Exploring the Dynamics of Policy Interaction: Feedback Among and Impacts from Multiple, Concurrently Applied Policy Approaches for Promoting Collaboration

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 359-380, Spring 2011

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. PP:11-03

40 Pages Posted: 18 Mar 2011 Last revised: 8 May 2014

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Boyd Fuller

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Vu Ming M. Khuong

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Date Written: March 9, 2011

Abstract

The prisoner's dilemma and stag hunt games, as well as the apparent benefits of collaboration, have motivated governments to promote more frequent and effective collaboration through a variety of policy approaches. Sometimes, multiple kinds of policies are applied concurrently, and yet little is understood about how these policies might interact with each other. This study uses a simulation approach to examine one such case, when policies focused on increasing collaboration competence interact with those that motivate parties to collaborate based on payoff and non-payoff incentives. Theoretically, our findings suggest seven testable hypotheses for future, rigorous research. Practically, our initial findings suggest that increasing competency generally improves the performance of incentive-based policies, but not always. Exhortation policies can go too far and may be more prone to doing so when the target population's competency is higher. This means that decision makers are more at risk of applying too much exhortation effort, especially if they are also concurrently applying a competency-building approach.

Keywords: policy, policy interaction, collaboration, collaboration competence, exhortation policies, Collaboration, synergy, policy options decision making

JEL Classification: M20

Suggested Citation

Fuller, Boyd and Khuong, Vu Ming M., Exploring the Dynamics of Policy Interaction: Feedback Among and Impacts from Multiple, Concurrently Applied Policy Approaches for Promoting Collaboration (March 9, 2011). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 359-380, Spring 2011 , Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. PP:11-03, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1788562

Boyd Fuller (Contact Author)

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy ( email )

Singapore 117591
Singapore

Vu Ming M. Khuong

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy ( email )

Singapore 117591
Singapore

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