Title

Joint Ventures, Economic Development Policy, and the Role of Local Governing Institutions

Authors

Authors

C. V. Hawkins;R. Feiock

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Amer. Rev. Public Adm.

Keywords

governance; economic/community development; local and urban public; administration/governance; COLLECTIVE ACTION; METROPOLITAN-AREAS; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNANCE; CITY; REGIONALISM; COOPERATION; NETWORKS; CITIES; REPRESENTATION; Public Administration

Abstract

The "rules of the game" embodied in municipal government institutions constrain as well as provide opportunities for local government officials to capture individual benefits related to policy action. Whether the projected benefits of cooperation are localized or community-wide are hypothesized to combine with the political incentives produced under different forms of government to influence the likelihood local officials will enter into an economic development joint venture with other local governments. Analysis pooling survey data from the same cities at two time points provides evidence that prior agreements influence future cooperative actions and that joint ventures are more likely when there are localized benefits combined with mayor-council government, or when broader benefits are pursued under manager-council form of government.

Journal Title

American Review of Public Administration

Volume

41

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

329

Last Page

347

WOS Identifier

WOS:000289263200006

ISSN

0275-0740

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