Institutions, Incentives, and Policy Entrepreneurship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6328964 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vincent Hopkins (0000-0001-7326-1808, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 332-348 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/psj.12132 |
| OpenAlex | W1861595012 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 40 |
Policy entrepreneurship is often used to explain agenda setting through reference to the behavior of individual “change agents.” But there are still gaps in our understanding of what motivates entrepreneurs. Rational choice theory emphasizes the importance of material and nonmaterial incentives; however, it remains unclear what role institutions play. This article aims to empirically examine the relationship between incentives and institutional encouragement of innovation. Using a case study of the federal government of Canada, I find evidence that incentives matter. Government agencies with many incentives are more likely to encourage innovation than agencies with few incentives. These results underscore the importance of institutions in determining the motivations of policy entrepreneurs, and suggest future research should focus on the interplay among individual, political, and institutional factors
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Government (linguistics · Incentive · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public policy · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Policy and Administration Research · Finance
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Political organizations
Changing politics of Canadian social policy
Innovation, Science, Environment
Regression Diagnostics
Politics of Bureaucracy
Public Entrepreneurs
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
Historical institutionalism in comparative politics
Are Policy Entrepreneurs Really Decisive in Achieving Policy Change? Drought Policy in the USA and Australia
The Logic of Collective Action
The Dynamics of Welfare Policy-Making in South Korea
Policy Analysis and Governance
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Decision Making vs. Policy Making
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Four Systems of Policy, Politics, and Choice
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Streams and stages
Setting the Environmental Agenda in Canada and the United States
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Bureaucratic Job Mobility and The Diffusion of Innovations
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A Typology of Voluntary Associations
Perspectives on Resilience to Disasters across Sectors and Cultures
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State Lottery Adoptions as Policy Innovations
Control and Feedback in Economic Regulation
Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |