01369pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002200040245008400062260000900146300001600155520093500171650002001106650002001126700002601146773005101172180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aCoggburn, Jerrell  aThe relationship between state government performance and state quality of life  c2003  ap.1337-354.  aThis article examines the relationship between government performance and quality of life in the American states. We contend that the management capacity of state governments should have direct, tangible impacts on the overall social and economic well-being of state citizenry. In order to test this idea, we examine the influence of state management capacity (using the 1999 Government Performance Project grades), alongside other economic and political variables, on two prominent measures of state quality of life - The Morgan Quitno "Most Livable State" Index and State Policy Reports" (SPP) "Camelot Index". We find that both state economic conditions and governmental policy priorities have significant impacts on state performance levels. But, our results clearly indicate that the management capacity of state governments also contributes directly to improving the overall quality of life for state citizens. - Reproduced.  aQuality of life  aGood governance  aSchneider, Saundra K.  aInternational Journal of Public Administration