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作者：Jimenez, Benedict S.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：One of the fundamental questions in democratic governance is whether policies are best decided by elected officials or by appointed bureaucrat-experts. The study examines this issue in the context of how municipal government form influences government-wide budgetary solvency. Government form creates distinct incentives for executive action that shape budget outcomes. In mayor-council governments, the elected executive's desire to be reelected increases responsiveness to voters' preferences. Vo...
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作者：Walker, Richard M.; Brewer, Gene A.; Lee, M. Jin; Petrovsky, Nicolai; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen
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作者：Dague, Laura; Lahey, Joanna
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
摘要：This article discusses causal inference techniques for social scientists through the lens of applied microeconomics. We frame causal inference using the standard of the ideal experiment, emphasizing problems of omitted variable bias and reverse causality. We explore how laboratory and field experiments can succeed and fail to meet this ideal in practice. We then outline how different methods and the statistical assumptions behind them can lead to causal inference in nonexperimental contexts. W...
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作者：Meyer-Sahling, Jan-Hinrik; Mikkelsen, Kim Sass; Schuster, Christian
作者单位：University of Nottingham; Roskilde University; University of London; University College London
摘要：Public service motivation (PSM) and ethical behavior are central concerns in public administration. Yet, experimental evidence on the causes of ethical behavior and the causal effects of PSM remains scarce, curtailing our understanding of both. This article draws on a novel survey experimental design to improve this understanding. The design is based on a simple insight: asking about PSM can render salient PSM-oriented identities of respondents. By randomizing the order of PSM and outcome ques...
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作者：Park, Angela Y. S.; Krause, Rachel M.; Feiock, Richard C.
作者单位：University of Kansas; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要：Despite an abundance of research on collaboration, relatively little attention has been paid to the impact of collaboration on organizational outputs. This study helps fill this gap by unveiling the efficiency implications of collaborative arrangements. Using stochastic frontier (SF) analysis, we evaluate the efficiency of U.S. cities' use of Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funds in implementing sustainability programs and the extent to which collaboration influences resulti...
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作者：Honig, Dan
作者单位：Johns Hopkins University
摘要：There is little methodological guidance regarding how to best integrate qualitative observational case study data and quantitative large-N observational data in the study of public agencies in a mutually supportive way. There are a broad range of potential applications of mutually supportive mixed methods, which can be of help whenever one tool of inquiry (e.g., econometric analysis) suffers from weaknesses (e.g., omitted variables, measurement techniques which may not be unbiased, the inabili...
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作者：Anastasopoulos, L. Jason; Whitford, Andrew B.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：Machine learning (ML) methods have gained a great deal of popularity in recent years among public administration scholars and practitioners. These techniques open the door to the analysis of text, image and other types of data that allow us to test foundational theories of public administration and to develop new theories. Despite the excitement surrounding ML methods, clarity regarding their proper use and potential pitfalls is lacking. This article attempts to fill this gap in the literature...
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作者：Doherty, Kathleen M.; Lewis, David E.; Limbocker, Scott
作者单位：University of Southern California; Vanderbilt University; United States Department of Defense; United States Army; United States Military Academy
摘要：If presidents wish to see their policy priorities implemented, they need control over key decision-making positions often occupied by career executives. This article examines whether political conflict with a new administration drives career executives from their positions. This can happen because presidents target specific individuals or because career professionals anticipate conflict and strategically exit before a new president takes office. To assess this dynamic, we use novel data that c...
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作者：Zhu, Ling; Witko, Christopher; Meier, Kenneth J.
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; American University; Cardiff University; Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：This essay introduces the articles in the public administration methods symposium that will appear in this and the next two issues of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Overall the articles present the need for a rigorous methodological pluralism in public administration where the methods used need to match the substantive questions asked. The symposium hopes to provide a spring board for a discussion of future methodological issues in public administration.
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作者：Ashworth, Rachel Elizabeth; McDermott, Aoife Mary; Currie, Graeme
作者单位：Cardiff University; University of Warwick
摘要：Scholars emphasize the need for additional rigor in qualitative research. This inadvertently encourages formulaic and standardized approaches that undermine the benefits of theorizing from rich data. Our study extends debate by emphasizing the importance of sound qualitative public administration research that blends rigor with richness and thereby facilitates effective theorization. Evidence from a narrative review of 31 qualitative studies published within six leading public administration j...
