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Effects of Politicization on Welfare State Policies: Comparing Polic Impacts of Politically Appointed Officials in 18 Mature Democracies
(2008-03)
This paper argues that in order to explain policy output, we need to better understand the role of key bureaucrats. It suggests that ministerial advisers are influential in determining the character of policy output and ...
New Public Management as Trust Problem: Explaining Cross-country Differences in the Adoption of Performance-related Pay in the Public Sector
(2008-04)
This paper aims to explain cross-country variations in a paradigmatic element of NPM reforms: the shift from low-powered incentives (i.e. flat salaries) to high-powered one (i.e. performance-related pay systems). The paper ...
Do You Believe Me? Public Sector Incentive Systems in Japan, Korea, Spain, and Sweden
(2008-12)
This paper presents a theoretical hypothesis for understanding the success of
performance-related incentives in the public sector, based on insights developed in the
private sector. The paper argues that incentives are ...