Location
Greenspun College of Urban Affairs
Description
This research seeks to explain budgetary transparency practices of individual US counties by examining the extent of information sharing with constituents via their websites. There are 3,138 counties and county-equivalents in the United States. This study evaluates a random sample of 400 US counties where 19% of the represented counties having populations of 100,000 or more residents, matching the same ratio of counties with populations of 100,000 or more residents nationally. We create a four-level categorical dependent variable measuring budget transparency. Using an ordered probit analysis with six independent variables we are able to explain the probability of counties having transparent budgeting practices.
Keywords
Auditing; Auditing—Standards; Budget; Economic development; Local finance; Local government; Local government—Finance; Public records; Public records--Access control; Technology; Transparency in government
Disciplines
Economic Policy | Environmental Policy | Public Administration | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Policy
Language
English
Included in
Economic Policy Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, Public Administration Commons, Public Policy Commons
Explaining County Government Budget Transparency In an Age of E-Government
Greenspun College of Urban Affairs
This research seeks to explain budgetary transparency practices of individual US counties by examining the extent of information sharing with constituents via their websites. There are 3,138 counties and county-equivalents in the United States. This study evaluates a random sample of 400 US counties where 19% of the represented counties having populations of 100,000 or more residents, matching the same ratio of counties with populations of 100,000 or more residents nationally. We create a four-level categorical dependent variable measuring budget transparency. Using an ordered probit analysis with six independent variables we are able to explain the probability of counties having transparent budgeting practices.