scholarly journals Causes and Consequences of Local Government Efforts to Reduce Risk and Adapt to Extreme Weather Events: Municipal Organizational Robustness

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7980
Author(s):  
Patricio Valdivieso ◽  
Pablo Neudorfer ◽  
Krister P. Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Government Investment ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
Policy Domain ◽  
Institutional Relations ◽  
Using Data

This research article investigates the causes and consequences of municipal institutional arrangements for the provision of resilient critical infrastructure in municipalities. The study explains how the municipal organizational robustness and external institutional dynamics moderate the relation between capacities, leadership, and local government investment decisions. We examine hypotheses on moderating effects with regression methods, using data from 345 Chilean municipalities over a nine-year period, and analyzing the evidence with support of qualitative data. Our results reveal that municipal organizational robustness—operational rules, planning, managerial flexibility and integration, and accountability—is the most quantitatively outstanding moderating factor. The evidence leads us to deduce that efforts to support local governments in the emerging policy domain of resilient critical infrastructure require special attention to the robustness of municipal institutional arrangements. The results are valid for countries where the local governments have responsibilities to fulfill and their decisions have consequences for the adaptation. Since one of the objectives of the Special Issue “Bringing Governance Back Home—Lessons for Local Government Regarding Rapid Climate Action” is to explore how action is enabled or constrained by institutional relations in which the actors are embedded, this study contributes to achieving the goal.

scholarly journals Has Local Government Debt Promoted Economic Growth in developing countries? New evidence from a survey in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Tao Wu ◽  
Peng Zhong ◽  
Lingyue Wu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Bond Market ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Government Bond ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Government Investment ◽  
Smooth Transition Regression

Based on the panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model, this paper empirically analyzes the relationship between Chinese local government’s bond financing and economic growth, with the quarterly panel data of bonds issued by local governments and their investment and financing platform companies in the open market from 2008 to 2018 as samples. The research shows that there is a gradual non-linear relationship between local government bond market financing and economic growth in China. With the increase of the scale of local government bond market financing in China, the effect of bond market financing on economic growth will gradually decline and have a negative effect. This result means that for developing countries like China, it is not advisable to rely solely on government investment to drive economic growth.

scholarly journals GROWTH SUFFICIENCY OF THE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT FUND FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN HENAN, CHINA

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang Li ◽  
Jacquline Tham ◽  
S. M. Ferdous Azam
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Government Investment ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Funding Mechanism ◽  
Overseas Investment ◽  
Industrial Investment Fund ◽  
Industrial Investment

This study aims to explore the determinants of sufficient growth of the Local Government Industrial Investment Fund in Henan, China. The industrial investment fund in China started with the development of an overseas investment fund. China has become the world’s second-biggest equity investment market. Industrial capital has thrived in recent years. In China, local government investment funds also have a broader role and importance and are becoming an important funding mechanism that local governments can function and encourage. This research methodologically constitutes a quantitative study. Another is the consequence, rather than explaining variables as a cause. Under the probability sampling design, the analysis uses the basic random sampling approach, using survey methods that include structured questionnaires. The result indicates that the local government’s industrial investment fund in Henan, China, would be an infrastructure for economic development. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0720/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

State Legislation Restricting and Enabling Local Governments in an Era of Preemption

2021 ◽  
pp. 0160323X2110384
Author(s):  
Keith Boeckelman ◽  
Jonathan Day
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Divided Government ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Sexuality And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Using Data

This paper assesses state efforts to both restrict and enable local government discretion by using data from Project Vote Smart's “Key Votes” database. The results show that state legislation, both successful and unsuccessful, is more likely to limit local autonomy than to enhance it, although both tendencies occur. Republican legislators are more likely to support efforts to restrict discretion than Democrats are. Further, preemption attempts are particularly evident on “hot button” issues, such as guns, sexuality and gender roles, and immigration, although such initiatives are not necessarily more likely to successfully become law, especially under conditions of divided government.

Socio-Technical Determinants of Information Security Perceptions in US Local Governments

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Eunjung Shin ◽  
Eric W. Welch
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Security Risks ◽  
Decentralized Decision Making ◽  
Using Data

Concerns about electronic information security in government have increased alongside increased use of online media. However, to date, few studies have examined the social mechanisms influencing electronic information security. This article applies a socio-technical framework to model how technical, organizational and environmental complexities limit electronic information security perceived by local government managers. Furthermore, it examines to what extent organizational design buffers security risks. Using data from a 2010 national survey of local government managers, this article empirically tests the proposed model in the context of U.S. local government's online media use. Findings show that, in addition to technical complexity, organizational and environmental complexities are negatively associated with local managers' awareness of and confidence in electronic information security. On the other hand, internal security policy and decentralized decision-making appear to buffer security risks and enhance perceived information security.

scholarly journals An Australian Perspective on Local Government Investment in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6590
Author(s):  
Scott Dwyer ◽  
Claudine Moutou ◽  
Kriti Nagrath ◽  
Joseph Wyndham ◽  
Lawrence McIntosh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Government Investment ◽  
Large Country ◽  
Charging Infrastructure ◽  
Electric Vehicle Charging ◽  
Ev Charging

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is growing worldwide with increasing market pull from consumers and market push from manufacturers of vehicles and charging equipment, as well as others in the supply chain. Governments have begun developing policies to support EV uptake and local governments, in particular, are examining what role they should play. In Australia, a large country with low population density, EV uptake has been slower in comparison to other similar economies. This paper discusses the status of EV charging infrastructure deployment in Australia with regards to local governments, by considering the extent to which they are relied upon for the deployment of such technology and what motivates them to act. It also covers the work undertaken by the authors with one local government in developing an EV charging infrastructure business model that will help the local community adopt and benefit from EVs. An applied use of the business canvas methodology adapted to suit local government interests is presented to assess the risks and benefits that different business models offer. The paper offers insights into the strategic and pragmatic responsibilities local governments balance in seeking to expand the EV charging infrastructure in their jurisdiction.

scholarly journals State Legislative Ideology & the Preemption of City Ordinances: The Case of Worker Rights Laws

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher B Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The State ◽  
Worker Rights ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Legislative Activity ◽  
Using Data ◽  
State Legislative ◽  
Local Government Policy

This article discusses the influence of state legislative ideology on the legislative preemption of local ordinances in the area of worker rights. States define the powers of local governments within their purview and states may use this power to restrict local governments from pursuing certain policies. Using data on state legislative activity and ideology from 1993 to 2016, I find within-state increases in legislative ideology, indicating increased legislative conservatism, associated with an increased risk of preempting local government policy, all else equal. This finding is robust to a number of alternate specifications and hypotheses. Ideology appears to play an important role in the decision to involve the state in the affairs of local governments.

Philippine Institutions and Complex Institutional Arrangements for Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sining Cuevas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Local Agriculture ◽  
Institutional Dimension

Addressing climate change necessitates creating new, or building the capacity of old, institutions. Institutions are vital tools that determine the intensity by which climate change considerations are incorporated into the decision-making process, designs, and plans. This article aims to illustrate that it is necessary to understand the institutional environment where the CCA endeavors will be implemented such that local climate change adaptation (CCA) policies, plans, and programs can be implemented effectively. The paper also intends to demonstrate that, along with the scientific and technological discussions, institutional conversations should be among the initial vital steps in CCA planning, and that the institutional dimension should be the foundation of broader reforms toward an effective CCA implementation. The paper accomplished this by investigating the conditions in the local agriculture and CCA in the Philippines. The paper applied the Institutional Environment Matrix as the main analytical framework. The analysis showed that the existing institutional dynamics in the Philippines have impacted the effectiveness of the introduced CCA policies and efforts. The Local Government Code of the Philippines had counterproductive interplays with other institutional rules; first in agriculture, and afterwards, in CCA. The Code has devolved tasks to the local governments, provided local government units with extensive authority over their jurisdictions, and improved autonomy in local governance. However, it lacks the arrangements that would create (dis)incentives for individual and collective actions (i.e., rewards and penalties, payoffs on actions). Likewise, institutional mechanisms to support the devolution of government services are wanting. Such institutional environment in local governance has curtailed the effectiveness of local agricultural policies and the efficient implementation of new CCA policies. This article advocates that analyzing the institutional environment where the CCA endeavors will be implemented will enable policy makers and CCA planners to understand better and to have deeper perception of the interlinkages between and among institutional arrangements. In the case of the Philippines, if the local agricultural institutional environment was considered in the design and implementation of the CCA policies, institutional support mechanisms that can address the existing issues and concerns in local agriculture may have been incorporated into these policies. Such action may have helped implementers to avoid the same difficulties in operationalizing CCA initiatives. Accordingly, the paper analyzed how CCA is operationalized through an institutional lens, and presented how institutional analysis is important in policy making. It further demonstrated the complexity of institutional linkages and raised the conversation on the institutional dimension of CCA.

Institutional Arrangements in E-Government Implementation and Use

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-63
Author(s):  
Nurdin Nurdin
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Government Organization ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Institutional Pressure ◽  
The Government

E-government implementation and use within local government organizations is complicated by a number of institutional arrangements. Previous studies highlight that institutional arrangements influence the success and failure of e-government. While some studies claim that institutional arrangements constrain e-government implementation and use, other studies argue that institutional arrangements enable the implementation and use of e-government. Current findings show a lack of understanding of institutional arrangements in e-government implementation and use. Present studies also tend to simplify the government organization as a subject of institutional pressure. Through the lens of institutional theory, this study intends to explain how institutional arrangements emerge and influence e-government implementation and use within two local governments in Indonesia. The findings show that institutional arrangements (legitimacy, regulation, standards, and socio-economic environment) have emerged and significantly influence the implementation and use of e-government. These findings contribute to understanding of the influence of institutional arrangements in e-government implementation and use.

scholarly journals What Motivates Local Governments to Invest in Critical Infrastructure? Lessons from Chile

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricio Valdivieso ◽  
Krister Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
Organization Leadership

In this study, we identify institutional factors and processes that foster local government decisions about disaster risk reduction, especially critical infrastructure investments and maintenance. We propose that municipal institutional capacities, organization, leadership, and multilevel governance will affect critical infrastructure investments by local governments. To examine these ideas, we employ qualitative analysis to compare two representative medium–sized cities in Chile. Our results suggest that there are two main institutional factors that constitute the foundation for improvements in critical infrastructure in Chile: municipal institutional context and the local administration’s links with decision makers at higher levels of governance. These results imply that future interventions to strengthen local government efforts for disaster risk reduction in terms of critical infrastructures would benefit from a pre-intervention diagnosis of the target location’s existing institutional context and linkages with external governance actors.

scholarly journals Local Government Competition, Environmental Regulation Intensity and Regional Innovation Performance: An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Provinces

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deng ◽  
Zhang ◽  
Ahmad ◽  
Draz
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Generalized Least Squares ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Regional Heterogeneity ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
The Impact

：The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of local government competition and environmental regulation intensity on regional innovation performance and its regional heterogeneity. Based on the theoretical mechanism of the aforementioned variables, this study uses the Chinese provincial panel data from 2001 to 2016. We use the super-efficiency data envelopment analysis (SE-DEA) to evaluate regional innovation performance. To systematically examine the impact of local government competition and environmental regulation intensity on regional innovation performance, we build a panel date model using the feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) method. The results indicate that: the regional innovation performance can be significantly improved through technological spillover; local governments compete for foreign direct investment (FDI) to participate in regional innovative production. Moreover, improvements in environmental regulation intensity enhance regional innovation performance through the innovation compensation effect. Our results show that the local governments tend to choose lower environmental regulation intensity to compete for more FDI, which has an inhibitory effect on regional innovation performance. Furthermore, due to regional differences in factor endowments, economic reforms and economic development levels in Chinese provinces, there exists a significant regional consistency in the impact of local government competition and environmental regulation intensity on regional innovation performance. Therefore, institutional arrangements and incentive constraints must be adopted to enhance regional innovation performance as well as to guide and foster the mechanism of green innovation competition among local governments. At the same time, considering the regional heterogeneity of local government competition and environmental regulation intensity affecting regional innovation performance, policy makers should avoid the “one-size-fits-all” strategy of institutional arrangements.

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