How Do Local Governments Respond to Collaboration Risk? An Empirical Assessment of the Risk Hypothesis

• In Event: Collaborative Governance in Cities and Regions

Brief Overview

The first study to empirically test the proposition that local governments use network connections created by intergovernmental agreements to mitigate risks stemming from the nature of the activity and the participants involved in the collaboration.

Authors

• Michael D. Siciliano, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Jered B. Carr, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Sam Kurtz, University of Illinois at Chicago