Does the freedom of information law increase transparency at the local level? Evidence from a field experiment

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F18%3A00100945" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/18:00100945 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740624X18300273" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740624X18300273</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2018.05.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.giq.2018.05.003</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Does the freedom of information law increase transparency at the local level? Evidence from a field experiment

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The paper studies how Freedom of Information (FOI) laws work and assist citizens in their demand for information at the local level. To examine this, we ran a field experiment and sent emails to all 2,928 municipalities in Slovakia and asked them to provide us data from local election, inaccessible in any other way. Results show that mentioning FOI law in the request increased the response rate, while a moral appeal had no effect at all. The found effect is, however, moderated by population size. While in less populated municipalities the FOI requests led to substantially higher responsiveness of public bodies, the form of the request becomes less relevant with increasing population. Higher compliance was also found for municipalities led by independents. On the other hand, areas with a predominance of an ethnic minority had lesser responsiveness, possibly due to a language barrier.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Does the freedom of information law increase transparency at the local level? Evidence from a field experiment

Popis výsledku anglicky

The paper studies how Freedom of Information (FOI) laws work and assist citizens in their demand for information at the local level. To examine this, we ran a field experiment and sent emails to all 2,928 municipalities in Slovakia and asked them to provide us data from local election, inaccessible in any other way. Results show that mentioning FOI law in the request increased the response rate, while a moral appeal had no effect at all. The found effect is, however, moderated by population size. While in less populated municipalities the FOI requests led to substantially higher responsiveness of public bodies, the form of the request becomes less relevant with increasing population. Higher compliance was also found for municipalities led by independents. On the other hand, areas with a predominance of an ethnic minority had lesser responsiveness, possibly due to a language barrier.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA18-15700S" target="_blank" >GA18-15700S: Životopisy a výkon politiků v České republice a na Slovensku</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Government Information Quarterly

ISSN

0740-624X

e-ISSN

1872-9517

Svazek periodika

35

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

408-417

Kód UT WoS článku

000442188400006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85046838602