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作者：Heinkelmann-Wild, Tim; Zangl, Bernhard
作者单位：University of Munich
摘要：Who blames whom in multilevel blame games? Existing research focuses either on policymakers' preferences or their opportunities offered by the institutional structures in which policymakers operate. As these two strands of literature barely refer to each other, in this article we develop an integrated theoretical model of blame-shifting in multilevel governance systems and assess it empirically. In line with the first strand, we assume that policymakers have a preference for shifting blame ont...
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作者：Schuster, Christian; Meyer-Sahling, Jan-Hinrik; Mikkelsen, Kim Sass
作者单位：University of London; University College London; University of Nottingham; Roskilde University
摘要：Do management practices have similar anticorruption effects in OECD and developing countries? Despite prominent cautions against New Zealand reforms which enhance managerial discretion in developing countries, scholars have not assessed this question statistically. Our article addresses this gap through a conjoint experiment with 6,500 public servants in three developing countries and one OECD country. Our experiment assesses Weberian relative to managerial approaches to recruitment, job stabi...
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作者：Huskey, James L.
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作者：Wengle, Susanne A.
作者单位：University of Notre Dame
摘要：In the 1990s, rural economies in many post-Soviet countries suffered from a staggering decline in production and from outmigration. Over the last 10 to 15 years, some agricultural producers in the former Soviet Union have managed to reverse decline: they have updated production facilities, improved productivity, and increased production and exports. These trends are uneven, as some farmers in some countries are thriving, while others are on the brink of economic collapse. What are the conditio...
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作者：Ryu, Lanhee; Moon, M. Jae; Yang, Jae-jin
作者单位：Yonsei University
摘要：Revisiting the seminal study of March and Olson (1983), this article aimed to empirically test whether or not government reorganizations at the ministerial level can be better explained by political factors than administrative and functional rhetoric. Government reorganizations have often been understood as functional adaptations to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness, but little empirical research has been conducted on their political context. By analyzing pooled-time series ...
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作者：Bertelli, Anthony M.; Hassan, Mai; Honig, Dan; Rogger, Daniel; Williams, Martin J.
作者单位：Bocconi University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Johns Hopkins University; The World Bank; University of Oxford
摘要：Developing nations demand a different scholarly approach in the field of public administration. We advance an agenda for research that stands on four pillars. First, in the absence of easily accessible data scholars of developing world public administration must assemble it for themselves. Second, building and testing theory plays a paramount role because researchers face limited information. Third, in developing countries, multi-national and non-governmental organizations are often crucial an...
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作者：Williams, Martin J.; Yecalo-Tecle, Liah
作者单位：University of Oxford
摘要：Research on innovation in government often focuses on ideas introduced by senior leaders or managers, but ideas from public servants themselves are an important and underexplored channel for improving performance in government bureaucracies. We provide new evidence on the potential for bottom-up work process innovation, using data from 744 individual and team innovation plans and 51 qualitative interviews in Ghana's civil service. In contrast to common negative stereotypes of developing countr...
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作者：Alter, Karen J.
作者单位：Northwestern University
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作者：Honig, Dan
作者单位：Johns Hopkins University
摘要：Using data on World Bank staff identity and field placement, this article examines the relationship between staff presence in recipient countries and aid project performance. I find that merely placing World Bank staff in developing countries has little effect on the success of development projects. Greater field decision rights are, however, associated with differential project performance. In the most fragile states, the presence of senior personnel (World Bank Country Directors) is associat...
