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100			_aJung, Sun-Moon _937522
245			_aParticipatory budgeting and government efficiency: Evidence from municipal governments in South Korea
260			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
300			_a88(4), Dec, 2022: p.1105-1123
520			_aThe current study evaluates the role of a democratic institution—participatory budgeting—in improving government efficiency. Participatory institutions aim to enhance governance, information sharing, and the responsiveness of political agents to citizens, leading to fiscal accountability and efficiency. Drawing from a database of 221 municipal governments in South Korea around a mandatory participatory budgeting adoption period, we find that participatory budgeting adoptions are followed by improvement in multiple dimensions of government efficiency. In particular, municipal governments experience statistically significant improvements in their fiscal sustainability and administrative efficiency. In additional analysis, we find that the efficiency improvements are more pronounced in the presence of strong mayoral leadership. Overall findings suggest that participatory budgeting programs contribute to fiscal health and administrative efficiency, above and beyond their role in securing fiscal democracy. – Reproduced
650			_aDemocratic Institutions, Government, Efficiency, participatory, Budgeting, Local governance. _935956
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
906			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT
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