Original
Policymakers' Preferences Over Public–Private Modes of Service Delivery and Credit‐Claiming: Experimental Evidence
Abstract
ABSTRACT A survey experiment on US elected local policymakers allows us to test how incumbents strategically use infrastructure projects in their electoral campaigns. Each local official is presented with a scenario in which they are asked to imagine that they are going to run for office again and that a new infrastructure project has just been approved in their district. We manipulate the type of project and whether it is delivered by the local government, private actors, or a mixture of the two. We find that the mode of delivery influences credit‐claiming behavior: respondents are more likely to claim credit for projects where the government is involved in delivery, even while respondents' expectations of the projects' ultimate benefit to the community are similar across delivery mode. This electoral connection to the mode of delivery illustrates the potential for bias in project delivery that could compromise the efficient use of public revenue.
中文
政策制定者对公私服务提供模式的偏好与邀功：实验证据
摘要
一项针对美国民选地方政策制定者的调查实验，使我们能够检验在任者如何在竞选活动中战略性地利用基础设施项目。每位地方官员被呈现一个情境，要求其设想自己将再次竞选公职，并且其所在选区刚刚批准了一个新的基础设施项目。我们操纵了项目类型，以及项目是由地方政府、私人行为者还是二者混合提供。我们发现，提供模式会影响邀功行为：受访者更可能对政府参与提供的项目声称功劳，即便受访者对这些项目最终给社区带来益处的预期在不同提供模式之间相似。这种提供模式与选举激励之间的联系表明，项目提供可能存在偏向，进而可能损害公共收入的效率使用。
关键词
邀功、公私提供模式、服务提供、地方政府、基础设施项目、调查实验、选举激励、政策制定者