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作者：Song, Jacques Simon; Ngounou, Borice Augustin
摘要：Institutional quality in Africa has evolved over the last two decades, fuelling an extremely fertile literature. In this article, we examine the effects of democracy and regime sustainability on inclusive growth. Based on a sample of 48 African countries, we specify and estimate a panel data model by Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and the Driscoll-Kraay method, whose robustness is confirmed via the Lewbel 2SLS method, and a dynamic panel data model proved by the System Generalized Method of Mome...
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作者：Nam-Speers, Jiwon
作者单位：Jackson State University
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作者：Zhang, Jingyu; Pan, Yuxin; Tang, Xiao
作者单位：Tsinghua University
摘要：Data manipulation plagues principals for providing noisy performance data. Yet, it also has pitfalls for agents, which receive relatively little attention in the literature. Due to the performance data manipulated by previous agents, incumbent agents fall into the dilemma regarding whether to continue or curb data manipulation. We argue that to navigate the dilemma, political agents leverage the anti-corruption opportunity window to curb data manipulation. Using panel data from China's local g...
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作者：Alishani, Art; Homburg, Vincent; Velsberg, Ott
作者单位：University of Tartu; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Umea University
摘要：Public service providers around the world are now offering chatbots to answer citizens' questions and deliver digital services. Using these artificial intelligence-powered technologies, citizens can engage in conversations with governments through systems that mimic face-to-face interactions and adjust their use of natural language to citizens' communication styles. This paper examines emerging experiences with chatbots in government interactions, with a focus on exploring what public administ...
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作者：Hupe, Peter
作者单位：KU Leuven
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作者：Zhuge, Andong; Chen, Can; Wang, Weijie; Zhang, Ping
作者单位：Fudan University; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Bush School of Government & Public Service
摘要：Performance budgeting has been widely advocated as a tool to strengthen fiscal accountability and improve public spending efficiency. However, its role in deterring corruption remains underexplored. This study examines the impact of performance budgeting reforms on corruption in Chinese local governments. Using a difference-in-differences approach with the staggered implementation of performance budgeting reforms across Chinese provinces, we find significant reductions in actual corruption cas...
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作者：Einfeld, Colette
作者单位：Australian National University
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作者：Tang, Shui-Yan
作者单位：University of Southern California
摘要：Tocqueville's Democracy in America offers fundamental insights into the mutually supportive relationship between civic engagement and local self-governance, which has become more critical as the United States faces rising authoritarianism. The governance context of the United States has changed: diminished incentives for civic engagement, national partisanship swaying local public affairs, bureaucratic machinery even at the local level, more complex policy problems, increasing tensions across ...
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作者：Cisternas, Carla
作者单位：Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University
摘要：Ad hoc commissions are well known in policymaking, yet their strategic deployment during crises remains less understood. This study examines how governments rely on expert commissions to manage blame and political risk in response to critical events. I argue that while commissions facilitate blame avoidance, their use is constrained when delegating authority to experts poses greater risks than benefits. Using logit models on longitudinal data from Chile (1990-2022), I assess how critical event...
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作者：Sievert, Martin; Vogel, Dominik; Doring, Matthias
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; University of Southern Denmark
摘要：Gender imbalance in public sector hiring remains a persistent concern, yet research often overlooks how job advertisement features influence applicant self-selection. Thus, we focus on gender sorting in the public labor market, a mechanism potentially causing structural self-selection among job seekers. The study investigates how gender sorting affects applicant pools by examining gendered language and the gender of the contact person in job advertisements. We empirically test these mechanisms...
