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作者：Breunig, Christian; Koski, Chris; Mortensen, Peter B.
作者单位：University of Toronto; James Madison University; Aarhus University
摘要：This article provides a comprehensive analysis of stability and punctuations in public spending within and across two different countries-Denmark and the United States. The theoretical starting point is the classic model of budget incrementalism and Jones and Baumgartner's model of disproportionate information processing. First, despite the clear differences in institutional setup, we show that public spending spanning many decades in Denmark and the United States are characterized by a simila...
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作者：Andrews, Rhys; Entwistle, Tom
作者单位：Cardiff University
摘要：Cross-sectoral partnerships are increasingly seen as a solution to the most pressing social problems facing contemporary societies. Sectoral rationales for partnership suggest that public, private, and nonprofit organizations each possess distinctive advantages that can enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of public agencies' efforts to address social issues. We present an exploratory quantitative examination of this argument, using primary and secondary data from 46 UK local gove...
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作者：Sosin, Michael R.; Smith, Steven Rathgeb; Hilton, Timothy; Jordan, Lucy P.
作者单位：University of Chicago; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Northern Michigan University; University of St Andrews
摘要：Many doubts have been expressed about the capacity of states to administer federally supported social service programs. This article relies on institutional theory, punctuated equilibrium theory, and evidence from two states to analyze the way states administer the programs in times of fiscal crisis. The particular context is the fiscal crisis of the early 2000s in substance abuse programs. The analysis suggest that, during the crisis, state administrative authorities and the providers they fu...
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作者：Dahlstrom, Carl; Lapuente, Victor
作者单位：University of Gothenburg
摘要：This article aims to explain cross-country variations in a paradigmatic element of the new public management reforms: the shift from low-powered incentives (i.e., flat salaries) to high-powered ones (i.e., performance-related pay [PRP] systems). It presents a theoretical model based on insights developed for understanding the success of performance-related incentives in the private sector. Economic literature has underlined the need for a system of separation of interests within firms to make ...
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作者：Hou, Yilin; Smith, Daniel L.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; New York University
摘要：Both formal rules and informal norms guide government operations; formal rules often function through informal norms. Balanced budget requirements (BBRs) are formal rules, but they are implemented via the intermediary of informal norms-interpretation of BBRs by state officials. This article examines the fiscal implications of informal norms that govern budgetary balance. We propose that informal norms have substantive implications in policy making and implementation. To test the proposition, w...
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作者：Schalk, Jelmer; Torenvlied, Rene; Allen, Jim
作者单位：Utrecht University; Maastricht University
摘要：Current research in public management reports a positive effect of agency network activity in the interorganizational network on its performance (degree centrality hypothesis). This study presents a different hypothesis: The embeddedness of agency network relations in cohesive subgroups in the interorganizational network positively affects its performance (cohesive subgroup hypothesis). The dependent variable in the present study is organizational performance and measured in terms of individua...
