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作者：Sciepura, Brenda; Wall, Alec; Linos, Elizabeth
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Harvard University
摘要：Governments face significant challenges in attracting and retaining younger talent, leading to a workforce increasingly skewed towards older employees. This study examines the impact of public sector fellowship programs as alternative pathways into government roles for early career professionals. Leveraging data from 17 cohorts of applicants accross four US fellowship programs over 19 years (N = 2141; 31,153 individual-year observations), we employ a staggered difference-in-differences approac...
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作者：Toth, Federico
作者单位：University of Bologna
摘要：The aim of the article is to interpret the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 in light of crisis management theories, seeking to draw from this event some general lessons about the nature of crises, their determinants, and how they are managed. More specifically, the article addresses three questions: (1) Why did Israel underestimate the warning signs and fail to prevent the attack? (2) What decision-making logic did the Israeli government adopt in responding to the attack? (3) What kind of crisi...
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作者：Dodson, Morgan
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
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作者：Christensen, Johan; van den Bekerom, Petra
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：Public policy often builds on a large body of policy advice-produced by bureaucrats, advisory bodies, scientists, and consultants-that has accumulated over time about a specific policy problem and appropriate policy responses. Yet, how this body of policy advice develops and which pieces of advice influence subsequent policy recommendations is poorly understood. We seek to fill this gap by proposing a novel conceptualization and methodological approach for unpacking the influence of policy adv...
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作者：Fan, Ziteng; Jing, Yijia; Wang, Xuechun
作者单位：Fudan University; Fudan University; Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
摘要：Partner selection is critical for interlocal collaboration. However, governments often face challenges in identifying suitable partners, which can undermine the potential gains of collaboration. While previous studies suggest that conforming to peers can reduce uncertainty in decision-making, its role in partner selection remains underexplored. This study explores the effects of peer conformity on interlocal collaboration. We posit that, in collaborative settings with high uncertainty, local g...
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作者：Luby, Martin J.; Holley, Catherine; Kim, Celine
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：In 2009, the US federal government created the Build America Bond (BAB) program to improve access to the capital markets for state and local governments. While the federal government typically subsidizes subnational capital financing indirectly through tax exemption, the BAB program provided direct cash subsidies to governments. The Budget Control Act of 2011 implemented a sequester that reduced BAB subsidies by 5.7 to 8.7% each year since 2013. This paper estimates previous and potential futu...
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作者：Raymaekers, Pieter; Migchelbrink, Koen; Pattyn, Valerie; De Smedt, Peter
作者单位：KU Leuven; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Siemens AG; Siemens Belgium
摘要：Understanding the use of evidence by public organizations and public officials is a key issue for public administration scholars and practitioners. In this study, we examine how individual- and organizational-level factors relate to evidence informed policy making. Using the Norm of Evidence and Research in Decision-making (NERD), we conduct an online survey to analyze evidence informed policy making perceptions of public officials (n = 438) holding policy responsibilities within the Flemish (...
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作者：Johnson, Gary; Cragun, Spencer; Yoder, Jake
摘要：Post-2024, the United States faces an acute labor crisis marked by accelerating Local Election Official (LEO) attrition. This study examines causal drivers of this exodus, focusing specifically on disproportionate turnover within volatile swing and pivot counties. Utilizing a mixed-methods design, using longitudinal data from the Bipartisan Policy Center, US Census Bureau, Elections Voter Survey, MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL), and the Reed LEO survey, alongside an original dataset ...
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作者：McCandless, Sean A.
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
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作者：Yang, Lang (Kate)
作者单位：George Washington University
摘要：This study examines how the selection of public sector leaders affects organizational outcomes, especially in oversight functions where independence is expected. Political economy literature suggests that elected leaders better respond to voter preferences, while appointed leaders possess more expertise. Drawing on public administration theories of political control of the bureaucracy, we posit that, regardless of the selection method, public sector leaders as agents are subject to the influen...
