The literature on public accountability is extensive but overwhelmingly focuses on
accountability of organizations. Yet, accountability mechanisms can function properly only …

This article proposes a reputation‐based approach to account for two core puzzles of
accountability. The first is the misfit between behavioral predictions of the hegemonic …

Accountability is said to be about the management of expectations. Empirical studies reveal
considerable variation in organizational interest, intensity, and investment in accountability …

The book offers a solid theory and conceptualization of technocratic politics and the
technocratic challenge is analyzed empirically at all levels of the national and supra-national …

Organizational‐reputation literature has advanced our understanding about the US
regulatory state and its agencies. However, we lack contributions on what a reputational …

This article advances a reputation‐based account to explain the relative salience that
different issues assume in central banks' communication. Based on an innovative dataset …

We explore the nuanced role of policy attention in the adoption of public sector innovation by
differentiating it between the issue and dimension levels. Using the case of Chinese online …

A recently emerging literature demonstrates that reputational concerns explain why
regulatory agencies strategically communicate and engage with their manifold audience …

This contribution introduces our symposium by highlighting four distinctive aspects of
transnational governance from a bureaucratic politics perspective: the emergence of …

Organizational reputation theory suggests reputational threats can induce public
organizations to change their behavior. However, it offers few insights into how …