Interlocal learning mechanisms and policy diffusion: The case of new energy vehicles finance in Chinese cities.

Policy diffusion based on learning mechanisms has fascinated political science and public administration scholars for a long time. A robust and growing body of studies have identified the existence and importance of learning mechanisms in policy diffusion. However, there are still some gaps that nee...

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Published in:Policy Studies Journal Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 49 - 69
Main Authors: Liu, Weixing, Ma, Liang, Wang, Xuan, Yi, Hongtao
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2025
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          Liu, Weixing
          Ma, Liang
          Wang, Xuan
          Yi, Hongtao
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          School of Government, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
          School of Government, Peking University, Beijing, China
          School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
          China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China
          Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee Florida,, USA
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        Government policy
        Political science
        Public administration
        Electric vehicles
        Policy diffusion
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          Government policy
          Political science
          Public administration
          Other General Government Support
          Electric vehicles
          Policy diffusion
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        multi‐level political system
        new energy vehicle
        policy diffusion
        policy learning
        site visit
        aprendizaje de políticas
        difusión de políticas
        nuevo vehículo energético
        sistema político multinivel
        visita al sitio
        多级政治体系
        实地考察
        政策学习
        政策扩散
        新能源汽车
        multi‐level political system
        new energy vehicle
        policy diffusion
        policy learning
        site visit
        aprendizaje de políticas
        difusión de políticas
        nuevo vehículo energético
        sistema político multinivel
        visita al sitio
        多级政治体系
        实地考察
        政策学习
        政策扩散
        新能源汽车
      ab: Policy diffusion based on learning mechanisms has fascinated political science and public administration scholars for a long time. A robust and growing body of studies have identified the existence and importance of learning mechanisms in policy diffusion. However, there are still some gaps that need to be further improved. First, scholars identify the learning mechanism mainly based on indirect evidence, such as geographical proximity and successful innovation policies adopted by other jurisdictions, which lacking direct and systematic evidence. Second, little is known about how the hierarchical power structure affects the leap from learning behavior to policy adoption. This study provides direct evidence for the promoting effect of intergovernmental learning on policy diffusion by analyzing case of Chinese local financial subsidy policies for new energy vehicles. The empirical results reveal that policy learning in the form of site visits among local governments significantly promotes the policy diffusion, but superior government policy strategy attenuates the influence of interlocal learning on policy diffusion. Also, the initiators and themes of policy learning affect the learning–diffusion linkage, portraying the conditional effects and nuanced dynamics of interlocal policy learning in eliciting policy diffusion.
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