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Factors Explaining Public Participation in the Central Government Budget Process
Author(s) -
Ríos AnaMaría,
Benito Bernardino,
Bastida Francisco
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.12197
Subject(s) - transparency (behavior) , budget process , socioeconomic status , business , government (linguistics) , population , central government , public economics , government budget , budget constraint , politics , diversity (politics) , public finance , public administration , economics , political science , local government , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , law , demography , neoclassical economics , macroeconomics
This paper attempts to examine which factors explain public participation in the budget process in an international comparative approach. In particular, we investigate which socioeconomic, institutional, and political factors promote public engagement in the central government budget process. Using a sample of 93 countries, our results indicate that Internet penetration, population diversity, governmental financial situation, and budget transparency determine opportunities for public engagement in the central government budget process. In addition, we show that not only budget transparency promotes public participation but also public participation is necessary to enhance budget transparency.