Legislative Attention and Nonprofit Efficiency: A Link Across Sectoral Boundaries.

Government attention matters for nonprofit management and nonprofit‐government interactions. This study focuses on legislative attention, an important yet less‐studied aspect of government attention in public policy research, and examines its impact on nonprofit efficiency. By employing a longitudin...

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Published in:Policy Studies Journal Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 1 - 20
Main Authors: Ba, Yuhao, Berrett, Jessica, Coupet, Jason
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2026
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          Ba, Yuhao
          Berrett, Jessica
          Coupet, Jason
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          Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
          School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado–Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Colorado,, USA
          Department of Public Management and Policy, Andrew Young School for Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta Georgia,, USA
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        Nonprofit organizations
        Government aid
        Policy sciences
        Nonprofit sector
        Government policy
        Multilevel models
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          Nonprofit organizations
          Government aid
          Policy sciences
          Nonprofit sector
          Government policy
          Other Social Advocacy Organizations
          Multilevel models
      keyword:
        cross‐sector interactions
        government attention
        housing
        nonprofit performance
        policy process
        Atención del gobierno
        desempeño sin fines de lucro
        interacciones intersectoriales
        proceso de políticas
        vivienda
        住房
        政府注意力
        政策过程
        跨部门互动
        非营利组织绩效
        cross‐sector interactions
        government attention
        housing
        nonprofit performance
        policy process
        Atención del gobierno
        desempeño sin fines de lucro
        interacciones intersectoriales
        proceso de políticas
        vivienda
        住房
        政府注意力
        政策过程
        跨部门互动
        非营利组织绩效
      ab: Government attention matters for nonprofit management and nonprofit‐government interactions. This study focuses on legislative attention, an important yet less‐studied aspect of government attention in public policy research, and examines its impact on nonprofit efficiency. By employing a longitudinal multi‐level regression design and utilizing data from state‐level legal proceedings and financial statements from a national sample of housing nonprofits, the findings suggest a positive impact of legislative attention on nonprofit efficiency, highlighting a complementary mode of nonprofit‐government relations. Additionally, this impact is more pronounced among nonprofits that receive government grants, suggesting the role of government support in enhancing nonprofits' responsiveness to government attention. Our study contributes to a macro–micro understanding of government‐nonprofit relationships and extends prior research on government attention by bridging the dynamics in the policy process with practices in other sectors.
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