Volume 11 Issue 2 | December 2020 Chinese Public Administration Review Research Articles Jun Yi Hsieh, Kuotsai Tom Liou 75 Exploring the Drivers and Catalysts of Intra- agency Collaboration in the Local Service Delivery Ping Zhang, Haosheng Zheng, Qiang Ren 89 The Impacts of Fiscal Decentralization on the Quality of Government in China: A Test of Market-Preserving Federalism at the Provincial Level COVID-19 Commentaries Jie Chen, Wendao Liu 105 Information Channel Matters for Coordination During COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Foreigners in China Hao Zha, Youlang Zhang, Jing Zhao, Xufeng Zhu 110 Citizen Assessments of Government Actions in the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Bo Wen, Shui-Yan Tang, Lei Tao 122 How Governance Shapes Emergency Management: China’s Mixed Records in Responding to COVID-19 Yexin Mao 132 Combating COVID-19 Through Collaborative Governance: Lessons from East Asia Book Review Hanjin Mao 142 Eller, Gerber, & Robinson, Public Administration Research Methods: Tools for Evaluation and Evidence-Based Practice CPAR is published by the Institute for Public Service at Suffolk University CPAR Chinese Public Editors Administration CPAR Review EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Marc Holzer, Suffolk University - Boston EDITOR Elaine Yi Lu, City University of New York - John Jay College ASSOCIATE EDITORS Huafang Li, Grand Valley State University Liang Ma, Renmin University of China Wenxuan Yu, Xiamen University SECTION EDITORS Jesse Campbell, Incheon National University Gang Chen, University at Albany, State University of New York Taehee Kim, Seoul National University of Science and Technology Jesper Schlæger, Sichuan University Tsai-Tsu Su, National Taiwan University Chun Yuan Wang, Central Police University Alfred Muluan Wu, National University of Singapore ASSISTANT EDITORS Min-Hyu Kim, Arizona State University - Hainan Alisa Marie Raymond, Suffolk University - Boston Stephanie Lessing, University of Massachusetts - Boston Brandon Roberts, Suffolk University - Boston Hanjin Mao, Rutgers University - Newark Chengxin Xu, Seattle University PRODUCTION EDITOR Dongfang Gaozhao, Florida State University EDITORIAL BOARD Brazil King K. 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Cooper, University of Southern Volume 11 Issue 2, December 2020 Table of Contents Research Articles 75-88 Exploring the Drivers and Catalysts of Intra-agency Collaboration in the Local Service Delivery by Jun Yi Hsieh, Kuotsai Tom Liou This study examines critical local service delivery issues to understand the drivers and catalysts of intra-agency collaborative domains. Based on the survey data of public employees in the Taipei Household Registration Office, this study provides empirical evidences to support the relationship between intra-agency collaboration and perceived organizational performance. The findings reveal the mediating role of central administrative organization and information sharing, but do not support the direct influence of stakeholder assistance. Implications of these findings are emphasized for future studies of local collaborative governance. 89-104 The Impacts of Fiscal Decentralization on the Quality of Government in China: A Test of Market-Preserving Federalism at the Provincial Level by Ping Zhang, Haosheng Zheng, Qiang Ren The potential influence of fiscal decentralization on economic growth in China has been extensively studied. This paper examines whether fiscal decentralization has influenced marketization and regional disparity (intra-provincial expenditure inequality) and the tradeoff between them (quality of government, QoG). When local governments have sufficient fiscal autonomy, decentralizing fiscal power to sub-provincial governments is found to have a greater impact on increasing marketization, highlighting the important role of fiscal self- sufficiency in the effect of fiscal decentralization on market efficiency. Measuring the QoG from the marketization versus disparity perspective, we find a reversed U-shape relationship between revenue decentralization and QoG. Comparing the effect of fiscal decentralization on the QoG in different regions, intra-provincial revenue decentralization in the eastern area is above the optimal level, while the fiscal decentralization in the middle and western areas is near the optimal level. This paper combines the perspectives of fiscal decentralization and governance and conducts an empirical test of market-preserving federalism to explain differences among provinces. COVID-19 Commentaries 105-109 Information Channel Matters for Coordination During COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Foreigners in China by Jie Chen, Wendao Liu Based on an online survey focusing on foreigners living in China, this work finds that there is a noticeable association between information channels and people’s attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic. To be exact, it is found that the cognitive understanding, risk awareness, and behavioral responses towards the pandemic are different between respondents using different information channels to receive the updates of COVID-19. Although the difference in information channels may be due to some reasons that require further research, experimental observations emphasized that this difference has led to different information consumption and different COVID-19 awareness. Further, it is pointed out that improving accessibility and removing information bottlenecks in media platforms of different languages is crucial in promoting global coordination in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese Public Administration CPAR Review CPAR is published by the Institute for Public Service at Suffolk University. This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017S1A3A2067636) Volume 11 Issue 2, December 2020 Table of Contents Table of Contents 110-121 Citizen Assessments of Government Actions in the COVID-19 Outbreak in China by Hao Zha, Youlang Zhang, Jing Zhao, Xufeng Zhu This study investigates citizen assessments of government actions in the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Empirical analyses based on a large-scale online survey indicate that the Chinese public expects the government to improve its support for the frontline medical staff, management of public stress and anxiety, and disclosure of government information. Specifically, indirect exposure to COVID-19 through second-hand information is negatively associated with citizen assessments of government actions; by contrast, the first-hand frontline experience with the epidemic is positively associated with citizen assessments of government actions. Findings suggest that citizens with first-hand experience might be more able to judge government actions under the actual constraints of resources and opportunities, and are less likely to overemphasize the costs or risks associated with government actions than others without frontline experience. Our work suggests that governments should effectively communicate detailed information regarding government actions to the public during public health emergencies, as more informed citizens might be more supportive of governments with limited resources and, probably, more actively collaborate with governments. 122-131 How Governance Shapes Emergency Management: China’s Mixed Records in Responding to COVID-19 by Bo Wen, Shui-Yan Tang, Lei Tao A nation’s governing system shapes its capacity for emergency preparedness