Research on “Irrational Decision-making” of China’s Policy Diffusion from the Perspective of Horizontal Intergovernmental Competition

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220306.049How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Intergovernmental competition; Policy diffusion; Irrational decision-making

Abstract

In recent years, policy innovation has become the focus of competition among local governments at the same level as the country’s key focus in the field of innovation. Under the dual effects of pressure from competition at the same level and pressure from higher-level evaluations, some local governments have encountered “irrational decision-making” problems when coping with policy proliferation. The issue of “irrational decision-making” will hinder the spread of innovative policies, increase policy costs to a certain extent, and affect the actual performance of policies and even the government’s governance capabilities. This article analyzes the causes of the “irrational decision-making” of policy proliferation from two levels, and draws three viewpoints and conclusions: first, the combination of horizontal intergovernmental competition and the role of local government “economic man” are important reasons for the “irrational decision-making” problem of policy proliferation; second, the combination of the short term of office of local officials and the pressure of competition at the same level and the pressure of higher-level evaluation is another reason for the promotion of “irrational decision-making” by local governments; third, by adjusting the horizontal intergovernmental competition relationship and alleviating the pressure of the same level and superiors faced by local governments, the possibility of rushing decision-making by local governments can be reduced, thereby improving “decision-making rationality”. Proposing countermeasures after analyzing the “irrational decision-making” problem of policy proliferation can reduce corresponding problems and improve China’s overall policy performance and governance capabilities, which is of great value.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fan Zhang
AU  - Xiaoxia Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/17
TI  - Research on “Irrational Decision-making” of China’s Policy Diffusion from the Perspective of Horizontal Intergovernmental Competition
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Economy, Management, Law and Education (EMLE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 334
EP  - 342
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220306.049
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220306.049
ID  - Zhang2022
ER  -