The consequences of specialised governance on spending and expansion of public transit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6302019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher B Goodman (0000-0002-8565-9714, Northern Illinois University, corresponding author), Suzanne Leland (0000-0002-6387-232X, Northern Illinois University), Olga Smirnova (0009-0007-1873-6533, Northern Illinois University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 296-311 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930.2020.1744571 |
| OpenAlex | W3016082136 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 26 |
Special-purpose governments are commonly characterised as hidden governments with less taxpayer accountability and can issue debt. However, little research has been conducted to see if operating and capital expenses are driven by the public's perception of need or are a policy consequence of functional specialisation. The following study tests how problem salience and form of government interact to impact local governments' expenditures. We use National Transit Data (2013–2014) to test these moderating relationships. Our findings indicate that at least in the context of public transit, service area characteristics play a larger role in the spending and expansion than either the form of government or issue salience (as measured in this paper). This also indicates that the moderating effect of salience and governance does not appear to be significant for public transit policy
Accountability · Business · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Debt · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Macroeconomics · Political science · Public economics · Public policy · Public transport · Salience (neuroscience · Taxpayer · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |