Nathan Favero

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How do client characteristics influence the willingness of frontline professionals to break rules to help them? 🧵

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How do government capacities shape the burdens citizens face when accessing public services?

This study shows that administrative capacities, such as communication strategies, resource availability, and inter-agency coordination, can either reduce or intensify administrative burdens.

Do right-leaning governments run state-owned enterprises (SOEs) better?

This new research from Brazil (2019–2022) finds that SOEs perform better financially under more right-leaning incumbents—but only when their political parties focus on policy over power.

Got it. I only meant to be describing my department (in the US); I have no idea about others. My impression is that grade inflation is much less of an issue in Europe, so I can imagine the letters assume less importance (the grades already give a clear signal of how professors assess students!)

As a bit of an aside, grade inflation + GRE optional policies arguably make the letters much more important than before (not sure if this is a good thing or not)

Even for obvious admits, I assume the letters could affect aid offers, GA offers, etc.

But the letters did get read. By multiple people, I assume (I don’t think I was the only one reading them)

I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you, as the time involved in writing such letters may outweigh benefits. But when I’ve been on an admissions committee (for a masters program), I definitely did read the letters. Granted, there were a whole set of auto admits who never reached my desk.

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What if the glue holding frontline governance together is invisible and gendered?

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Have you ever wondered how frontline public workers respond when crises upend their usual ways of operating?

Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen to 37%, the lowest of his second term as a result of a decrease among independents.

Trump’s approval has dipped to 37%, the lowest of this term and just slightly higher than his all-time worst rating of 34% at the end of his 1st term, per @gallup.com Trump’s rating has fallen 10 points since January and 17 points among independents, to 29%. news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...

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Have you wondered how state and federal governments ensure that local actors follow through on central policy goals?

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Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to compare public administrations across countries?

This article tackles the confusion around Administrative Traditions

I am no longer chairing defenses or joining committees where students use generative AI for their writing
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/07/18/i...

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Have you ever wondered how AI and humans can work together, not just side by side, to make better decisions in the public sector?

🚨 New Issue Alert!

Volume 35, Issue 3 (July 2025) is now live!
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We’ll be highlighting each article in the coming days.

Stay tuned!

Interested in SEM or just best practices for observational studies of attitudes? Check out my working paper here: osf.io/jahf7

You can read the full paper here: osf.io/jahf7

(1/2) Our faculty and students are in 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea, to present their papers at the Public Management Research Conference 2025 @pmrc.bsky.social!

Sometimes, more is more

📢 New Team Member Alert!
We’re excited to also welcome Dr. Thad Calabrese as an Associate Editor on the JPART team! 🧵

Thad Calabrese is a Professor at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University where he is the Director of the finance specialization.

📢 New Team Member Alert!

We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Rick Vogel as a new Associate Editor on the JPART team. 🧵

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Have you ever wondered how crises like the COVID-19 pandemic affect the way public organizations pursue their goals?

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Have you ever wondered how governments design structures, coordination, and leadership to stay resilient in turbulent times?

This thread from @bxroberts.org is worth your time 👇👇

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Have you ever wondered how the design of performance-based accountability systems shapes organizational outcomes?

Notice of CPI collection reductions Notice of CPI collection reductions

This isn't good: "BLS is reducing sample in areas across the country. In April, BLS suspended CPI data collection entirely in Lincoln, NE, and Provo, UT. In June, BLS suspended collection entirely in Buffalo, NY." #EconSky
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Have you wondered how collaborations survive when participants lack the resources to meet ongoing demands?

This study introduces the concept of capacity tensions—the strain between collaboration needs and available resources

How much relationship-building is enough before a disaster strikes?

While conventional wisdom says more social capital always improves disaster response, new research challenges this belief.

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Why does distrust persist even in networks built for collaboration?

This study finds that distrust in governance networks stems from clashing beliefs, competition, and relational dynamics like negative reciprocity and Simmelian ties,