Title

Joint Ventures, Economic Development Policy, And The Role Of Local Governing Institutions

Keywords

economic/community development; governance; local and urban public administration/governance

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. © The Author(s) 2011.

Publication Date

5-1-2011

Publication Title

American Review of Public Administration

Volume

41

Issue

3

Number of Pages

329-347

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074010374110

Socpus ID

79953681346 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79953681346

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