Tying the successor’s hands or following the neighbor? Diffusion of access to information in Brazilian municipalities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21382157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marta Batista (0000-0002-2456-4164, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Virginia Rocha (0000-0001-5267-4929, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Pedro Nascimento (0000-0003-2184-5929, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 393-412 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista de Administração Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-7612 • E-ISSN: 1982-3134 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/0034-761220220069x |
| OpenAlex | W4285608915 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
Why do political actors promote public transparency? Studies show that adherence to transparency can be both politically strategic, i.e., to tie the hands of the successor, and a result of observing the adoption of the policy made by other municipalities, i.e., to minimize the cost of information. We test both the political and the informational motivations to explain the adoption of transparency laws with a subnational analysis of the diffusion of LAI in Brazilian municipalities (2011-2019). Results show that both the informational and the political strategy motivations affect the probability of adopting the LAI. Socioeconomic factors are also important explanatory factors. However, an analysis of heterogeneous effects shows that the learning mechanism is relevant for reducing the impact of socioeconomic factors. This means that learning from neighboring municipalities minimizes the cost of information and the reliance on structural factors to promote transparency at the local level
Business · Economics · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Population · Public economics · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Successor cardinal · Transparency (behavior) · Tying · E-Government and Public Services · Law · Public Policy and Administration Research · Regulation and Compliance Studies
Theories of the Policy Process
On Liberty, the Right to Know, and Public Discourse
Local compliance with national transparency legislation
The diffusion of innovations
Policy Evaluation via Composite Indexes
Incumbent performance and electoral control
The Political Origins of Transparency
Understanding the Complex Dynamics of Transparency
FOI Laws Around the World
How Cabinet Size and Legislative Control Shape the Strength of Transparency Laws
The politics of policy diffusion
Theories of Policy Diffusion
Political Competition and the Diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfers in Brazil
Does Transparency Improve Governance
The Mechanisms of Policy Diffusion
Who Learns from What in Policy Diffusion Processes
The Diffusion of Policy Diffusion Research in Political Science
The uncertain relationship between transparency and accountability
A New Ideological Classification of Brazilian Political Parties
Competing for Transparency
Innovation in the States
State Lottery Adoptions as Policy Innovations
The Diffusion of Innovations among the American States
Assessing Freedom of Information in Latin America a Decade Later
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |