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100			_a Xing, Puyao and Xing, Hua _947417
245			_aEnvironmental inter-local collaboration under meta-governance: The trade-off between collective and selective benefits
260			_aLocal Government Studies
300			_a49(5), Oct, 2023: p.1024-1044
520			_aThis 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.-Reproduced https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03003930.2022.2148662
650			_aDecision-makers, High-level government meta-governance, Meta-governance _947418
773			_aLocal Government Studies
906			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT
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