Competition over the allocation of scarce resources motivates many public policy choices, and increasingly influences the management of public organizations. With the rise of the business-like approach espoused by adherents of “new public management,” competitive mechanisms are increasingly used in the public sector to improve organization and program performance. Despite the wide acceptance of competition as a viable method to improve public management, little large n empirical work has been done to determine whether competition improves performance, especially in the networked, cross-sectoral setting of modern governance. Analyzing nearly 20,000 Florida contracts over a three-year period, this research explores whether competitive sourcing procedures lead to improved contractor performance. Results show that competitive sourcing may be associated with higher contract spending and undesirable contract outcomes. Other factors, including experience, existing relationships, and lower transaction costs, are more likely to lead to better performance.

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您的竞争对手在召唤：佛罗里达合同绩效分析

稀缺资源分配的竞争激发了许多公共政策选择，并日益影响公共组织的管理。随着“新公共管理”拥护者所拥护的商业化方法的兴起，竞争机制越来越多地用于公共部门以提高组织和项目绩效。尽管竞争被广泛接受为改善公共管理的可行方法，但很少有大量的实证工作来确定竞争是否能提高绩效，尤其是在现代治理的网络化、跨部门环境中。本研究分析了三年内近 20,000 份佛罗里达州的合同，探讨了竞争性采购程序是否会提高承包商的绩效。结果表明，竞争性采购可能与更高的合同支出和不良的合同结果有关。其他因素，包括经验、现有关系和较低的交易成本，更有可能带来更好的业绩。