Journal of Public Policy

1981 - 2026

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Volume 46, issue 1, 2026

Taxing your cake and growing it too: public beliefs on the dual benefits of progressive taxation pp. 1-20

Bastian Becker, Bruno Castanho Silva and Hanna Lierse

Beyond NIMBY-ism: rethinking acceptance of housing densification in a direct democratic renters society pp. 21-49

Malte Wehr, Michael L. Wicki, Stefan Wittwer and David Kaufmann

Inheritance, wealth transfers, and the case for a capital accessions tax pp. 50-74

Eric Fabri

Selective decentralization under the trend of centralization: reforms in China’s governmental power of environmental governance from 1973 to 2023 pp. 75-101

Mengzhi Xu, Huachun Wang and Shixin Luan

A Trump effect on immigration policy attitudes? Another look pp. 102-125

Andrew J. Taylor

Strategic investment of public funds: State responses to federal R&D grants pp. 126-145

Aichiro Suryo Prabowo and Thomas Luke Spreen

Policy design and governance in hierarchical, risk-oriented organizations: a Danish Armed Forces case study pp. 146-169

Karina Mayland

How proximity and trust of policy narrators motivate their audience pp. 170-186

Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Rob A. DeLeo, Deserai Anderson, Kristin Taylor, Thomas A. Birkland, Clifton M. Chow, Danielle Blanch-Hartigan, Honey Minkowitz and Elizabeth A. Koebele

Volume 45, issue 4, 2025

Stages, orders & periods of welfare state development: a global sequence analysis of social policy dynamics pp. 549-576

Fabian Besche-Truthe, Tobias Böger and Johanna Fischer

Understanding policy instrument preferences under conflicting beliefs and uncertainty pp. 577-610

Milena Wiget, Judit Lienert and Karin Ingold

The electoral connection, state attorneys general, and the dynamics of incarceration rates pp. 611-635

Jason S. Byers and Laine P. Shay

Public demand and LGBTQ+ rights pp. 636-658

Yeon Soo Park

Joining forces or going solo? The political and economic dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation pp. 659-685

Germà Bel, Esther Pano and Marianna Sebő

How do Europeans want to fight climate change? Comparing and explaining public support for a wide variety of policies pp. 686-710

Malcolm Fairbrother, Ingemar Johansson Sevä and Joakim Kulin

Why participation? Institutions and inequality in urban politics pp. 711-736

David Foster and Joseph Warren

Does social media undermine trust? Institutional trust in civil society and governance institutions pp. 737-760

Christianna Sirindah Parr

Measuring organizational effects on street-level bureaucrats’ discretionality: a comparative study of three Italian contexts pp. 761-779

Silvia Lucciarini, Michele Santurro and Alessandra Rimano

The impact of inter-actor competition on administrative burdens: theorizing “consequent populations” using the illustrative case of gamete donation governance pp. 780-802

Ashley Splawinski

Volume 45, issue 3, 2025

The post-oil post-COVID social contract: taxing informal workers for healthcare insurance in oil-exporting developing economies pp. 399-427

Tom Moerenhout, Nicolas Orgeira Pillai and Joonseok Yang

Do welfare states have lower carbon emissions? The importance of state capacity in lower-income countries pp. 428-448

Tobias Böhmelt, Hugh Ward and Thomas Bernauer

Factors facilitating the adoption of wellbeing budgets in New Zealand: a case study with budget actors pp. 449-473

Stephanie Ortynsky, Marwa Farag and Haizhen Mou

Types of pandemic-induced psychological distress, clarity of responsibility, and support for incumbents pp. 474-499

Subhasish Ray, Ankin M. Patil, K. Sree Vidya and Holli A. Semetko

Multilevel policy textual learning in Chinese local environmental policies pp. 500-521

Wenna Chen, Li Liao and Hongtao Yi

Bureaucratic politics in customized implementation of the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive in France and Germany pp. 522-546

Anna Simstich

How do policy environments shape public service motivation during the national disaster? Evidence from large-scale survey experiments – CORRIGENDUM pp. 547-547

Don S. Lee, Kee Hoon Chung and Soonae Park

Volume 45, issue 2, 2025

Police interrogation and fraudulent epistemic environments pp. 201-223

Luke William Hunt

Redirecting revenues from law enforcement fines, forfeitures, and related fees to fund local nonprofits: a policy design proposal pp. 224-244

Inkyu Kang and Su Young Choi

The price of creativity: a conjoint experiment in copyrights pp. 245-269

Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko and Yifat Nahmias

Does multilevel government increase legitimacy? Citizens’ preferences for subnational authority and acceptance of governmental decisions pp. 270-292

Berkay Alıca and Arjan H. Schakel

Business engagement in gender equality policy: roles, contributions, and expectations pp. 293-320

Paula Otero-Hermida and Hannia Gonzalez-Urango

A hard pill to swallow: Social capital, opiates, and health outcomes in the United States pp. 321-348

Daniel P. Hawes and Austin Michael McCrea

Authority vs. incentives: examining the effects of policy tools on municipal solid waste policy performance in South Korea pp. 349-371

Seejeen Park and Yoon Jik Cho

Subnational policy entrepreneurs in action: a systematic quantitative review pp. 372-398

Todd Yuda Shi and Alex Jingwei He

Volume 45, issue 1, 2025

How do policy environments shape public service motivation during the national disaster? Evidence from large-scale survey experiments pp. 1-22

Don S. Lee, Kee Hoon Chung and Soonae Park

Fiscal decentralization and energy intensity: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment of VAT revenue-sharing reform in China pp. 23-44

Yumeng Pang and Mengmeng Wang

Problem indicators and territorial restructuring: do institutional decision rules matter? pp. 45-67

Jostein Askim, Adam Gendźwiłł and Jan Erling Klausen

Environmental vertical management reform and data manipulation in the public sector: evidence from China pp. 68-96

Huange Xu, Guangchen Li and Bo Chen

Conservation for nature and wildlife’s sake: the effects of (non-)anthropocentric ethical justifications on policy acceptability pp. 97-119

Lauren Yehle, Patrik Michaelsen, Niklas Harring and Sverker C. Jagers

Overcoming the agglomeration paradox: skill-dependent FDI and urbanization in China pp. 120-145

Samantha A. Vortherms

Optimizing government outsourcing: a performance management framework for enhancing public service delivery pp. 146-177

Harsh Sharma

Gatekeepers of the Undesired? A systematic review on local housing policy and the settlement of vulnerable groups pp. 178-199

Gustav Lidén, Emma Holmqvist, Joel Jacobsson, Kristoffer Jutvik and Jon Nyhlén

Volume 44, issue 4, 2024

Revolving doors in Europe: does hiring from the public sector facilitate access? pp. 679-696

Sharon S. Belli and Frederik Stevens

Why hospitals hire tobacco lobbyists: conflicts of interest among lobbyists’ clients pp. 697-719

James M. Strickland and Naimisha Chakravadhanula

Crisis management from a relational perspective: an analysis of interorganizational transboundary crisis networks pp. 720-746

Carlos Bravo-Laguna

Migrants serving migrants? Representative bureaucracy at the front lines of migration management pp. 747-766

Katerina Glyniadaki

Authoritarian and democratic states: the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy of public health outcomes pp. 767-784

Hyesong Ha, Colin Knox and Saltanat Janenova

How self-interest and symbolic politics shape the effectiveness of compensation for nearby housing development pp. 785-808

Michael Hankinson and Justin de Benedictis-Kessner

The purpose of policy portfolios: design, intention, and logic pp. 809-825

Andrea Migone and Michael Howlett

They only hate the term: policy branding and the politics of critical race theory pp. 826-846

Jonathan E. Collins

Integrating social innovation and public policy: lessons from early childhood education and care in Barcelona, Spain pp. 847-865

Raquel Gallego and Lara Maestripieri

Volume 44, issue 3, 2024

The limits of criminal justice reform: an analysis of elite rhetoric in four cities pp. 459-483

Erin Tatz, Helen Bekele, Lauren Mattioli and Spencer Piston

War and the adoption of family allowances pp. 484-503

Herbert Obinger and Carina Schmitt

Tales and theories as levers of expert influence: A case study of the Norwegian Oil Fund pp. 504-526

Camilla Bakken Øvald, Bent Sofus Tranøy and Ketil Raknes

Fear, trust, and compliance with COVID-19 measures: a study of the mediating effect of trust in government on the relationship between fear and compliance pp. 527-545

Lenka Hrbková and Aleš Kudrnáč

Biodiversity, multi-level governance, and policy implementation in Europe: a comparative analysis at the subnational level pp. 546-572

Gianluca Ferraro and Pierre Failler

Anti-Muslim policy preferences and boundaries of American identity across partisanship pp. 573-591

Nazita Lajevardi and Kassra A. R. Oskooii

When incumbents successfully retrench big and popular social policies: policy design matters pp. 592-613

Marta Arretche and Pedro H. G. F. Souza

Delegating legislative powers to the European Commission: the threat of non-compliance with tertiary legislation in the member states pp. 614-637

Nikoleta Yordanova and Asya Zhelyazkova

Perceiving welfare state sustainability: fiscal costs, group deservingness, or ideology? pp. 638-658

Staffan Kumlin and Miroslav Nemčok

Why do citizens support algorithmic government? pp. 659-677

Dario Sidhu, Beatrice Magistro, Benjamin Allen Stevens and Peter John Loewen

When incumbents successfully retrench big and popular social policies: policy design matters – CORRIGENDUM pp. 678-678

Marta Arretche and Pedro H. G. F. Souza

Volume 44, issue 2, 2024

Crossed wires: Understanding policy feedback in varying policy environments pp. 229-257

Rachel Torres, Jielu Yao, Elizabeth Maltby, Rene Rocha and Adriano Udani

Systems approaches to public service delivery: methods and frameworks pp. 258-283

Zahra Mansoor and Martin J. Williams

Explaining compliance with COVID-19 regulation in China and the United States: cultural biases, political trust, and perceptions of risk and protective actions pp. 284-326

Meng Yuan, Marcus Mayorga, Branden B. Johnson and Brendon Swedlow

Political trust and climate policy choice: evidence from a conjoint experiment pp. 327-343

Daniel Devine, Gerry Stoker and Will Jennings

Executive action that lasts pp. 344-365

Kenneth Lowande and Michael Poznansky

Welfare, egalitarianism, and polarization: the politics of noncontributory social programs pp. 366-391

Eric Paul Svensen

Learning in European Administrative Networks: a process to all or only to a few? pp. 392-410

Ana Carolina Soares

Bureaucratic entrepreneurship: how frontline bureaucrats promote policy innovation pp. 411-435

Xuefan Zhang and Yanling He

How is the path produced and sustained? Path-dependent college education expansion and underlying liberal rule in Korea pp. 436-457

Eunjeong Jang

Volume 44, issue 1, 2024

Automation versus openness: support for policies to address job threats pp. 1-23

Alexander Kuo, Dulce Manzano and Aina Gallego

Coping with the unforeseen: bounded rationality and bureaucratic responses to the COVID-19 crisis pp. 24-43

Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen and Peter B. Mortensen

Agency control through the appointed hierarchy: presidential politicization of unilateral appointees pp. 44-66

Gary E. Hollibaugh and Lawrence S. Rothenberg

As the crow flies: tracking policy diffusion through stakeholder networks pp. 67-92

Evan M. Mistur and Daniel C. Matisoff

Executive coalition building pp. 93-120

Nicholas G. Napolio

Social media exposure’s effects on public support toward three-child policy in China: role of cognitive elaboration, perceived negative effects, and institutional trust pp. 121-142

Jing Guo and Mengzhe Feng

How are policy pilots managed? Findings from the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme in China pp. 143-163

Yunpeng Song and Yanwei Li

Policymaking in a plural society: the case of human experiments in medicine in Israel pp. 164-184

Michal Neubauer-Shani and Etienne Lepicard

Sociopolitical reputation and the reform of pharmacies in Greece and Portugal pp. 185-207

Stella Ladi, Catherine Moury and Francesco Stolfi

Why are international standards not set? Explaining “weak” cases in shadow banking regulation pp. 208-228

Scott James and Lucia Quaglia