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作者：Naff, Katherine C.
作者单位：California State University System; San Francisco State University
摘要：In most local developing settings, the political leader and the municipal manager are embodied in the same figure, the directly elected mayor. This research explores the impact of mayoral quality on local public finances in a developing country. Mayoral quality is operationalized as educational background and job-related expertise to analyze its impact on two local financial indicators: property tax collection and social spending per capita. The mayoral quality thesis is tested across 40 Colom...
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作者：Riccucci, Norma M.
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Newark
摘要：This descriptive study examines the extent to which the federal government has achieved social equity in its workforce. In particular, the author addresses the degree to which white women and people of color have been successful in reaching the upper, higher-paying levels of nonpostal federal government jobs. The study shows that, with few exceptions, these groups, despite continued calls for greater equity, remain in lower-level, lower-paying, less prestigious jobs.
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作者：Van Speier, Jonathan
作者单位：University of Southern California
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作者：Fiorino, Daniel J
作者单位：United States Environmental Protection Agency
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作者：Levy, Alice
作者单位：George Washington University
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作者：Jing, Yijia; Savas, E. S.
作者单位：Fudan University; Fudan University; City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY)
摘要：Successful adoption of collaborative service delivery requires that governments develop better capacity to handle potential pitfalls. In this essay, Yijia Jing of Fudan University and E. S. Savas of the City University of New York provide a framework that compares and contrasts the management practices in China and America. Both nations favor collaborative service delivery and engage in it extensively. Can China's state-affiliated strategy and the United States' competition-oriented strategy b...
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作者：Avellaneda, Claudia N.
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte
摘要：There is a long history of states using tax systems to encourage residents to invest in bonds issued by jurisdictions within their state. This preferential or discriminatory tax treatment was ruled unconstitutional in 2006 by the Kentucky Court of Appeals. The Kentucky court decision, which sets the stage for this essay, was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008. This essay addresses the possible implications of this and similar discriminatory tax policies. Such discriminatory policies ...
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作者：Cejudo, Guillermo M.
作者单位：Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas A.C. (CIDE)
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作者：Van Speier, Jonathan
作者单位：University of Southern California
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作者：Zhao, Yongfei; Peters, B. Guy
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; Zhejiang University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; Zeppelin University
摘要：How do two world powers with starkly different governing systems share common accountability problems, and why? Does the cycle of administrative reform produce additional need for reforms that come full circle, eventually exacerbating problems without solution? Yongfei Zhao and B. Guy Peters of the University of Pittsburgh examine governance in the United States and China and point out that conflicts in government functions unique to each country result in strikingly similar accountability iss...
