LEARNING FROM SUCCESS: ARE SUCCESSFUL GOVERNMENTS ROLE MODELS? |
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| Authors: | MARTIN LUNDIN PEROLA ÖBERG CECILIA JOSEFSSON |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Martin Lundin is at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, Uppsala, Sweden;2. Perola ?berg is at the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden;3. Cecilia Josefsson is at the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Do local governments learn from their successful peers when designing public policies? In spite of extensive research on policy diffusion and learning, there is still a lack of studies on how success relates to learning patterns. We address this deficiency by examining which other governments local administrative units draw lessons from. More precisely, we investigate whether public managers learn from the experiences of local governments whose citizens are satisfied with government services. Using a large dyadic dataset on all Swedish municipalities from 2010, we find that senior public managers in local administrations learn from similar local governments and from neighbours. But we also find clear evidence that they learn from local governments whose citizens are pleased with local public services. This indicates that best practices are spread among local governments. |
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