{"title":"Determinants of the Success of Cooperative Public Procurement","authors":"Sawsan Abutabenjeh, A. Dimand, Jie Tao","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2115086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2115086","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Governments at all levels face pressures to provide the best quality services by optimizing expenditures. Collaborative governance, which has been advanced as a tool to improve public service delivery, is widely discussed in mainstream public administration literature. However, few scholars have addressed it from the perspective of Cooperative Public Procurement (CPP). In this paper, we examine the potential determinants of CPP as we consider it a form of collaborative governance. Through the lens of transaction costs theory and prior management literature, we hypothesize that information, negotiation, enforcement costs, joint gains, and fiscal and political pressures are the determinants of collaborative governance. Using ordered logistic models, we found that governments’ engagement in cooperative public procurement mostly depends on the benefits of CPP instead of the costs. That is, governments place more weight on the benefits than the costs of collaborative arrangements when making cooperative public procurement decisions.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48942599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Vashdi, Anna Uster, E. Vigoda-Gadot, M. Mizrahi
{"title":"Is Auditing Worth the Effort? The Impact of Internal Auditing on Local Fiscal Outcomes","authors":"D. Vashdi, Anna Uster, E. Vigoda-Gadot, M. Mizrahi","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2108469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2108469","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Internal auditing systems are aimed to provide independent and objective assessments regarding decisions, processes, and procedures and to identify barriers to organizational effectiveness. While research has shown that such systems indeed achieve their goals, it is unclear whether such effective auditing systems and also efficient. The current study aimed to deal with this gap and investigated the contribution of effective internal auditing to local governments' fiscal outcomes and the factors that exacerbate or attenuate this relationship. We empirically tested our model in the Israeli local government setting using multi-source data from 644 employees, 277 managers, and 68 auditors in 68 local authorities. Our results generally support a relationship between several indicators of the effectiveness of internal audits and the local fiscal outcomes of the authorities as measured by self-income and collection efficiency ratios. Moreover, the extent to which the local authority's employees regarded their workplace as open to change and as suffering from organizational politics moderated this relationship. Theoretical and policy-related contributions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46095903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bin Xue, Jun Cen, Bingsheng Liu, Lei Qian, Jingfeng Yuan
{"title":"How Does Policy Implementation Affect the Sustainability of Public–Private Partnership Projects? A Stakeholder-Based Framework","authors":"Bin Xue, Jun Cen, Bingsheng Liu, Lei Qian, Jingfeng Yuan","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2107029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2107029","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sustainability is an imperative goal for developing public–private partnership (PPP) projects, which are largely affected by policies. However, few studies have explored the impact of policy implementation on the sustainable development of PPP projects. This study examines the impacts of PPP policy implementation on PPP sustainability by conducting a comprehensive analysis that is grounded in a proposed stakeholder-based framework of the PPP policy implementation process. Critical factors are identified through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of 275 survey responses from PPP practitioners in China. Subsequently, ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis is used to examine the effects of policy implementation on project sustainability in PPPs. The results reveal five factors that can explain the construct of PPP policy implementation, namely, the implementing organization’s capacity (F1), policy quality and resources (F2), the environment (F3), the involvement of the target group (F4), and the sustainability of the PPP projects (F5). F1, F3, and F4 have significant positive impacts on PPP sustainability, which is measured in terms of its economic, social, and environmental dimensions.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43965934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the Influence of Attitudes and Experience on Valuation of State Forest Lands via Contingent Valuation","authors":"Joseph A. Hafer, Bing Ran","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2108854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2108854","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Scholars continue to stress the need to understand the relationship between public value and citizens to shift traditional public administration to a public-value-driven form of governance. Understanding factors that influence citizen’s perceptions of public value is becoming increasingly relevant to advance such practice, however, a citizen perspective is largely secondary to an administrator perspective in public administration research. This study adopts a citizen perspective of public value and uses a form of stated-preference method – contingent valuation – to assess the passive-use value of Pennsylvania state forest lands by residents via a willingness-to-pay question. The monetary value is adopted as a signal of public value perceptions to explore how both traditional (demographics) and nontraditional (attitudes and experience) characteristics influence public value perceptions. The findings emphasize the importance of understanding valuation of public goods or services at a level more personal than traditional demographics, particularly regarding resident attitudes and experience. The findings also emphasize the complexity of how experience with a public service may influence subsequent valuation, with at least one experience being more influential than continued experience. This stresses the need to better understand the link between public service valuation, experience with a public service, and coproduction.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44076006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Policy Instruments Shape Recipients’ Evaluations of Service: The Case of Housing Policy for Military Personnel in Korea","authors":"Jae Bok Lee, David Shin","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2101132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2101132","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Many governments have implemented indirect policy instruments as an alternative to direct instruments for providing public services. However, the effectiveness of the instruments from the perspective of recipients has not yet been compared in depth in the literature. This study investigates the recipients’ evaluation of the differences between public housing and housing vouchers, which were exogenously assigned by the government to recipients, using ordered logit and generalized ordered logit models to analyze data collected in 2019 from Korean military personnel. The findings indicate that the evaluations of the services delivered by housing vouchers were more positive than those of public housing, and the magnitude of the difference between evaluations varied according to the attributes of the household decision makers and the rural or urban location of the leased house. These findings provide empirically grounded contributions to the selection of policy instruments and uncover the contexts in which each policy instrument may be implemented for the best effect.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47851501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reducing COVID-19 Racial Disparities: Why Some Counties Make Data-driven Decisions and Others Do Not?","authors":"Tamara Dimitrijevska-Markoski","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2101131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2101131","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite the progress in understanding the theoretical underpinnings behind governments’ use of performance information, there is limited understanding of whether governments use performance data to reduce racial and ethnic inequalities. This study uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study to examine what actions local governments have taken to remedy the disproportionally negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial and ethnic minorities. Specifically, the study examines the antecedents of the use of disaggregated performance data and studies the influence of the organizational culture and organizational learning on the use of disaggregated data in decision-making. An online survey was administered to 295 counties in the U.S., and the results indicate that attention dedicated to discussing and analyzing COVID-19 data and developmental organizational culture are positively associated with making data-driven decisions. Contrary to the widespread expectations, the percentage of minority population and prevalence of COVID-19 cases do not result in greater efforts to assist minorities in dealing with the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41998375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mask or No Mask for COVID-19? Do the Individual Characteristics of Governors Affect the Adoption of Statewide Public Mask Mandates?","authors":"Can Chen, Derrick Boakye Boadu, Rikui Xiao","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2093231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2093231","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Public mask mandates are widely recognized as one of the most effective policy tools to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Across the US, states vary widely in the timeline of adopting a state-level requirement to wear face coverings. Governors play a crucial role in making policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Building upon the upper echelons theory, this research explores the determinants of the timing of issuing statewide public mask mandates, focusing on the individual characteristics of state governors. Based on an event history analysis, the study finds that the two characteristics (political ideology and gubernatorial power) of state governor have influenced the time to adoption of statewide public mask mandates. Furthermore, managerial discretion and job demand have a moderating effect on the linkage between the personal traits of state governors and the timeline of adopting public mask mandates.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49258118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Local Government Financing Strategies in China: A Capital Structure Perspective","authors":"S. Qin, Weijie Luo","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2095517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2095517","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study analyzes how local governments use external financing instruments to adjust their capital structure. External financing instruments (public debt and public-private partnership [PPP]) have become critical options for most local governments to deal with budget constraints. We construct an indicator of the external financing ratio (EFR) to measure local governments’ dependency on external financing instruments. Based on the pecking order and tradeoff capital structure theories, we utilize city-level panel data in China between 2015 and 2019 to investigate the financing strategies of local governments. We report two main findings. First, the financing strategies of China’s local governments follow the pecking order theory. In other words, internal financing has priority over debt and then PPP. Second, consistent with the tradeoff theory, China’s local governments continuously adjust to a target EFR. In addition, compared with debt financing, the adjustment of PPP financing is relatively inelastic. Our study emphasizes the importance of public financial management reinforced by local governments to prevent fiscal risks in the context of intensified financial stress.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45009049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of Gender Budgeting Practices: Evidence from Municipal Governments in South Korea","authors":"Sunseop Jung","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2051113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2051113","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In recent decades, many countries have introduced gender budgeting initiatives both at the national and subnational levels. Gender budgeting aims to enhance the gender responsiveness of government spending by integrating gender-disaggregated analyses and gender equality outcome targets into the budgetary process. Although gender budgeting has been practiced for decades, empirical studies on the topic (including on the potential determinants of gender budgeting practices) have been scarce. This paper exploits a unique data set from South Korea. In that country, a gender budgeting system was uniformly introduced to local governments in 2013, but the extent of its use was left to the discretion of municipalities. Drawing from the gender budgeting statements of 66 municipal governments during 2013–2018, I find significant variations in the amount and types of gender budgeting across municipalities. I further find that the amount and types of gender budgeting are significantly influenced by political factors, institutional support, pro-equality climates of civil society, and the socioeconomic and fiscal conditions of the municipalities. Overall, the results suggest that, both inside- and outside-government conditions that are conducive to budgetary reform facilitate the implementation of gender budgeting.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43567090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Local Government Responses to State Fiscal Controls: The Effects of Fiscal Preemptions on the Methods of Local Service Delivery","authors":"Jinsol Park, Sung‐Wook Kwon, Donwe Choi","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2022.2092157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2022.2092157","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study aims to investigate how local governments strategically respond to fiscal controls imposed by state governments. Specifically, we explore the effects of state fiscal preemptions on the way local governments deliver public services—that is, contracting out. Using negative binomial regressions, we found that state fiscal preemptions increase the tendency of local governments to contract out public services. However, the dynamics of contracting out depend on the local government’s current municipal fiscal status and the type of service provider. When local governments perceive a high level of fiscal stress, they tend to take a passive stance to contracting out. Moreover, the relationship between fiscal preemptions and contracting out varies contingent on the type of service provider. In sum, the findings suggest that local governments actively respond to institutional limitations on municipal fiscal activities in order to overcome supply and demand challenges, although the choice of service delivery method varies depending on fiscal conditions and the type of service provider.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45149211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}