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Institutional Collective Action, Social Capital and Regional Development Partnership

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  • Hyung Jun Park
  • Richard C. Feiock

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Fragmented or polycentric systems that create intergovernmental competition have generally been linked to efficiency in the provision of many urban services. This has not been the case for economic development policy. Consolidation and regional approaches are often advocated because development efforts entail both positive and negative externalities and competition is characterized as zero-sum. It is argued that a decentralized system of governments can simultaneously produce the benefits of competition and cooperation in economic development through institutional collective action (ICA) that creates a regional partnership to coordinate local development efforts. Empirical analyses investigate how four dimensions of social capital function as a critical resource to solve regional collective action problems. It is found that both the level of government fragmentation and institutional/relational social capital as evidenced by interlocal service revenues, influence the formation of regional partnerships. Simulations can be used to calculate predicted values for the probability of partnership formation based on the number of local governments in the metro area and interlocal service revenues.

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  • Hyung Jun Park & Richard C. Feiock, 2006. "Institutional Collective Action, Social Capital and Regional Development Partnership," International Review of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 57-69, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rrpaxx:v:11:y:2006:i:2:p:57-69
    DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2003.10805085
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