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Environmental inter-local collaboration under meta-governance: the trade-off between collective and selective benefits

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  • Puyao Xing
  • Hua Xing

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This study investigates how local decision-makers influence the impact of high-level government meta-governance tools on environmental inter-local collaboration when the collective benefits of inter-jurisdictional collaboration conflict with the selective benefits of decision-makers. We address this issue focusing on empirical cases of inter-provincial watershed environmental collaborations in China. Using a difference-in-differences model for the analysis, we find that meta-governance tools of high-level government can facilitate the adoption of environmental inter-local collaboration arrangements. However, this facilitation decreases when local decision-makers lack progressive ambition or face peer competition. This study demonstrates the strategic responses of local decision-makers in environmental inter-local collaboration influenced by high-level government.

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  • Puyao Xing & Hua Xing, 2023. "Environmental inter-local collaboration under meta-governance: the trade-off between collective and selective benefits," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(5), pages 1024-1044, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:flgsxx:v:49:y:2023:i:5:p:1024-1044
    DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2022.2148662
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