Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 28/09/2026 🥳 The new issue is out, and we are excited to spotlight the articles! Have you ever wondered whether anti-corruption efforts can encourage citizens to hold government accountable? 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroAmerican University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026On #ABFM2026 day 2, don't miss Prof. @nathanfavero.com's session titled "Talk Is Cheap, but Money Talks: A Study of Organizational Responses to Performance Signals," and Prof. David Schwegman's session titled "The Local Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Large-Scale Data Centers." 101
Reposted by Nathan FaveroRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trump's claim that he's a great "fundraiser" deserving of recognition needs to be unpacked. When he asks CEOs for money, they give it because they fear that if they don't, he will abuse federal power to wreck their lives or businesses. Let's not honor or commemorate that. 521554
Reposted by Nathan FaveroClare Malone @claremalone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Still Counting gets the NYT look! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/b...nytimes.comFiveThirtyEight’s Podcast Hosts Reunite for a New ShowNate Silver, Clare Malone and Galen Druke will host “Still Counting,” a nonpartisan politics show — on a decidedly partisan podcast network. 2365
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 20/08/2026We are delighted to welcome Prof dr. Madalina Busuioc as the latest addition to our team of Associate Editors! Madalina Busuioc is Professor of Public Governance in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 192
Reposted by Nathan FaveroChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"Using generative AI inherently exposes you to the risk of career-ending accusations of plagiarism." 218461
Reposted by Nathan FaveroSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Bad news: The 30-year Treasury yield hit a 19-year high today. 🚨🚨🚨 America's going to have to pay more for its colossal debt, which will soon hit $40 trillion. Interest already tops $1T a year and is growing rapidly. Latest GOP/WH plans would increase the deficit. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comTreasuries Jolted as Fed Hold Trims September Hike BetsUS bond traders lowered their expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its next meeting after officials kept their benchmark steady on Wednesday, while 30-year Treasury yield... 42799336
Nathan Favero @nathanfavero.com · 29/07/2026Policy proposal: large vehicles (SUVs and pickup trucks) shouldn’t be banned, but sales should have a pedestrian safety tax to help address the externality (greater risk to pedestrians). Also, naming it that serves a public awareness purpose. 020
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 26/07/2026🔔 New Issue: Are public officials really more risk-averse than private sector employees? A study of 1,582 officials and employees finds they're not uniformly more risk-averse. 122
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 20/07/2026🔔 New Article: 💫 Who is really held accountable when citizens meet the State? A critical ethnography of the UK Tax Credits system finds encounters can reverse the accountability chain. Facing an unaccountable State, claimants became accountable for hardship inflicted on them. 102
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 12/07/2026🔔 New Issue Alert: 💫 Does common method variance really inflate correlations in self-reported data? Five preregistered studies with 3,100+ UK & Chinese civil servants test the classic PSM-performance link.doi.orgValidate User 121
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 10/07/2026🔔 New Issue Alert: 💫 What keeps long-term suppliers from raising prices in public contracts? A study of 430 Indiana legal service contracts finds relational history pushes prices up over time. 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🔔 New Issue Alert: 💫 When public services fail, do citizens punish politicians who shift the blame? A new UK survey experiment (n=955) finds citizens generally disapprove of blame shifting but soften when they already see the service provider as more at fault.doi.orgValidate User 121
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 04/07/2026🔔 New Issue Alert – Editor's Choice: 💫 Do people decide a program is "worth the effort" before they open the application? A new study runs three survey experiments on a grocery benefit and tax rebate. Heavier documentation lowers willingness to apply. 172
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 27/06/2026📑 🧵JPART Introduces a Submission Cap Pilot Beginning July 1, 2026 Like many journals, JPART has seen a sharp rise in submissions, and our data point to GenAI as a major driver. 123
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 11/06/2026💫 New Issue Highlight: How do public agencies decide which programs to prioritize when their budgets get cut?doi.orgHow do public agencies respond to budgetary control? A theory of strategic task portfolios in public administrationAbstract. How do public agencies manage diverse programs under limited budgets? Resource constraints force agencies to prioritize tasks, requiring strategi 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 09/06/2026💫 How does partisan control of governors shape how hard state agencies work to detect program errors? A new study of UI programs in all 50 states (2002–2021) finds Republican-appointed agencies pursue ~$2.65M more in overpayment detection per year than Democratic-appointed ones. 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroAmerican University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 06/06/2026SPA's @nathanfavero.com has researched a framework that analyzes how AI is changing the public sector and will present at a session titled "Reimagining the Public Servant: Professional Identity and Skill Adaptation in the AI Era", chaired by SPA Asst. Prof. @neosheeling.bsky.social. #PMRC2026 011
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 04/06/2026💫 Does paying public providers for performance actually deliver better results? A new meta-analysis of 740 observations across 38 studies finds the average effect is small and not significant. What matters is design: outcome-based measures outperform process/output metrics. 112
Reposted by Nathan FaveroAmerican University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026(1/2)Today, Provost Associate Professor @nathanfavero.com is leading a workshop at #PMRC2026 titled "Politics, Administration, & Management (PAM): U.S. Executive Administration". 101
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 31/05/2026💫 Does simply recalling an interaction with a government program leave a psychological mark? A new SNAP survey experiment (n=3,812) finds that recalling encounters increased negative affect, even though most reported low burden. Negative experiences leave a stronger imprint than positive ones. 5359
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 28/05/2026💫 When federal agencies say they "heard" the public, does that mean they actually listened? A new study of 854 federal rules finds regulatory text rarely changes between proposal and finalization. 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Peer review is the backbone of academic quality, and JPART is fortunate to have an exceptional reviewer community. We're delighted to announce the recipients of the 2026 JPART Outstanding Reviewer Award, recognizing outstanding reviewing work done in 2025. 122
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 24/05/2026🚨 Our editorial team (editors and associate editors) has released a statement on maintaining academic quality in the age of generative AI, published in PMRA's Management Matters. We expect to launch concrete initiatives this summer, in dialogue with PMRA. Full statement linked below!linkedin.comJPART on Generative AI | Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory🚨 JPART submissions have roughly doubled in just a few years, from under 600 annually to a projected 1,200+ this year, a surge we attribute largely to the growing use of generative AI. Our editorial... 142
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 21/05/2026💫 When local governments plan for the future, do they actually see the disadvantages their communities face? This study of 462 municipalities finds manager-led cities plan broadly but underprioritize social vulnerabilities, 122
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 18/05/2026💫 Can specialized institutions really change behavior on the ground? A new study, by Yuhao Ba, uses China's environmental courts as a case of policy venue specialization. 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 16/05/2026💫 New Issue Highlight! Control or discretion? A new field experiment in 250 Danish schools (~17,000 students) tested two implementation support approaches for a reading intervention. Teachers preferred the fidelity approach. But families benefited more under professional responsibility. 101
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 14/05/2026💫 New issue alert: Analyzing ~20,000 utterances from 154 recorded public service encounters in Germany, this study finds bureaucrats speak more complexly and emotionally to male clients than female ones. The bureaucrat's own gender? No effect. By Laurin Friedrich & Steffen Eckhard 132
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 12/05/2026💫 New Issue Highlight: What if reducing red tape were as simple as rewriting an ad? A new study tested this with 75,451 participants. Clearer ads about services and eligibility drew significantly more women to active labor market programs. 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/05/2026While it's hard to tie directly, one of the downstream consequences of the Trump admin gutting CISA and the FBI cybercrime division is that hacks like this will become more common and widespread. Trump put a giant open for business sign for cyber crime orgs on US cyber infrastructure. 11341118
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 03/05/2026New Issue Highlight: Is street-level responsiveness a solo choice between "client" or "rules"? A new ethnography of Amsterdam home care says no, it's an organizational achievement. Workers and managers do boundary work together, breaking and restoring institutional limits. 121
Nathan Favero @nathanfavero.com · 30/04/202675-day DHS shutdown finally ending! Which is a great occasion to mention my new coauthored work looking at how employee satisfaction is tied to funding levels (and yet not reliably associated with the shutdowns in our dataset, though we don't have much statistical power): doi.org/10.1111/pbaf...doi.orgUS Federal Budgets and Federal Employee Job SatisfactionResearchers have long studied how organizational budgets relate to performance, but how do employees themselves experience the effects of budgetary decisions? Given widespread attention to political .... 031
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 29/04/2026New Issue Highlight: How do collaborations between police and mental health organizations stay strong in turbulent environments? "Cultivating collaborative resilience amid volatility: implementation partnerships between law enforcement and mental health organizations" 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 27/04/2026New Issue Highlight! Ever wondered why some city governments outperform others, even with equally talented leaders at the top? 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 24/04/2026New Issue Highlight! What happens when a mostly White fire department is led by a Black fire chief, and how do Black and White firefighters actually view racial diversity under that leadership? 121
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 22/04/2026New Issue Highlight: Could adding more accountability (more checks, more evaluations, more oversight) actually make public employees work less hard? 121
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 20/04/2026New Issue Highlight: Could better teaching be as simple as giving teachers the right information—no rewards, no pressure, no oversight? 132
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 18/04/2026New Issue Highlight! What if the key to sustaining public sector collaboration isn’t eliminating tensions, but managing them? 111
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 16/04/2026New Issue Highlight! Can accountability to external bodies induce performance turnaround in struggling public services?academic.oup.comLow-stakes accountability and public service turnaroundsAbstract. Can accountability to external bodies induce performance turnaround in struggling public services? And if so, must account-holders use incentives 141
Reposted by Nathan FaveroChris Goodman @cbgoodman.co · 15/04/2026As promised, here’s my tax day rant. For 99% of taxpayers, the IRS already has the data to send you an almost fully completed 1040 for you to add a few pieces of data to, automatically recalculate, be done. It doesn’t because of Intuit. 618970
Reposted by Nathan FaveroJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Have you ever wondered how military occupation reshapes the work of teachers and other public servants on the ground? 121
Reposted by Nathan FaveroNate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026apnews.com/article/iran...apnews.comState Department cut jobs with deep expertise in Middle East as Iran crisis escalatesThe widening war in Iran is exposing big gaps at the State Department, especially in the bureau that handles the Middle East. 510526
Reposted by Nathan FaveroNBER @nber.org · 11/03/2026Open call for proposals, Service Delivery by State and Local Governments. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on January 28–29, 2027. Submit proposals by 11:59pm EDT on July 15, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers... 044
Nathan Favero @nathanfavero.com · 10/03/2026One red flag for me is any time someone summarizes views of Hispanic people yet doesn’t mention whether the survey was available in Spanish. Some survey platforms suffer from problems with bots answering questionnaires. Transparency can be a problem, with subcontractors obscuring recruitment, etc. 000
Nathan Favero @nathanfavero.com · 10/03/2026I don’t have a specific expectation that the results will be wrong in one direction. It is just that you can get all kinds of wacky results, and we probably never hear about the polls that show less shocking numbers. The outlier results are often the ones that get shared. 100
Nathan Favero @nathanfavero.com · 10/03/2026Online polling is a bit of a mess, so I generally don't put a ton of stock in it unless it is from a trusted organization (e.g., Pew is great, and the big news outlets generally partner with solid pollsters). And then when it comes to subpopulations, I am even more skeptical. 100
Nathan Favero @nathanfavero.com · 10/03/2026They may not be exactly the same, but they should be similar. My broader impression is these are very difficult subpopulations to sample accurately, and nothing in the methodology section from Manhattan Institute suggests to me that they are being particularly careful. 110
Nathan Favero @nathanfavero.com · 10/03/2026Do we have any reason to believe this poll is anywhere near representative (especially for Hispanic people)? www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...pewresearch.orgOnline opt-in polls can produce misleading results about young adults’, Hispanics’ viewsWe examine how an opt-in poll may have unintentionally misled the public about the sensitive issue of Holocaust denial among young Americans. 100
Nathan Favero @nathanfavero.com · 07/03/2026Breaking: Republican Senators shocked to see clowns they confirmed can’t run things good 000