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作者：Oliver, Adam
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：The dominant normative framework in behavioral public policy postulates paternalistic intervention to increase individual utility, epitomized by the so-called nudge approach. In this article, an alternative political economy of behavioral public policy is proposed that sits within, or at least closely aside, the liberal economic tradition. In short, rather than impose utility maximization as the normative ideal, this framework proposes that policy makers provide an environment that is conduciv...
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作者：Tan, Jie; Zhao, Jerry Zhirong
作者单位：Zhejiang University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：The rise of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in China has spurred heated debates about their purpose and effectiveness. This article traces the fluctuation of China's PPPs over several decades and finds that PPPs have played a supplementary role in China's infrastructure investment, as a response to the pressures of fiscal shortfalls and government debts. The resurgence of PPPs in recent years aims to bridge the infrastructure gap and alleviate ballooning local debts. These expectations, how...
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作者：Hall, Jeremy L.; Battaglio, R. Paul
作者单位：State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
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作者：Fernandez-Gutierrez, Marcos; Van de Walle, Steven
作者单位：Universidad de Cantabria; KU Leuven
摘要：This article analyzes the positions of top public officials on an equity-efficiency trade-off id the determinants of those positions. It uses data from a survey across 14 European countries. The results show that differences in public officials' positions on equity-efficiency are related to the context in which they work and to their personal background. Officials at the top of the hierarchy and those with a business or economics education are more oriented toward efficiency. Additionally, res...
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作者：Carrigan, Christopher; Mills, Russell W.
作者单位：George Washington University; George Washington University; University System of Ohio; Bowling Green State University; University System of Ohio; Bowling Green State University
摘要：Scholars have long understood that structuring internal work processes into more hierarchical or team-based arrangements has consequences for organizational outputs. Building on this insight, this research examines the relationship between how agencies organize their rulemaking routines and the resulting rules. Tracking the job functions of rule contacts for economically significant rules proposed over a four-year period, the analysis demonstrates that expanding the breadth of personnel types ...
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作者：Krause, Rachel M.; Hawkins, Christopher V.; Park, Angela Y. S.; Feiock, Richard C.
作者单位：University of Kansas; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida; University of Kansas; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要：Local governments commonly pursue environmental objectives that exceed state and federal minimum requirements. Although research informs our understanding of factors that lead cities to adopt such policy goals, the underlying mechanisms employed to achieve them are not well understood. This article examines factors that drive the choice of policy instruments that cities use to pursue local environmental objectives. The literature links the structure of the local governing body, characteristics...
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作者：Meier, Kenneth J.; Johnson, Austin P.; An, Seung-Ho
作者单位：American University; Cardiff University; Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; University of Arizona
摘要：This article examines whether the public holds biased perceptions of public organizations (in this case, hospitals) in the United States and whether organizations get credit for positive results from program evaluations. Using an experimental design that replicates Hvidman and Andersen's 2016 Danish study, the study finds no negative public sector biases in the United States, but organizations are not given any credit for positive program evaluations. These results hold in two experimental rep...
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作者：Fry, Vanessa Crossgrove
作者单位：Boise State University
摘要：Across the United States, communities struggle with numerous social and environmental issues, while the funding to address these issues continues to diminish. Therefore, actors inside and outside of government are seeking new policy solutions to persistent social problems. Significant hurdles to new policies exist, however, including a lack of funding and a reluctance to take on the risks inherent in implementing new programs. A recent innovation in the policy sphere, pay-for-success (PFS) fin...
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作者：Meyfroodt, Kenn; Desmidt, Sebastian; Goeminne, Stijn
作者单位：Ghent University; Ghent University
摘要：Although strategic consensus is a core concept in strategic management research, empirical evidence is lacking on (1) the degree of strategic consensus in public organizations, (2) how strategic consensus is impacted by group characteristics specific to public strategic decision-making groups, and (3) how strategic plans impact these relationships. An analysis of multisource data from 1,075 governing majority members nested in 256 Flemish municipalities (Belgium) indicates that within-group st...
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作者：Zhang, Yahong; Kuo, Ming-feng; Guo, Jinyun; Wang, Chun-yuan
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; National Taiwan University; National Taiwan University; Sichuan University
摘要：A large body of research focuses on the institutional factors that shape country-level corruption and the effectiveness of macro-level anticorruption measures; however, corruption at the individual level remains understudied and thus poorly understood. This article examines the underlying causes of and mechanisms through which individual government bureaucrats engage in corruption. The researchers develop a framework that incorporates intrinsic motivations, work-related opportunities, and work...
