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100 _aSanchez, Jose
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245 0 _aWith a Little Help from My Friends? A Longitudinal Network Analysis on Fiscal Stress and Collaboration for Public Service Delivery - Jose S anchez, Jun Li, Aamer Shaheen Ranjha, Michael D. Siciliano, 2024
260 _bUrban Affairs Review
260 _c2024
300 _a1191-1228
520 _aLocal governments face revenue constraints and increasing demands for public service delivery. Confronted with fiscal pressures, cities, and counties engage in collaborative arrangements to save costs or improve service levels. However, the same pressures can also prevent them from seeking collaboration. Two distinguishable arguments in tension can be identified: fiscal stress as a driver or as a deterrent for collaboration. This study reconciles these contrasting views using longitudinal network analysis to examine how fiscal stress affects the likelihood of collaboration in four critical service areas. Results point toward fiscal stress negatively affecting collaboration in service areas when economies of scale are not achievable, and increasing the likelihood of collaboration in service domains where these scales are possible. Understanding when fiscal stress affects collaboration is particularly relevant given resource disparities at the local level. Such inequality can create reinforcing cycles of fiscal stress and reduced opportunities to collaborate in service delivery.
650 _a Collaboration
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650 _a Economies of Scale
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650 _a Fiscal Stress
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650 _a Social Network Analysis
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650 _aLocal Government
700 _a Li, Jun
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700 _a Ranjha, Aamer Shaheen
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700 _a Siciliano, Michael D.
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856 _uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10780874231205464
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