Rational Choice and Regional Governance

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Institutional Ties, Transaction Costs, and External Service Production (2009, background): “…of voluntary self-governing arrangements, such as interlocal service agreements, for coping with problems arising from political fragmentation (Feiock 2004, 2007; Krueger and McGuire 2005; Oakerson 1999; Oakerson and Parks 1988; Parks and Oakerson 1989, 2000; Post 2004; Savitch and Vogel…”
Factors explaining inter-municipal cooperation in service delivery: a meta-regression analysis (2016, background): “Feiock (2007, 2013) has outlined a theory of institutional collective action that builds from Ostrom’s (2010) studies of polycentric local government where cooperation is based on trust, reciprocity and collective benefits across the metropolitan region.”
Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability (2018, background): “Social or economic interests in the community articulate demand, which could influence local governments’ decisions to enter into inter-local agreements (Feiock 2007; Feiock et al. 2013).”
Competitors and Cooperators: A Micro-Level Analysis of Regional Economic Development Collaboration Networks (2012, background): “Communities that had adopted the same form of government also were expected to have cooperative relationships because appointed and elected offi cials operating under the same institutional arrangements share similar functional objectives and experience (Feiock 2007).”