TY - JOUR
T1 - Maximizing social equity as a pillar of public administration
T2 - An examination of cannabis dispensary licensing in Pennsylvania
AU - Hannah, Alfred Lee
AU - Mallinson, Daniel J.
AU - Azevedo, Lauren
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at the Ohio State Moritz College of Law. The authors would like to thank Erin Fisher and Eli Levine for their excellent research assistance. They also thank the three anonymous reviewers, editors, Katie Baker, and Mitch Sellers for their helpful feedback and guidance. 1
Funding Information:
This research is supported by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at the Ohio State Moritz College of Law. The authors would like to thank Erin Fisher and Eli Levine for their excellent research assistance. They also thank the three anonymous reviewers, editors, Katie Baker, and Mitch Sellers for their helpful feedback and guidance.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Public Administration Review published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Public Administration.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Public administration upholds four pillars of an administrative practice: economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and social equity. The question arises, however, how do administrators balance effectiveness and social equity when implementing policy? Can the values contributing to administrative decisions be measured? This study leverages the expansion of medical cannabis programs in the states to interrogate these questions. The awarding of dispensary licenses in Pennsylvania affords the ability to determine the effect of social equity scoring on license award decisions, relative to criteria that represent the other pillars. The results show that safety and business acumen were the most important determining factors in the awarding of licenses, both effectiveness concerns. Social equity does not emerge as a significant determinant until the second round of licensing. This study then discusses the future of social equity provisions for cannabis policy, as well as what the findings mean for social equity in public administration.
AB - Public administration upholds four pillars of an administrative practice: economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and social equity. The question arises, however, how do administrators balance effectiveness and social equity when implementing policy? Can the values contributing to administrative decisions be measured? This study leverages the expansion of medical cannabis programs in the states to interrogate these questions. The awarding of dispensary licenses in Pennsylvania affords the ability to determine the effect of social equity scoring on license award decisions, relative to criteria that represent the other pillars. The results show that safety and business acumen were the most important determining factors in the awarding of licenses, both effectiveness concerns. Social equity does not emerge as a significant determinant until the second round of licensing. This study then discusses the future of social equity provisions for cannabis policy, as well as what the findings mean for social equity in public administration.
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U2 - 10.1111/puar.13521
DO - 10.1111/puar.13521
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133534339
SN - 0033-3352
VL - 83
SP - 144
EP - 162
JO - Public Administration Review
JF - Public Administration Review
IS - 1
ER -