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作者：Girth, Amanda M.; Hefetz, Amir; Johnston, Jocelyn M.; Warner, Mildred E.
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; University of Haifa; American University; Cornell University
摘要：Capturing the benefits of competition is a key argument for outsourcing public services, yet public service markets often lack sufficient competition. The authors use survey and interview data from U.S. local governments to explore the responses of public managers to noncompetitive markets. This research indicates that competition is weak in most local government markets (fewer than two alternative providers on average across 67 services measured), and that the relationship between competition...
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作者：O'Leary, Rosemary; Choi, Yujin; Gerard, Catherine M.
作者单位：Syracuse University; State University System of Florida; Florida International University; Syracuse University
摘要：In this article, the authors focus on members of the U.S. Senior Executive Service who choose collaboration as a management strategy to increase performance and, in particular, their views of the skill set of a successful collaborator. Based on the current literature on collaboration and networks, these executives might be expected to identify strategic thinking and strategic management as the most important skills. Contrary to expectations, the federal executives most frequently mentioned ind...
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作者：Julnes, Patria de Lancer
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Baltimore
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作者：Holzer, Marc; Kasymova, Jyldyz
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick
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作者：Kim, Sangmook
作者单位：Seoul National University of Science & Technology
摘要：Public service motivation theory suggests that public service motivation is positively related to work attitudes, but person-organization fit theory assumes that person-organization fit completely mediates the relationship between public service motivation and work attitudes of public employees. This article investigates which theory better predicts attitudes toward work, such as job satisfaction and organizational commitment of public employees, by testing hypotheses on (1) whether public ser...
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作者：Mingus, Matthew S.
作者单位：Western Michigan University
摘要：Nations in the Arab world are largely unitary states, yet Iraq has embarked on a seemingly ambitious agenda of decentralization and devolution mixed with federalism. While local elections have been delayed at least until 2012, and indeed may never take place, Iraq's constitutional commitment to decentralize and subsequent statutory enactments appear to be turning provincial governments into significant actors in Iraqi governance. Progress has taken place at a slower, more deliberate pace than ...
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作者：Robbins, Mark D.; Simonsen, Bill
作者单位：University of Connecticut
摘要：This article reports on research into the possible interest cost penalties when state governments impose increasingly high debt levels on their citizens. The potential effect of debt levels on borrowing costs is a material one, given the large amounts of state debt outstanding. At the same time that government borrowing is heavy, the demand for government obligations also appears to be strong. The authors examine state debt levels and borrowing costs over a six-year period (20012006) and find ...
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作者：Michelson, Evan S.
作者单位：New York University
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作者：Rose, Shanna; Smith, Daniel L.
作者单位：New York University
摘要：Economic theory suggests that it is optimal for governments to use precautionary saving as a countercyclical tool. However, the availability of surplus funds often triggers political pressure for tax cuts and spending increases. Mechanisms for alleviating that pressure include limiting the transparency of slack resources and limiting politicians discretion to use slack resources for purposes other than stabilization. This article investigates the extent to which these two mechanisms are substi...
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作者：Martell, Christine R.; Kravchuk, Robert S.
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Children's Hospital Colorado; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte
摘要：This article surveys developments in the municipal debt market for their practical and conceptual implications for public financial managers and scholars. It provides an overview of the market crisis of 2007-9, focusing on what fiscal stress reveals about debt costs, the incidence of risk, and management methods. The first part focuses on the systemic factors-highly leveraged subprime mortgage instruments and collateralized debt obligations-that affected credit availability, interest costs, an...
