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fulfilling different aspects of accountability in the public sector. In the Traditional Approach of Accountability, politicians …, in NPM there is a shift in accountability from the political to the managerial sphere and from input and processes to … output and outcomes. The result shows under this approach, operational and managerial accountability fulfill but are not …
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This paper argues that high political competition does not necessarily induce policy makers to perform better as previous research has shown. We develop a political economy model and we show that when political competition is tight, and elected politicians can rely on more tax instruments, they...
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The first part of this paper outlines the concept of democratic accountability of central banks, and compares the legal … accountability of the ECB with some other central banks (Bank of Canada, Bank of Japan, Bank of England and the Federal Reserve … System). In the second part, we present a theory of central bank accountability. Two aspects of accountability are considered …
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This paper challenges the assertion that European politics would be closer to the citizens´ preferences if decision power were transferred from the Council of Ministers to the European Parliament. On the one hand, citizens benefit from a greater transparency in the Parliament´s debates...
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The democratic accountability of policymaking institutions which are autonomous within delegated mandates has not … received as much attention as their independence. We analyze in a theoretical model the effects of accountability in the form … expectations on target and output stabilization that is not solved with accountability. …
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these challenges. Four legitimacy criteria - legal compatibility, accountability, representation and inclusion, and …
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We show that a large electorate of ignorant voters can succeed in establishing high levels of electoral accountability … performance. We find that the accountability problem can be solved well in the sense that the incumbent exerts effort as if she …
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The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) increased accountability pressure in U.S. public schools by threatening to …
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coverage from 1990s to now. These principles include Accountability, Participation, Rule of law, Transparency, Effectiveness …
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The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) increased accountability pressure in U.S. public schools by threatening to …
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