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Building on the literature on co-production and the (pragmatist) literature on experimentalist policymaking we introduce and evaluate a novel form of co-production: experimental co-production. We propose a model of this specific form including a list of not only potential benefits but also possible risks and costs. We illustrate and examine this model of experimental co-production by drawing on the case study of a major urban planning initiative in Vienna, Austria that included an experimental co-testing phase. We find that while the expected benefits of experimental co-production were partly realized for the citizens involved, the city government faced major political costs.

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