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Institutional destabilisation and the new public management: the case of tax incremental financing

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  • Mark A. Covaleski
  • Mark W. Dirsmith
  • Katrina L. Mantzke

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With the goal of extending the New Public Management perspective by focusing on the play of vested interests and power, our study examines the active agency of a single company contracting with local and state governments to implement a Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) programme. Extending beyond the traditional focus of institutional theory on organisational conformity to institutionalised expectations, our analysis expands upon an emerging strand of research which argues that regulated organisations may manipulate the laws which govern them to serve their own ends. We find that even though the TIF programme was constructed in a relatively concrete manner with very little uncertainty as to its provisions, it was manipulated through strategic action on the part of the company regulated. What proved more interesting, however, was the social process by which stakeholders interpreted, negotiated and grudgingly came to agree on the meaning of this regulation.

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  • Mark A. Covaleski & Mark W. Dirsmith & Katrina L. Mantzke, 2005. "Institutional destabilisation and the new public management: the case of tax incremental financing," International Journal of Public Policy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1/2), pages 122-147.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpubp:v:1:y:2005:i:1/2:p:122-147
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    1. Ormeño-Pérez, Rodrigo & Oats, Lynne, 2024. "The making of problematic tax regulation: A Bourdieusian perspective," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    2. Svidroňová Mária Murray & Meričková Beáta Mikušová & Gondášová Lýdia, 2016. "E-procurement in Contracting-out of Public Goods and Services: Evidence from Slovakia," NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 9(1), pages 57-71, June.
    3. Mulligan, Emer & Oats, Lynne, 2016. "Tax professionals at work in Silicon Valley," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 63-76.

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