Can the Disclosure of Government Budget Information Effectively Help Control the Growth of Public Consumption Expenditure?An Empirical Research Based on the Data Published by Local Governments

doi:10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2022.03.007

Abstract

Abstract: As an important policy tool for “good governance”， transparency construction based on government information disclosure aims to reduce information asymmetry between principals and agents， strengthen the accountability mechanism， and improve the governance effectiveness of public policies. However， some western scholars try to deny its social value through empirical data analysis recently. This research employs empirical data of 1221 local governments to inspect the governance performance of public consumption budgetary information based on the theoretical perspective of institutional construction. The research results show that the public consumption disclosure institution can help to control the growth of public consumption， and the public's awareness of the right to know and the promotion incentives of officials can effectively help with the governance performance of the public consumption budget information disclosure. In order to improve its governance performance， we should understand its constructive nature deeply， strengthen the data quality awareness of government information disclosure， enhance the public accountability mechanism construction， and enshrine the political notion of the supremacy of the people into the concrete enforcement mechanism to boost national governance system and ability modernization construction.

Key words: public consumption; budgetary information disclosure; data quality; control performance; awareness of the right to know

CLC Number:

D035

LI Xue. Can the Disclosure of Government Budget Information Effectively Help Control the Growth of Public Consumption Expenditure?An Empirical Research Based on the Data Published by Local Governments[J]. Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science), 2022, 24(3): 51-60.

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