Hybrid Governance and the Attribution of Political Responsibility

Experimental Evidence from the United States

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6295482
AutoresEleanor Florence Woodhouse (0000-0003-0916-4282, University College London, autor de correspondencia), Paolo Belardinelli (0000-0002-9645-9160, London School of Economics and Political Science), Anthony M Bertelli (0000-0002-0756-5691, Bocconi University)
Año2022
Volumen32
Número1
Páginas150-165
Fecha de publicación2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1053-1858 • E-ISSN: 1477-9803
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jopart/muab014
OpenAlexW3161759232
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas40

How does the mode of public service delivery affect the attribution of responsibility for public goods? Through a survey experiment on a sample of more than 1,000 Americans, we provide evidence of how the allocation of public goods shapes voters’ support for incumbent politicians. We find that voters prefer a mixture of public–private financing and management when it comes to the delivery of infrastructure. However, once performance information is available, the mode of infrastructure delivery no longer influences their voting intention. The successful delivery of these infrastructure projects is what ultimately matters to voters. Moreover, this preference for a mixture of public and private involvement in public service delivery is stronger among citizens with high political knowledge, who are more likely to punish the incumbent for a failed first phase of the public service delivery. These findings deepen our understanding of how hybrid forms of public service delivery are perceived by voters and how performance information affects evaluations of the performance of public services and politicians alike

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