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

J 2018

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

SPÁČ, Peter; Petr VODA a Jozef ZAGRAPAN

Základní údaje

Originální název

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

Autoři

SPÁČ, Peter ; Petr VODA a Jozef ZAGRAPAN

Vydání

Government Information Quarterly, Elsevier, 2018, 0740-624X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

text v databázi elsevier

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 4.311

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/18:00100945

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2018.05.003

UT WoS

000442188400006

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85046838602

Klíčová slova anglicky

transparency; freedom of information; field experiment; local government; Slovakia

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 5. 2. 2019 20:10, Mgr. Marika Hrubá

Anotace

V originále

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.

Návaznosti

GA18-15700S, projekt VaV

Název: Životopisy a výkon politiků v České republice a na Slovensku

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Biography and the Performance of Politicians in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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Does_the_freedom_of_information_law_increase_transparency_atthe_local_level.pdf

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Citovat

SPÁČ, Peter; Petr VODA a Jozef ZAGRAPAN. Does the freedom of information law increase transparency at the local level? Evidence from a field experiment. Government Information Quarterly. Elsevier, 2018, roč. 35, č. 3, s. 408-417. ISSN 0740-624X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2018.05.003.

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SPÁČ, Peter; Petr VODA a Jozef ZAGRAPAN. Does the freedom of information law increase transparency at the local level? Evidence from a field experiment. \textit{Government Information Quarterly}. Elsevier, 2018, roč.~35, č.~3, s.~408-417. ISSN~0740-624X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2018.05.003.

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