, the article examines politico-administrative control with expert advisory commissions in Norway. Arguing that both politicians and bureaucrats can take interest in limit...
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作者：Mizrahi, Shlomo; Cohen, Nissim; Vigoda-Gadot, Eran; Krup, Dana Natan
作者单位：University of Haifa
摘要：When and why do citizens comply with government policies and restrictions during emergencies? We investigate possible answers to this question. We propose a mediation model where trust in government and emergency organizations as well as perceived government effectiveness mediate the relationships between participation in decision making and the willingness to comply. We also utilize the protective action decision-making model where perceptions about protective actions and threats can add to t...
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作者：Limberg, Julian; Knill, Christoph; Steinebach, Yves
作者单位：University of London; King's College London; University of Munich
摘要：Does growing state activity inevitably lead to more complex policy systems? In this article, we offer a new, comprehensive approach that systematically differentiates between the size and the complexity of policy portfolios to answer this question. Looking at data from 21 OECD countries over more than three decades (1980-2015) in the areas of social and environmental policy, we find substantial variation in the size and complexity of policy portfolios. While larger state activity is generally ...
