Leadership Transfer Networks and Regional Environmental Governance Performance

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ID6404362
AuthorsCan Cui (0000-0002-5961-3958, Tongji University), Wenna Chen (0000-0003-2543-8271, Sun Yat-sen University, corresponding author), Hongtao Yi (0000-0002-6753-4627, The Ohio State University)
Year2024
Volume60
Issue2
Pages488-514
Publication date2024-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10780874231169920
OpenAlexW4367183750
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited54

In response to the increasing attention paid to environmental governance and leadership mobility, this study explores the interactions between leadership mobility and environmental governance performance. From the perspective of networks, this study aims to determine whether leadership mobility networks shape environmental governance outcomes. We argue that leadership transfer networks affect local water governance performance, which is particularly evident when leadership mobility occurs between cities with similar institutional environments. We collected managers’ career data and water governance performance from forty-one cities located in the Pan-Yangtze River Delta region in China from 2011 to 2015. Methodologically, we employ spatial temporal autoregressive models to test the hypotheses and confirm the effects of the leadership transfer network on the homogeneity of water governance performance across the region. Theoretically, this study advances the institutional collective action framework in regional water governance by providing supplementary mechanisms from the perspective of agent network diffusion

Business · Corporate governance · Economic geography · Economics · Environmental governance · Network governance · Political science · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Land Use and Ecosystem Services

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