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作者：Krachler, Nick; Greer, Ian; Umney, Charles
作者单位：University of London; King's College London; Cornell University; University of Leeds
摘要：Policymakers now have four decades' experience using marketization to address cost and quality problems in public-sector health services. While much is known about the challenges, it is difficult to draw lessons because there remains no agreed-upon definition of marketization. This article contributes a definition that focuses on the transaction, particularly the effects of funding arrangements on the intensity of competition among providers. Based on prior literature and 106 interviews with p...
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作者：Yackee, Susan Webb
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Observers regularly assert that government regulations are captured-meaning the content of the regulation is diverted away from the public interest and toward the interests of regulated industry. I argue that the label of regulatory capture is often applied differently by policy losers than by policy winners. I hypothesize that when an entity is unsuccessful in achieving its goals during regulatory policy making, that entity is more likely to deem the process captured. With data from 41 FDA re...
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作者：Al-Hashimi, Khalid; Weerakkody, Vishanth; Elbanna, Said; Schwarz, Gary
作者单位：Qatar University; University of Bradford; University of Bradford; Qatar University; University of London; Queen Mary University London; University of London; Queen Mary University London
摘要：Based on Herbert Simon's conceptualization of bounded rationality, this article develops and tests an integrative model of the strategic decision-making process (SDMP) and outcomes in public organizations. The model integrates different SDMP dimensions-procedural rationality, intuition, participation, and constructive politics-and examines their impacts on the successful implementation of strategic decisions. Additionally, it analyzes the influence of implementation on the overall outcomes of ...
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作者：Dowding, Keith; Taflaga, Marija
作者单位：Australian National University; Australian National University
摘要：Westminster administrative systems were characterized by a clear separation between the political careers and roles of elected ministers and career civil servants. The former set the values or aims of the organization; the latter utilize those values when generating policy ideas. This separation provides what H.A. Simon calls procedural rationality. The decision premise of public servants is (1) an apolitical commitment to government service, and (2) a commitment to advise on and implement the...
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作者：Wei, Wenchi
作者单位：Renmin University of China
摘要：This article examines the effect of fiscal slack on government corruption using the US states in the period from 1998 to 2012 as a research sample. Fiscal slack in the US states is commonly referred to as rainy day funds (RDFs),which are intended as countercyclical reserve funds for government-wide purposes. Theoretically,bureaucracy models predict that fiscal slack might catalyze the embezzlement or misuse behaviors of bureaucrats, who are considered to be budget maximizers. However,formally ...
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作者：Morris, Stephen D.
作者单位：Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Middle Tennessee State University
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作者：Kang, Seong C.; Nesbit, Rebecca; Brudney, Jeffrey L.
作者单位：New Mexico State University; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Wilmington
摘要：Volunteer use in the United States constitutes a service delivery alternative in which public agencies involve citizens to assist in delivering public services. This article provides a resource dependence and transaction costs explanation for why local governments in the United States may involve volunteers in service delivery. Using a survey of local government service delivery arrangements, we analyze a repeated cross-sectional dataset derived from four separate years to examine the factors ...
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作者：van der Voet, Joris; Lems, Elvira
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University; Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：Behavioral theory proposes that decision-makers engage in search to identify satisfactory policy solutions to organizational problems. For complex problems, required solutions cannot be identified merely through search, but must be created and designed. While behavioral theory suggests that negative performance will spur creative solution generation, threat-rigidity theory provides a competing view that decision-makers' creative efforts are ultimately thwarted through restricted information pr...
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作者：Hansen, Jesper Asring; Nielsen, Poul Aaes
作者单位：Aarhus University; Aarhus University
摘要：Management decisions are considered important for the performance of public organizations, but how does information about performance influence management decision-making? Developed from Simon's notion of bounded rationality, the behavioral model of performance-based learning suggests that managers adjust their understanding of organizational problems, search for information, and consider initiating change when their organization performs below aspirations. In this paper, we offer experimental...
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作者：Dickinson, Helen; Carey, Gemma; Malbon, Eleanor; Gilchrist, David; Chand, Satish; Kavanagh, Anne; Alexander, Damon
作者单位：University of New South Wales Sydney; University of New South Wales Sydney; University of New South Wales Sydney; University of Western Australia; University of New South Wales Sydney; University of Melbourne; Swinburne University of Technology
摘要：Markets are increasingly used by governments to deliver social services, underpinned by the belief that they can drive efficiency and quality. These 'quasi-markets' require on-going management to ensure they meet policy goals, and address issues of market inequity. This has seen debates emerge around 'market stewardship' and 'market shaping' that center on how best to manage markets toward optimal policy outcomes. At present, there is a significant gap in both literature and practice with rega...
