leader accountability, taking into account that there is an autocratic upper government. We exploit variation in the timing … accountability. …

parties? Democratic theory assumes that offering more information to voters will enhance electoral accountability. However, if … flows of information are necessary, they may be insufficient to improve political accountability, since voters may respond … that could allow increased access to information to promote government accountability. …

. Centralization allows benefits from policy coordination but has costs in terms of diminished accountability, which can be precisely …

wasteful projects are often attributed to weak mechanisms of accountability, such as inadequate opportunities for voters to … wasteful spending may be a by-product of the accountability of politicians to their voters, not a symptom of its weakness or …

they perceive public scrutiny (accountability) as intrusive. Combining these findings implies that both goal …-transparency and accountability will be negatively related to goal-independence for which we present empirical support using …