What drives collaborating participants to leave collaborative arrangements? Collaboration is a dynamic and emergent process rather than a static condition. Previous studies focus on collaboration’s emergence and performance; few empirical studies examine why participants stop collaborating. We address this question by studying how the history and structure of the Illinois enterprise zone program relate to local governments’ renewing enterprise zone arrangements. We formulate hypotheses and provide empirical analysis at both the collaboration and individual participant levels to understand what relates to dropout. Using probit models, we provide evidence that participants of collaboration are less likely to drop out if the previous performance has been high when controlling for observable factors. Collaboration’s resource balance, stability, and participant similarity also relate to a lower likelihood of a participant’s dropping out of a collaboration. These findings shed light on the development of collaborative governance life cycle, particularly relating to later stages of collaboration.

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我是该留下还是该离开？为什么参与者离开协作治理安排

是什么驱使合作的参与者离开合作安排？协作是一个动态的、涌现的过程，而不是一个静态的条件。以前的研究侧重于协作的出现和表现；很少有实证研究研究参与者停止合作的原因。我们通过研究伊利诺伊州企业区计划的历史和结构与地方政府更新企业区安排的关系来解决这个问题。我们制定假设并在协作和个人参与者层面提供实证分析，以了解与辍学相关的内容。使用概率模型，我们提供的证据表明，如果在控制可观察因素时之前的表现一直很高，那么协作参与者不太可能退出。协作的资源平衡、稳定性、参与者相似性还与参与者退出协作的可能性较低有关。这些发现揭示了协作治理生命周期的发展，特别是与协作的后期阶段有关。