You need to have this information: Using videos to increase demand for accountability on public revenue management

Christa Brunnschweiler, Ishmael Edjekumhene, Paivi Lujala and Sabrina Scherzer
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Ishmael Edjekumhene: Kumasi Institute of Technology, Energy and Environment (KITE), Achimota Market
Paivi Lujala: Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu
Sabrina Scherzer: Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu

No 2022-10, University of East Anglia School of Economics Working Paper Series from School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Abstract: How can citizens be motivated to demand accountability in the management of public revenues? We carry out a video survey experiment among 2300 Ghanaian respondents to study the impact of information provision and role models on attitudes and demand for accountability in the management of petroleum revenues. We find that providing information significantly increases knowledge about current revenue management, satisfaction with the way revenues are handled and spent, and the intention to demand more accountability. Role models have an additional effect: they increase the sense that an individual can influence how petroleum revenues are used, and the intention to contact media and to vote differently to ensure better accountability. However, a follow-up survey two years later shows that these impacts do not last. The experiment demonstrates that providing relevant information affects attitudes and intended behavior in the short term and that role models can give valuable encouragement for behavioral change.

Keywords: accountability; survey experiment; video; role models; Ghana; petroleum revenues (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D80 H23 H41 Q35 Q38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-12
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Working Paper: “You Need to Have this Information!”: Using Videos to Increase Demand for Accountability on Public Revenue Management (2023)
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