Media Attention and Bureaucratic Responsiveness
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چکیده
Abstract How does media attention shape bureaucratic behavior? We answer this question using novel data from the Mexican federal government. first develop a new indicator for periods of anomalously heightened attention, based on 150,000 news articles pertaining to 22 government ministries and agencies, qualitatively categorize their themes. then evaluate responsiveness administrative roughly 500,000 requests information over 10-year period, with associated responses. A panel fixed-effects approach demonstrates effects volume outgoing weekly responses, while second finds “queue” already filed when anomalous begins. Consistent across these empirical approaches, we find that shapes behavior. Positive or neutral is reduced responsiveness, negative vary, failures leading increased but corruption responsiveness. These patterns are consistent mechanisms reputation management, disclosure threat, workload burden, inconsistent credit claiming blame avoidance.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1477-9803', '1053-1858']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muab001