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100			_aZhang, J., Li, H. and Yang, K. _936496
245			_aExplaining sustainability innovation in city governments: Innovation mechanisms and discretion types in multi-level governance
260			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
300			_a52(5), Jul, 2022: p.366-381
520			_aWhile existing studies have examined the separate effects of local governments’ internal conditions and external environment on local innovation, few have paid attention to their interactive effects. This study examines whether state-level rules regarding local discretion moderate the effects of city governments’ slack resources and learning, using local sustainability innovation as an example. We distinguish two types of discretion (fiscal and statutory) granted by state governments. Applying a difference-in-differences (DDD) approach with a longitudinal dataset of 238 U.S. cities, we find that fiscal discretion strengthens the positive effect of fiscal slack while statutory discretion enhances the positive effect of learning. The findings uncover the complex interactions between multilevel institutional arrangements and local innovation mechanisms. – Reproduced
650			_aDiscretion, Innovation, Sustainability, Multi-level governance. _934988
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
906			_aPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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