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作者：Petersen, Ole Helby; Baekkeskov, Erik; Potoski, Matthew; Brown, Trevor L.
作者单位：Roskilde University; Roskilde University; University of Melbourne; University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：Transaction cost attributes, such as the complexity of the product being purchased, shape the risk that government contracts will fail. When transaction cost risks are particularly strong, a common prescription is to avoid contracting altogether or, if it is unavoidable, to spend additional resources on contract management activities. This article presents evidence on the size and variability of governments' ex ante transaction cost spending, using original data from 72 contracts issued by 47 ...
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作者：Neaves, Tonya T.; Simon, Katherine M.
作者单位：George Mason University
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作者：Kaufmann, Wesley; Borry, Erin L.; DeHart-Davis, Leisha
作者单位：Tilburg University; University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Birmingham; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Most research has conceptualized red tape as being a pathological subset of organizational formalization. This article argues that focusing on a single dimension of organizational structure as a red tape driver is unrealistically narrow. Specifically, the article advances hypotheses as to how organizational centralization and hierarchy affect perceived red tape, in addition to formalization. This reasoning is tested using survey data from employees of three local government organizations in th...
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作者：Wise, Charles R.; Witesman, Eva M.
作者单位：University of Arizona; Brigham Young University
摘要：In recent years, public administration scholars have called attention to a blurring of the boundaries between the public and private sectors. However, little attention has been focused on the administration of public programs that seek to impact private markets through direct government investment in private firms. The direct government investment approach is a new tool of government that has been applied in several countries and at multiple levels of government. Through an analytic mix of the...
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作者：Ely, Todd L.; Propheter, Geoffrey; Jones, Rich; Wasserman, Scott
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver
摘要：Middle-class families face a range of challenges, including uneven income growth, imposing child care costs, and affordability gaps for higher education. The ideal policies by which policy makers and public administrators can aid the middle class are far from obvious. Policy solutions are likely to mirror our government and population, meaning that they will be decentralized and varied. Achieving a growing and thriving middle class requires understanding the composition of the middle class acr...
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作者：Rothbart, Michah W.; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Calabrese, Thad D.; Papper, Zachary; Mijanovich, Todor; Meltzer, Rachel; Silver, Diana
作者单位：Syracuse University; Syracuse University; Syracuse University; New York University; The New School; The New School; New York University
摘要：Can governments use grades to induce businesses to improve their compliance with regulations? Does public disclosure of compliance with food safety regulations matter for restaurants? Ultimately, this depends on whether grades matter for the bottom line. Based on 28 months of data on more than 15,000 restaurants in New York City, this article explores the impact of public restaurant grades on economic activity and public resources using rigorous panel data methods, including fixed-effects mode...
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作者：Battaglio, R. Paul, Jr.; Belardinelli, Paolo; Belle, Nicola; Cantarelli, Paola
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Bocconi University; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
摘要：This article provides a comprehensive overview of how policy makers, practitioners, and scholars can fruitfully use behavioral science to tackle public administration, management, and policy issues. The article systematically reviews 109 articles in the public administration discipline that are inspired by the behavioral sciences to identify emerging research trajectories, significant gaps, and promising applied research directions. In an attempt to systematize and take stock of the nascent be...
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作者：Yang, Lang (Kate)
作者单位：George Washington University
摘要：The fiscal decision of one local government may spill over to other localities, and such externality could justify and inform policy making by a higher-level government. Theories of municipal bond market contagion postulate that once a local government files for bankruptcy, localities sharing similar characteristics will be perceived negatively by creditors and charged a higher interest rate. In this article, empirical examination of the second-largest municipal bankruptcy in American history ...
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作者：Feeney, Mary K.; Carson, Lisa; Dickinson, Helen
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; University of New South Wales Sydney; University of New South Wales Sydney
摘要：Journal editors serve a vital, powerful role in academic fields. They set research priorities, serve as gatekeepers for research, play a critical role in advancing junior scholars as reviewers and eventually into editorial roles, build extensive networks, and gain valuable insight into the behavior and preferences of reviewers and scholars. This article analyzes data collected from leading public administration journals in 2017 to investigate the role of women as gatekeepers of public administ...
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作者：Battaglio, R. Paul; Hall, Jeremy L.
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida
