Keeping policy commitments
An organizational capability approach to local green housing equity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4073929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aaron Deslatte (0000-0001-5518-3949, Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author), Serena Kim, Serena Y Kim (0000-0003-3839-3674, University of Denver), Christopher V Hawkins (0009-0005-8709-8892, University of Central Florida), Eric Stokan (0000-0001-8409-5016, University of Maryland, Baltimore County) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-159 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ropr.12499 |
| OpenAlex | W4289766678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 71 |
Affordable housing that incorporates sustainability goals into its design has the potential to address both health and economic disparities via enhanced energy-efficiency, structural durability and indoor environmental quality. Despite the potential for these win-win advances, survey data of U.S. local governments indicate these types of equity investments remain rare. This study explores barriers and pathways to distributional equity via energy-efficient housing. Using archival city sustainability survey data collected during a period of heightened U.S. federal investment in local government energy-efficiency programs, we combine machine learning (ML) and process-tracing approaches for modeling the complex drivers and barriers underlying these decisions. First, we ask, how do characteristics of a city's organizational learning methods-its administrative structure, past experience with housing programs, resources, stakeholder engagement and planning-predict policy commitments to green affordable housing? Using ensemble ML methods, we find that three specific modes of organizational learning-past experience with affordable housing programs, seeking assistance from neighborhood groups and the technical expertise of professional green organizations-are the most impactful features in determining city commitments to constructing green affordable housing. Our second stage uses process-tracing within a specific case identified by the ML models to determine the ordering of these factors and to provide more nuance on green-housing policy implementation
Affordable housing · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental economics · Local government · Political science · Public economics · Public relations · Stakeholder · Stakeholder engagement · Sustainability · Housing Market and Economics · Public Administration · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment · Urban Planning and Valuation
Organizational Learning
Process-Tracing Methods
Applied Predictive Modeling
Models of Bounded Rationality
Dynamic Capabilities in Public Organizations
Statistical Modeling
Organizational Learning
The Essential Impact of Context on Organizational Behavior
The Partisan Brain
Symbolic or Substantive Policy? Measuring the Extent of Local Commitment to Climate Protection
Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science
Balancing the Four E s; or Can We Achieve Equity for Social Equity in Public Administration?
Segregation by Design
What Have We Learned about the Performance of Council‐Manager Government? A Review and Synthesis of the Research
Distributional disparities in residential rooftop solar potential and penetration in four cities in the United States
The Erosion of Trust During a Global Pandemic and How Public Administrators Should Counter It
Elucidating the Linkages Between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Local Government Sustainability Performance
Form of Government Still Matters
Housing shock
Green housing
Sustainability, Intergenerational Social Equity, and the Socially Responsible Organization
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The new urban crisis
Organizational learning and innovation
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Pillar Talk
Macro-Level Determinants of Local Government Interaction
Exploring the Trade-Offs Local Governments Make in the Pursuit of Economic Growth and Equity
Hierarchies of Need in Sustainable Development
The Adapted American City
Bureaucratic Representation, Distributional Equity, and Democratic Values in the Administration of Public Programs
Why Partisans Do Not Sort
Failures
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Representative Bureaucracy, Distributional Equity, and Environmental Justice
Sustainability Synergies or Silos? The Opportunity Costs of Local Government Organizational Capabilities
Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and the Effects of Heterogeneous Treatments with Ensemble Methods
Explicit Bayesian Analysis for Process Tracing
Competing Explanations for Bureaucratic Preferences
Performance Gaps and Managerial Decisions
Positivity and Negativity Dominance in Citizen Assessments of Intergovernmental Sustainability Performance
Learning under Pressure
Performance, Satisfaction, or Loss Aversion? A Meso–Micro Assessment of Local Commitments to Sustainability Programs
Public Management, Context, and Performance
Case Study Design and Analysis as a Complementary Empirical Strategy to Econometric Analysis in the Study of Public Agencies
Machine Learning for Public Administration Research, With Application to Organizational Reputation
Institutional Mechanisms for Local Sustainability Collaboration
Organizational Capability in the Public Sector
Bureaucratic Job Mobility and The Diffusion of Innovations
Understanding Process Tracing
Urban Pressures and Innovations
Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics
Organizational Learning
The Sociology of Discrimination
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |