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作者：Porter, Ethan; Rogowski, Jon C.
作者单位：George Washington University; Harvard University
摘要：Though political candidates, observers, and voters often express concern about partisan meddling in supposedly neutral elections, existing research has not directly studied partisan bias among election administrators. We report results from a field experiment conducted in Wisconsin during the 2014 general election. Local election clerks were sent an information request from a putative constituent, randomizing the sender's partisanship. Our findings are mixed. Overall, partisan email-writers we...
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作者：Benjamin, Lehn M.; Posner, Paul L.
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Purdue University in Indianapolis; Purdue University System; Purdue University; Purdue University in Indianapolis; George Mason University
摘要：Tax expenditures have become a widely used tool of government in the United States, with the fiscal impact now rivaling appropriations for discretionary spending. But tax expenditures raise important accountability dilemmas and tradeoffs for the nation. We show that, despite repeated recommendations by oversight agencies to address the significant shortfalls in performance associated with this tool, policymakers and public managers alike remain ambivalent about instituting stronger accountabil...
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作者：Brunjes, Benjamin M.; Kellough, J. Edward
作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：The theory of representative bureaucracy holds that demographic characteristics of public managers influence policy design and implementation, but only a few studies have been conducted on the impact of representative bureaucracy on contract decisions. This paper contributes to that work by examining the relationship between minority representation in federal agencies and the awarding of agency contracts to minority-owned businesses. Using federal-level employment and contracting data, we dete...
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作者：Gassner, Drorit; Gofen, Anat
作者单位：Hebrew University of Jerusalem
摘要：It is now widely accepted that public policy is not merely about its formal wording but rather the ways it is implemented. Implementation portrayals are not uniform: some focus on street-level delivery while others refer to managerial actions of different administration levels. Although varied, current implementation research overlooks the distinct position of chief executive officers of street-level organizations, who are overarchingly in charge of, and accountable for, the direct delivery of...
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作者：Pacheco-Vega, Raul
作者单位：Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas A.C. (CIDE)
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作者：Evans, Tony
作者单位：University of London; Royal Holloway University London
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作者：Mead, Kristi Andrasik Joseph W.
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University
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作者：Riccucci, Norma M.; Van Ryzin, Gregg G.; Jackson, Karima
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：Employing a theoretical framework of symbolic representation, our study examines whether varying the representation of black police officers in local agencies influences how black and white citizens judge the agency's performance, trustworthiness, and fairness in terms of civilian complaints of police misconduct. We use an online survey experiment in which we vary the representation of black officers in a hypothetical police department and also vary the agency's complaints of police misconduct...
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作者：Baekgaard, Martin; George, Bert
作者单位：Aarhus University; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Although a voluminous literature on representative bureaucracy and minority discrimination suggests that characteristics other than qualifications influence hiring decisions, little is known about whether this also pertains to the top positions in political-administrative organizations. To shed light on this question, we ask how candidate ethnicity, gender, and age affect the recruitment preferences among politicians regarding the candidates for top administrative positions. Our study uses a s...
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作者：Song, Miyeon; Meier, Kenneth J.
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; American University; Cardiff University
摘要：Performance assessment is a central issue for modern governments; however, little attention has been paid to the similarities and differences among various performance indicators. This study investigates how different performance assessments relate to each other by incorporating multiple stakeholders' perspectives on performance at the individual level. Combining three different surveys and archival data on secondary education, we analyze how academic performance indicators are associated with...
