Søren Kjær Foged
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4384765 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Søren Kjær Foged |
| PRENOMES | Søren Kjær |
| SOBRENOME | Foged |
| ASSINATURA | FOGED S K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1790-0940 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
How Stakes Vary and Influence Crisis Decision‐Making
How does a crisis influence decision‐making in public organisations? Crisis decision‐making, by definition, occurs under conditions of uncertainty, urgency and high stakes. While high stakes are an inherent feature of any crisis, this article argues that the level of stakes varies, and shapes the decision‐making approach. The literature on crisis decision‐making highlights two key dimensions: a spectrum from principled to pragmatic approaches, an…
Overshooting and Adjustment
Incentives have become central to public sector management. We propose that public organizations' responses to incentives can exceed policymakers' intentions due to complex governance structures and high operational uncertainty. Through an empirical study, we examine short‐ and long‐term impacts of a policy that gave local governments high‐powered, sanction‐based incentives to restrain costs. The incentives reduced government spending, but also t…
The economic costs of voucher markets for public service provision
Voucher markets where governments subsidise the consumers of public services to give them a free choice of service provider are implemented by public authorities as a means to reap the supposed benefits of competition and choice. Such voucher markets imply economic costs for the public authority in the form of transaction costs, e.g. for preparation of quality standards and information material as well as approval, coordination and supervision of…
Spending allocations during low and high fiscal stress
Are local governments' resources distributed differently during low as compared to high fiscal stress? Based on a proposed theoretical framework of public budgeting, focusing on the power relations between priority setters and spending advocates, two opposing hypotheses on this question are formulated. Using regression analysis, the two hypotheses are tested on the allocation of spending in seven policy areas of all 98 Danish municipalities from …
Job Satisfaction in Public and Private Schools
Should the public sector become more like the private sector? This is a key question in debates about public management. However, the public/private distinction includes many elements. Two of these are ownership and competition. These aspects are not always sorted out empirically. Another challenge is that dissimilar functional areas are studied which makes it difficult to isolate effects of privatization as such. We respond to these challenges b…
Public Sector Unions and Privatization
Privatization varies considerably among local governments. One of the oft-listed explanations is the ability of public employees to block privatization. However, many studies on the influence of public employees on privatization do not use very precise measures of the influence of public employees, they have been unable to isolate a one-way effect, and the studies have not been attentive to whether the effect varies for different market forms. In…
The Relationship Between Population Size and Contracting Out Public Services
What is the causal relationship between population size and the contracting out of public service delivery in local governments? The size of the population of a given municipality has long been thought to be an important driver of contracting out public service delivery, which theoretically streamlines public service production and saves taxpayers’ money. This article makes use of the 2007 Danish local government structural reform—when 239 munici…
Public Sector Unions and Privatization
Privatization varies considerably among local governments. One of the oft-listed explanations is the ability of public employees to block privatization. However, many studies on the influence of public employees on privatization do not use very precise measures of the influence of public employees, they have been unable to isolate a one-way effect, and the studies have not been attentive to whether the effect varies for different market forms. In…
The Relationship Between Population Size and Contracting Out Public Services
What is the causal relationship between population size and the contracting out of public service delivery in local governments? The size of the population of a given municipality has long been thought to be an important driver of contracting out public service delivery, which theoretically streamlines public service production and saves taxpayers’ money. This article makes use of the 2007 Danish local government structural reform—when 239 munici…
Spending allocations during low and high fiscal stress
Are local governments' resources distributed differently during low as compared to high fiscal stress? Based on a proposed theoretical framework of public budgeting, focusing on the power relations between priority setters and spending advocates, two opposing hypotheses on this question are formulated. Using regression analysis, the two hypotheses are tested on the allocation of spending in seven policy areas of all 98 Danish municipalities from …
The economic costs of voucher markets for public service provision
Voucher markets where governments subsidise the consumers of public services to give them a free choice of service provider are implemented by public authorities as a means to reap the supposed benefits of competition and choice. Such voucher markets imply economic costs for the public authority in the form of transaction costs, e.g. for preparation of quality standards and information material as well as approval, coordination and supervision of…
Job Satisfaction in Public and Private Schools
Should the public sector become more like the private sector? This is a key question in debates about public management. However, the public/private distinction includes many elements. Two of these are ownership and competition. These aspects are not always sorted out empirically. Another challenge is that dissimilar functional areas are studied which makes it difficult to isolate effects of privatization as such. We respond to these challenges b…
The Relationship Between Population Size and Contracting Out Public Services
What is the causal relationship between population size and the contracting out of public service delivery in local governments? The size of the population of a given municipality has long been thought to be an important driver of contracting out public service delivery, which theoretically streamlines public service production and saves taxpayers’ money. This article makes use of the 2007 Danish local government structural reform—when 239 munici…
Public Sector Unions and Privatization
Privatization varies considerably among local governments. One of the oft-listed explanations is the ability of public employees to block privatization. However, many studies on the influence of public employees on privatization do not use very precise measures of the influence of public employees, they have been unable to isolate a one-way effect, and the studies have not been attentive to whether the effect varies for different market forms. In…
Job Satisfaction in Public and Private Schools
Should the public sector become more like the private sector? This is a key question in debates about public management. However, the public/private distinction includes many elements. Two of these are ownership and competition. These aspects are not always sorted out empirically. Another challenge is that dissimilar functional areas are studied which makes it difficult to isolate effects of privatization as such. We respond to these challenges b…
Spending allocations during low and high fiscal stress
Are local governments' resources distributed differently during low as compared to high fiscal stress? Based on a proposed theoretical framework of public budgeting, focusing on the power relations between priority setters and spending advocates, two opposing hypotheses on this question are formulated. Using regression analysis, the two hypotheses are tested on the allocation of spending in seven policy areas of all 98 Danish municipalities from …
The economic costs of voucher markets for public service provision
Voucher markets where governments subsidise the consumers of public services to give them a free choice of service provider are implemented by public authorities as a means to reap the supposed benefits of competition and choice. Such voucher markets imply economic costs for the public authority in the form of transaction costs, e.g. for preparation of quality standards and information material as well as approval, coordination and supervision of…
Overshooting and Adjustment
Incentives have become central to public sector management. We propose that public organizations' responses to incentives can exceed policymakers' intentions due to complex governance structures and high operational uncertainty. Through an empirical study, we examine short‐ and long‐term impacts of a policy that gave local governments high‐powered, sanction‐based incentives to restrain costs. The incentives reduced government spending, but also t…
How Stakes Vary and Influence Crisis Decision‐Making
How does a crisis influence decision‐making in public organisations? Crisis decision‐making, by definition, occurs under conditions of uncertainty, urgency and high stakes. While high stakes are an inherent feature of any crisis, this article argues that the level of stakes varies, and shapes the decision‐making approach. The literature on crisis decision‐making highlights two key dimensions: a spectrum from principled to pragmatic approaches, an…
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