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100			_aSanchez, Jose _9123359
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 _9123360
650			_a Economies of Scale _9123361
650			_a Fiscal Stress _9123362
650			_a Social Network Analysis _9123363
650			_aLocal Government
700			_a Li, Jun _9123364
700			_a Ranjha, Aamer Shaheen _9123365
700			_a Siciliano, Michael D. _9123366
856			_uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10780874231205464
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