作者：CONLAN, TJ; BEAM, DR; COLELLA, CC
作者单位：Illinois Institute of Technology; University System of Maryland; Towson University
作者：FURLONG, SR
摘要：What exactly is the goal of a regulatory moratorium? Have the goals ever been achieved? On January 28, 1992, President Bush imposed a 90-day regulatory moratorium on new federal regulations. According to the White House, this moratorium war aimed at reducing the burden of government regulation on the economy. This regulatory moratorium seemed to be in response to a number of concerns by the administration. First, it provided a partial scapegoat to the overall sluggish economy that refused to s...
作者：SWAIN, JW; REED, BJ
作者单位：University of Nebraska System
作者：ROBERTSON, PJ; TANG, SY
摘要：What is the role of commitment in collective action? Peter J. Robertson and Shui-Yan Tang examine how this question is addressed from two major theoretic perspectives-organizational behavior and rational choice. The two perspectives differ in the way they define the concept of commitment and in their foci and assumptions regarding the role of commitment in collective action. Despite these differences, both perspectives emphasize the importance of informal structures and mechanisms for generati...
作者：STANBURY, W; THOMPSON, F
作者单位：Willamette University
摘要：William Stanbury and Fred Thompson try to get beyond the mantra of waste, fraud, and abuse to deal seriously and constructively with the question of government waste. They provide a logical taxonomy of nine types of waste, which they, use to examine the question from several directions. One of the insights derived from their examination is that a large proportion of the waste created by government is not included in the budget. Indeed, efforts to reduce budgetary waste often simply cause it to...
