Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability

2017/06/29 by Hongtao Yi, Liming Suo, Ruowen Shen +3 · 145 citations
Social Sciences · #Action (physics) #Business #Collective action #Corporate governance #Finance #Government (linguistics) #Institutional analysis #Local Government Finance and Decentralization #Local government #Political science #Politics #Polycentricity #Public Policy and Administration Research #Public administration #Regional science #Sociology #Sustainability

paper · doi:10.1111/puar.12799

published in Public Administration Review 78(4), 556-566 (Wiley)

openalex publication_date 2017/06/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Abstract This research investigates why various mechanisms of cooperation among local authorities are chosen using the theoretical lens of institutional collective action ( ICA ). The article analyzes 564 local collaboration agreements drawn from four urban regions of China to explain the choices of environmental collaboration agreements among cities. Examples of three forms of interlocal agreements—informal, formal, and imposed agreements—are analyzed. Ordinal logistic regressions are estimated to test which factors predicted by the ICA framework influence the form of collaboration selected. The results indicate that the involvement of national or provincial government, the number of policy actors involved, heterogeneity of economic conditions, and differences in administrative level among the actors involved influence how collaboration agreements are structured. Examining the choice of agreement type contributes to the understanding of interlocal collaboration and provides practical insights for public managers to structure interlocal collaboration .

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