Why do some developing country governments accumulate large foreign debts while others do not? I hypothesize that variation in foreign borrowing is a function of variation in the breadth of public participation in the political process. Specifically, governments borrow less when political institutions enable broad public participation in the political process and encourage the revelation of inf...

Public participation is playing an increasingly important role in environmental governance. This paper uses panel data from Chinese cities to evaluate the causal relationship between public participation, regional carbon emissions, and intensity. We obtain following conclusions: (1) significantly reduces emissions intensity, which remains robust after a series of robustness endogeneity discussi...

In the 21<sup>st</sup> century, participation is one of key words related to operations museums and debate around them. The public are encouraged co-create museum projects: exhibitions, programmes that accompany studies; they play role consultants advisors (youth councils, clubs, consultancy teams). Museums more widely ‘opening’ embrace public. Never before has position visitors bee...