Participatory budgeting and government efficiency
Evidence from municipal governments in South Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9961482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sun-Moon Jung (0000-0003-2073-7707, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1105-1123 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Administrative Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8523 • E-ISSN: 1461-7226 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020852321991208 |
| OpenAlex | W3134698394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 40 |
The current study evaluates the role of a democratic institution—participatory budgeting—in improving government efficiency. Participatory institutions aim to enhance governance, information sharing, and the responsiveness of political agents to citizens, leading to fiscal accountability and efficiency. Drawing from a database of 221 municipal governments in South Korea around a mandatory participatory budgeting adoption period, we find that participatory budgeting adoptions are followed by improvement in multiple dimensions of government efficiency. In particular, municipal governments experience statistically significant improvements in their fiscal sustainability and administrative efficiency. In additional analysis, we find that the efficiency improvements are more pronounced in the presence of strong mayoral leadership. Overall findings suggest that participatory budgeting programs contribute to fiscal health and administrative efficiency, above and beyond their role in securing fiscal democracy
Accountability · Business · Citizen journalism · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Participatory budgeting · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Accounting · Finance · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |