 Exploring the Determinants of Transparency of Slovak MunicipalitiesSičáková-Beblavá Emília, Kollárik Martin and Matus Sloboda () NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 2016, vol. 9, issue 2, 121-145 Abstract: This paper focuses on the transparency of Slovak municipalities. It identifies the main trends in the transparency of the 100 largest Slovak municipalities between 2010 and 2014. It shows that there are different degrees of transparency in Slovak municipalities, and it applies regressions to explore correlates and identify the main factors behind this state. This research is descriptive and explanatory and adds to literature by examining political, structural factors related to the political supply of the transparency of the municipalities and the convergence effect. The regression analysis identifies the convergence effect, according to which the transparency of municipalities improves inversely to their initial score. It also finds a negative incumbency effect that indicates lower improvement for incumbent mayors than for new ones. The size of a municipality is also one of the factors that determine the transparency level of that municipality. This relationship is positive – greater size of a municipality increases the level of its transparency. Keywords: transparency; municipality; incumbency; convergence (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:vrs:njopap:v:9:y:2016:i:2:p:121-145:n:6 Access Statistics for this article NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy is currently edited by Juraj Nemec More articles in NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy from Sciendo |
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