Policies targeting individual companies for economic development incentives, such as tax
holidays and abatements, are generally seen as inefficient, economically costly, and …

The competition for global capital has led to interjurisdictional competition between
countries, states and cities as to who can offer the most attractive incentives to firms. In this …

The literature on interlocal sustainability has acknowledged that the resources and authority
of state governments influence the collaborative sustainability policy actions of local …

Evidence for the fundamental presumption that municipal structure matters for government
performance is smaller and weaker than many might expect. This research contributes …

This research examines how institutional contexts matter for US municipalities' service
outsourcing decisions, deriving data from the ICMA's multiple rounds of surveys concerning …

This paper analyzes the actors in the climate change arena and their influence in directing
Mexico toward policies that decrease greenhouse gas emissions, such as the carbon tax …

The paper examines the implications of COVID-19 pandemic on multi-level governance
(MLG) in Ghana. Adopting a qualitative document analysis approach supported by 18 key …

While credit rating agencies mention that a government factor is one criterion for assessing
municipal bond ratings, current studies on credit ratings offer relatively little evidence as to …

In this article, we examine the legacy of four progressive reforms intended to secure “good”
government—the model city charter, the council-manager plan, city management …

Adjusting municipal structures and cross-adoption of structural characteristics between
mayor-council and council-manager municipalities have been common in the United States …