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Strength of Strong Ties in Intercity Government Information Sharing and County Jurisdictional Boundaries
Author(s) -
Ki Namhoon,
Kwak ChangGyu,
Song Minsun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/puar.13135
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , jurisdiction , government (linguistics) , argument (complex analysis) , boundary (topology) , information sharing , business , county government , local government , interpersonal ties , economic geography , regional science , public administration , political science , geography , sociology , law , mathematical analysis , social science , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , archaeology
Abstract Studies have found that information sharing between city governments can be easily observed within the same county jurisdiction, but less attention has been paid to the reasons why the jurisdictional boundary matters. This article fills this lacuna, drawing on the insight of the “strength of strong ties” argument that “people help their friends first.” The analysis reveals that city governments in the Orlando, Florida, metropolitan area are more likely to share economic development information (EDI) with governments in the same county as the collective demand for such information in that area increases. This study additionally finds that the greater the demand for EDI, the more likely it is that city governments will seek the information from their county members. As a result, as the demand for information increases among city governments in a metropolitan area, the likelihood that it will be shared by all members of the area beyond the county boundaries decreases .