Title: Nonprofit Spending and Public Provision of Public Services
Abstract:This study seeks to understand how the spending of nonprofits influences the level of public provision of corresponding public services, especially when there is a significant funding flow from nonpro...This study seeks to understand how the spending of nonprofits influences the level of public provision of corresponding public services, especially when there is a significant funding flow from nonprofits to governments. Drawing on a unique panel dataset that contains the data of both nonprofit and the largest 149 U.S. cities’ public spending on parks and recreation services, this paper uses multiple panel data analysis models to empirically test several prominent theories of government-nonprofit relationships. My findings suggest that the expenditure of park-supporting nonprofits in a city influences public spending on parks in a non- linear fashion: a critical mass of nonprofit spending is needed before one can expect more public spending on parks as nonprofit spending on parks increases. However, the critical mass is hard to reach for most cities in the dataset, which suggests a general pattern of negative relationships between nonprofit and public spending on parks. The paper finally raises multiple theoretical and policy implications for further investigation.Read More
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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