This study aims to answer the question how political cultures of respective countries affect policy learning processes. Using historical and contextual information about the political cultures of the United States and Germany and with applications of the advocacy coalition framework and cultural theory, this study finds that the originally American business improvement district (BID) institutional form was adopted in Germany when its political culture was open to it. German policy makers adopted the provisions of the U.S. laws that were compatible with their secondary beliefs, which were related to where and how to deliver local services. They did not directly adopt the BID governing models in the U.S. laws, which were based on the American deep core and policy core beliefs. Instead, they adapted the American models to their own Hegelian deep core beliefs and the hierarchical political core beliefs, which resulted in the formulation of the “Aufgabenträger” (task performer) model.

本研究旨在回答各个国家的政治文化如何影响政策学习过程的问题。本研究利用有关美国和德国政治文化的历史和背景信息，并应用倡导联盟框架和文化理论，发现德国在其政治文化发展过程中采用了最初美国商业改进区 (BID) 的制度形式。对此持开放态度。德国政策制定者采纳了符合他们次要信念的美国法律规定，这些规定与在何处以及如何提供本地服务有关。他们没有直接采用美国法律中的 BID 治理模式，这些模式是基于美国的深层核心和政策核心信念。反而，Aufgabenträger ”（任务执行者）模型。