As various private sector practices have been introduced into the public sector, some were adopted without careful assessment of potential policy and management implications. One such example is the adoption of pay-for-performance (PFP). While previous research has corroborated that this performance incentive mechanism was implemented without thorough assessment, the diffusion process of PFP has not been empirically tested or evaluated. This study applies a regional diffusion model among American (U.S.) states to examine the diffusion process. Findings show that state governments tend to adopt PFP plans when they become aware of their neighbouring states adopting them, but the marginal probability of adoption decreases as the numbers of neighbours adopting such plans

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了解州政府采用有偿绩效：一种扩散理论方法

由于各种私营部门惯例已被引入公共部门，因此一些惯例在未仔细评估潜在的政策和管理影响的情况下被采用。这样的例子之一就是采用绩效工资（PFP）。尽管先前的研究证实了这种绩效激励机制是在没有进行全面评估的情况下实施的，但PFP的扩散过程尚未经过经验检验或评估。这项研究应用了美国（美国）州之间的区域扩散模型来研究扩散过程。研究结果表明，州政府在意识到邻国采用PFP计划时倾向于采用PFP计划，但是随着采用这种计划的邻国数量的增加，采用的边际概率会降低