Julius A Nukpezah
Biographic Data
| ID | 4127890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julius A Nukpezah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julius A |
| FAMILY NAME | Nukpezah |
| SIGNATURE | NUKPEZAH J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mississippi State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3124-8167 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An Integrated Ecological Framework for Understanding the Academic Performance of Students with Disabilities
This study examines the academic performance of students with disabilities by extending the ecological systems theory through integration with organizational capacity and social vulnerability theories. It uses cross-sectional data from Florida public schools and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to analyze the impact of nested systems (micro, exo, and macro) on the academic performance of students with disabilities. Results show that school…
Funding Public Works With Long-Term Debt in America’s Principal Cities
Recognizing the role of debt issuance as an important source of funding for public works, this article uses panel estimation methods to examine the dynamic factors influencing long-term debt issuance in America’s principal cities. While the random effects multivariate regression suggests that financial factors are the main drivers of long-term debt issuance, the cointegration analyses reveal that debt issuance maintains a long-term dynamic relati…
A Comparative Study of the U.S. and Ghana College Students’ Perceptions of Advertising-in-General and Impact on Purchase Intentions
This article responds to calls for more cross-cultural research on advertising that tests the applicability of Pollay and Mittal’s (1993) attitude toward advertising-in-general framework in multiple cultures. It investigates U.S. and Ghanaian college students’ perceptions of advertising-in-general and their purchase intentions. It uses survey data from 248 U.S. and 242 Ghanaian college students and employs exploratory factor analysis and regressi…
Collective Action, Climate Change Adaptation, and Green Job Creation in South Florida
The study draws from the bonding and bridging effects to investigate (1) collaboration for green job creation, (2) climate change adaptation for green job creation, and (3) increases in green job creation among local governments. It uses survey data from South Florida cities and employs one-way ANOVA, crosstabs, and chi-squares tests in analyzing the data. The findings show that the bonding effect, rather than the bridging effect, contributes to …
Determinants of Social Infrastructure Spending Among U.S. States
Given the importance of social infrastructure for social and economic development, government expenditures on parks and recreation, education, and public housing are examined. Drawing from punctuated equilibrium, social vulnerability, and subsidiarity principles for theoretical context, the present study investigates the factors contributing to state social infrastructure spending. Using balanced panel data on 49 U.S. states over 20 time periods …
Why do cities go smart? Investigating the determinants of local engagement with smart cities technologies
Examining Local Government’s Web-Based Climate Risk Transparency in Florida
Democracy, Freedom, and Budget Transparency
The article examines the importance of democracy and freedom to budget transparency that contributes to government responsiveness and accountability to citizens. It investigates the question: What are the effects of democracy and freedom on budget transparency? Using the 2019 data from the International Budget Partnership that scored countries' budget transparency practices and ordinary least squares multivariate regression, findings show that co…
Determinants of State Infrastructure Spending
Subnational U.S. governments retain the primary responsibility of constructing and preserving the public infrastructure that connects communities and businesses, enhances public service delivery, and promotes economic development in their jurisdiction. Drawing from punctuated equilibrium and social vulnerability theories for context, the present study investigates the determinants of state infrastructure spending, specifically roads and highways …
Covid-19 Risk Perception and Support for Covid-19 Mitigation Measures among Local Government Officials in the U.S
This study relies on a cultural theory of risk to examine how cultural biases (hierarchy, individualism, egalitarianism, and fatalism) of local government officials affect their COVID-19 risk perception and support for COVID-19 mitigation measures. After controlling for partisanship, religiosity, and other factors, the analysis of survey data from county governments in the U.S. revealed that cultural biases matter. Officials with egalitarian and …
Disasters and social vulnerability determinants of federal subsidiarity assistance
Subsidiarity assistance creates opportunities for the federal government to intervene in subnational affairs, supplement emergency response, and reduce jurisdictional vulnerabilities. Recognizing the differential effects that disaster events and revenue sharing could have on states, the research investigates the determinants of federal subsidiarity assistance grants to states in the context of American federalism. This study draws from disaster i…
Ethics and the Evolving Public Funds Investment Decision Effectiveness
A question of professional and scholarly interest to public administration is: What should state and local governments do with public funds received to produce public goods and services between the point of revenue collection and the time of their spending? Historically, the ethical answer has varied from (a) keep the money in safes and drawers until they are needed; (b) retain the funds in liquid accounts, such as checking accounts or other inst…
Political Fragmentation, Interlocal Expenditures, and the Adoption of Bond Banks for Joint Debt Issue
The study examines the determinants of the adoption of bond banks. It draws on the intergovernmental and collaboration scholarship and uses panel data from 26 states over 40-time periods and conditional fixed effects regression. The study findings suggest that opportunities for collaboration, the strength of existing collaboration, the motivation to reduce transaction costs, and financial and economic conditions influence bond banks’ adoption. Th…
Public Value Motivations for Debt Issuance in America’s Cities
Although contemporary public administration and management scholarship has given much attention to public values that inform public decisions, research on the public values that motivate debt issuance is scant. However, understanding the public values that motivate local governments’ debt issuance can contribute to excellence in public service delivery, impact governance, and enhance citizen participation in government as well as public managers’…
Adoption of Multilingual State Emergency Management Websites
This article draws on the risk communication and responsiveness literature for theoretical context to investigate the adoption of multilingual websites at state emergency management agencies. It analyzes the 50 state websites on their multilingual presence of emergency-related information available to the public. It uses a binary logistic regression to model the determinants of their multilingual e-government usage for risk communication. The stu…
Coordination Effectiveness During Public Health Emergencies
This article draws on the institutional collective action (ICA) framework and data from a survey of senior public health and emergency management professionals in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex following the Ebola outbreak to investigate coordination effectiveness during public health emergencies. Based on the study findings, the article recommends that having an identifiable lead agency, official statements from local authorities, a conducive e…
How Local Governments Are Caring for the Homeless During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article discusses the plight of the homeless during public health emergencies and the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It reviews the role of public administrators that grounds their efforts by examining their foundational purpose to serve the most vulnerable in our society. Using subsidiarity principle as the context, it discusses homelessness in America and the role of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development…
Institutional isomorphism and cash management practices in Mississippi
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw on the theory of institutional isomorphism to investigate how Mississippi’s centralized cash management policy affects the cash management practices in the state’s rural and urban counties. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a sequential exploratory mixed methods design involving a qualitative documentary analysis and a quantitative analysis of a survey of Mississippi counties. Findings The stu…
How Local Governments Are Caring for the Homeless During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article discusses the plight of the homeless during public health emergencies and the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It reviews the role of public administrators that grounds their efforts by examining their foundational purpose to serve the most vulnerable in our society. Using subsidiarity principle as the context, it discusses homelessness in America and the role of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development…
Why do cities go smart? Investigating the determinants of local engagement with smart cities technologies
Determinants of State Infrastructure Spending
Subnational U.S. governments retain the primary responsibility of constructing and preserving the public infrastructure that connects communities and businesses, enhances public service delivery, and promotes economic development in their jurisdiction. Drawing from punctuated equilibrium and social vulnerability theories for context, the present study investigates the determinants of state infrastructure spending, specifically roads and highways …
Coordination Effectiveness During Public Health Emergencies
This article draws on the institutional collective action (ICA) framework and data from a survey of senior public health and emergency management professionals in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex following the Ebola outbreak to investigate coordination effectiveness during public health emergencies. Based on the study findings, the article recommends that having an identifiable lead agency, official statements from local authorities, a conducive e…
Determinants of Social Infrastructure Spending Among U.S. States
Given the importance of social infrastructure for social and economic development, government expenditures on parks and recreation, education, and public housing are examined. Drawing from punctuated equilibrium, social vulnerability, and subsidiarity principles for theoretical context, the present study investigates the factors contributing to state social infrastructure spending. Using balanced panel data on 49 U.S. states over 20 time periods …
Democracy, Freedom, and Budget Transparency
The article examines the importance of democracy and freedom to budget transparency that contributes to government responsiveness and accountability to citizens. It investigates the question: What are the effects of democracy and freedom on budget transparency? Using the 2019 data from the International Budget Partnership that scored countries' budget transparency practices and ordinary least squares multivariate regression, findings show that co…
Ethics and the Evolving Public Funds Investment Decision Effectiveness
A question of professional and scholarly interest to public administration is: What should state and local governments do with public funds received to produce public goods and services between the point of revenue collection and the time of their spending? Historically, the ethical answer has varied from (a) keep the money in safes and drawers until they are needed; (b) retain the funds in liquid accounts, such as checking accounts or other inst…
Public Value Motivations for Debt Issuance in America’s Cities
Although contemporary public administration and management scholarship has given much attention to public values that inform public decisions, research on the public values that motivate debt issuance is scant. However, understanding the public values that motivate local governments’ debt issuance can contribute to excellence in public service delivery, impact governance, and enhance citizen participation in government as well as public managers’…
Institutional isomorphism and cash management practices in Mississippi
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw on the theory of institutional isomorphism to investigate how Mississippi’s centralized cash management policy affects the cash management practices in the state’s rural and urban counties. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a sequential exploratory mixed methods design involving a qualitative documentary analysis and a quantitative analysis of a survey of Mississippi counties. Findings The stu…
How Local Governments Are Caring for the Homeless During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article discusses the plight of the homeless during public health emergencies and the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It reviews the role of public administrators that grounds their efforts by examining their foundational purpose to serve the most vulnerable in our society. Using subsidiarity principle as the context, it discusses homelessness in America and the role of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development…
Adoption of Multilingual State Emergency Management Websites
This article draws on the risk communication and responsiveness literature for theoretical context to investigate the adoption of multilingual websites at state emergency management agencies. It analyzes the 50 state websites on their multilingual presence of emergency-related information available to the public. It uses a binary logistic regression to model the determinants of their multilingual e-government usage for risk communication. The stu…
Coordination Effectiveness During Public Health Emergencies
This article draws on the institutional collective action (ICA) framework and data from a survey of senior public health and emergency management professionals in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex following the Ebola outbreak to investigate coordination effectiveness during public health emergencies. Based on the study findings, the article recommends that having an identifiable lead agency, official statements from local authorities, a conducive e…
Political Fragmentation, Interlocal Expenditures, and the Adoption of Bond Banks for Joint Debt Issue
The study examines the determinants of the adoption of bond banks. It draws on the intergovernmental and collaboration scholarship and uses panel data from 26 states over 40-time periods and conditional fixed effects regression. The study findings suggest that opportunities for collaboration, the strength of existing collaboration, the motivation to reduce transaction costs, and financial and economic conditions influence bond banks’ adoption. Th…
Public Value Motivations for Debt Issuance in America’s Cities
Although contemporary public administration and management scholarship has given much attention to public values that inform public decisions, research on the public values that motivate debt issuance is scant. However, understanding the public values that motivate local governments’ debt issuance can contribute to excellence in public service delivery, impact governance, and enhance citizen participation in government as well as public managers’…
Covid-19 Risk Perception and Support for Covid-19 Mitigation Measures among Local Government Officials in the U.S
This study relies on a cultural theory of risk to examine how cultural biases (hierarchy, individualism, egalitarianism, and fatalism) of local government officials affect their COVID-19 risk perception and support for COVID-19 mitigation measures. After controlling for partisanship, religiosity, and other factors, the analysis of survey data from county governments in the U.S. revealed that cultural biases matter. Officials with egalitarian and …
Disasters and social vulnerability determinants of federal subsidiarity assistance
Subsidiarity assistance creates opportunities for the federal government to intervene in subnational affairs, supplement emergency response, and reduce jurisdictional vulnerabilities. Recognizing the differential effects that disaster events and revenue sharing could have on states, the research investigates the determinants of federal subsidiarity assistance grants to states in the context of American federalism. This study draws from disaster i…
Ethics and the Evolving Public Funds Investment Decision Effectiveness
A question of professional and scholarly interest to public administration is: What should state and local governments do with public funds received to produce public goods and services between the point of revenue collection and the time of their spending? Historically, the ethical answer has varied from (a) keep the money in safes and drawers until they are needed; (b) retain the funds in liquid accounts, such as checking accounts or other inst…
Determinants of State Infrastructure Spending
Subnational U.S. governments retain the primary responsibility of constructing and preserving the public infrastructure that connects communities and businesses, enhances public service delivery, and promotes economic development in their jurisdiction. Drawing from punctuated equilibrium and social vulnerability theories for context, the present study investigates the determinants of state infrastructure spending, specifically roads and highways …
A Comparative Study of the U.S. and Ghana College Students’ Perceptions of Advertising-in-General and Impact on Purchase Intentions
This article responds to calls for more cross-cultural research on advertising that tests the applicability of Pollay and Mittal’s (1993) attitude toward advertising-in-general framework in multiple cultures. It investigates U.S. and Ghanaian college students’ perceptions of advertising-in-general and their purchase intentions. It uses survey data from 248 U.S. and 242 Ghanaian college students and employs exploratory factor analysis and regressi…
Collective Action, Climate Change Adaptation, and Green Job Creation in South Florida
The study draws from the bonding and bridging effects to investigate (1) collaboration for green job creation, (2) climate change adaptation for green job creation, and (3) increases in green job creation among local governments. It uses survey data from South Florida cities and employs one-way ANOVA, crosstabs, and chi-squares tests in analyzing the data. The findings show that the bonding effect, rather than the bridging effect, contributes to …
Determinants of Social Infrastructure Spending Among U.S. States
Given the importance of social infrastructure for social and economic development, government expenditures on parks and recreation, education, and public housing are examined. Drawing from punctuated equilibrium, social vulnerability, and subsidiarity principles for theoretical context, the present study investigates the factors contributing to state social infrastructure spending. Using balanced panel data on 49 U.S. states over 20 time periods …
Why do cities go smart? Investigating the determinants of local engagement with smart cities technologies
Examining Local Government’s Web-Based Climate Risk Transparency in Florida
Democracy, Freedom, and Budget Transparency
The article examines the importance of democracy and freedom to budget transparency that contributes to government responsiveness and accountability to citizens. It investigates the question: What are the effects of democracy and freedom on budget transparency? Using the 2019 data from the International Budget Partnership that scored countries' budget transparency practices and ordinary least squares multivariate regression, findings show that co…
An Integrated Ecological Framework for Understanding the Academic Performance of Students with Disabilities
This study examines the academic performance of students with disabilities by extending the ecological systems theory through integration with organizational capacity and social vulnerability theories. It uses cross-sectional data from Florida public schools and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to analyze the impact of nested systems (micro, exo, and macro) on the academic performance of students with disabilities. Results show that school…
Funding Public Works With Long-Term Debt in America’s Principal Cities
Recognizing the role of debt issuance as an important source of funding for public works, this article uses panel estimation methods to examine the dynamic factors influencing long-term debt issuance in America’s principal cities. While the random effects multivariate regression suggests that financial factors are the main drivers of long-term debt issuance, the cointegration analyses reveal that debt issuance maintains a long-term dynamic relati…
Business (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Economics (12 works) · Law (8 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Local Government Finance and Decentralization (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (5 works)