Interest in public sector transparency has increased greatly in recent years. This has led to a
steady stream of publications about the determinants and effects of transparency. Most …

This Element argues that to understand why transparency “works” in one context, but fails in
another, we have to take into account how institutional (macro), organizational (meso) …

Transparency is popularly believed to enhance the public's trust in government, yet
experimental studies have found mixed results. One explanation is that public trust may …

Declining citizen trust in government is an important driver for NPM-style reforms. Increasing
people's knowledge by providing factual knowledge about government performance …

Scholarly evidence of transparency's beneficial effects on trust and perceptions of corruption
remains debated and confined to the study of public administration. We contribute to this …

This article synthesizes the cross‐disciplinary literature on government transparency. It
systematically reviews research addressing the topic of government transparency published …

Government transparency is increasing worldwide and political rhetoric assumes a strong
positive relation between transparency and accountability. This chapter opens up the “black …

Surveys are a commonly used means of measuring transparency levels, but they are
potentially vulnerable to perceptual biases. This study sought to examine perceptual …

Policymakers and researchers often cite the importance of government transparency for
strengthening accountability, reducing corruption, and enhancing good governance. Yet …

This paper investigates the complex relationship between transparency and trust. If trust in
government is most of the time regarded as a positive effect of transparency, it should also …