25 Years of Transparency Research: Evidence and Future Directions
2016/11/09 by Maria Cucciniello, Gregory A. Porumbescu, Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen · 1 voice · 19 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #E-Government and Public Services #Public Policy and Administration Research #Public Procurement and Policy
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/puar.12685
openalex publication_date 2016/11/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27
Abstract
Abstract This article synthesizes the cross‐disciplinary literature on government transparency. It systematically reviews research addressing the topic of government transparency published between 1990 and 2015. The review uses 187 studies to address three questions: (1) What forms of transparency has the literature identified? (2) What outcomes does the literature attribute to transparency? and (3) How successful is transparency in achieving those goals? In addressing these questions, the authors review six interrelated types of transparency and nine governance‐ and citizen‐related outcomes of transparency. Based on the findings of the analysis, the authors outline an agenda for future research on government transparency and its effects that calls for more systematically investigating the ways in which contextual conditions shape transparency outcomes, replicating studies with varying methodologies, investigating transparency in neglected countries, and paying greater attention to understudied claims of transparency such as improved decision making and management .
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