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100			_aLi, Y., Chen, S. and Peng, Y. _951477
245			_aIn the shadow of administrative decentralization: The impact of devolution on subnational service provision
260			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
300			_a53(7-8), Oct-Nov, 2023: p.280-295
520			_aDecentralization is often regarded as a panacea for achieving good governance. Yet few studies have explored how devolution (to subnational governments) affects policy agendas. In this article, we investigate how devolution affects two aspects of public service provision—economic growth and environmental protection based on the experience of China. The results show that the devolution simultaneously promotes local economic development and damages the environment. These mixed effects can be attributed to the administrative mechanism of the interaction between devolution and the distribution of government attention, which is more concerned with outcomes that can be observed in the short run rather than the long run. Our results highlight the complexity of governance and demonstrate the architecture for an effective policy framework design. – Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02750740231185849
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
906			_aDECENTRALISATION
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