Rethinking Competition in Tiger
Lessons for Federal Funding and Public Administration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12455831 |
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| Authors | Kate Lowe (0000-0001-9277-0261, University of New Orleans, LA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-350 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Works Management & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-724X • E-ISSN: 1552-7549 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1087724x14550758 |
| OpenAlex | W1985068720 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Increasing the use of merit-based competition has become a popular policy idea for federal transportation funding. Focusing on a competitive program—the 2009 Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program—this article asserts thatsuch competition does not guarantee transparency or that awards will actually maximize benefits. In addition, competitive award programs can widen gaps across places and among people. Rather than rush towards competition, careful program design is needed, and more debate on the federal role in transportation is warranted
Business · Competition (biology · Competition policy · Computer security · Economics · Investment (military · Market economy · Monopoly · Political science · Tiger · Transparency (behavior · Computer Science · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization
| Highly cited | No |
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