Out of Beggar-Thy-Neighbor:Independent Path for the Dilemma of Border Cooperation Governance
Local governments which are adjacent in administration districts are universally falling into the trap of unco-operation,bringing phenomena that all people care for their own issues merely or even the"Beggar-thy-neighbor"problem.This research focuses a case on the joint law enforcement action on the environment,providing a practical and possible avenue for border governance cooperation.Based on national quarterly air quality data and regression synthetic control methods,this research uses a counterfactual frame to analyze the effects of joint law enforcement and the placebo test to exclude other accidental factors,finding that the joint law enforcement has improved the air quality by 19%on average.Furthermore,based on fieldwork and the theory on the limitations of the modern bureaucratic system,this research discusses the construction of a horizontal communication platform through adjacent party building,which breaks through the restrictions of administrative hierarchy,and finally explores the path of forming an integrated law enforcement system.This research theoretically proposes a feasible path to build the Fayol Bridge based on party building under the spontaneous order,supplement the longitudinal bureaucratic system,and break through the boundary cooperative governance.
border cooperative governancebureaucratic systemFayol Bridgejoint law enforcementregression synthetic control method