Open Up or Shut Down? Government Responsiveness During Scandals

• In Event: Sound of Silence: Media in Authoritarian Regimes

Brief Overview

When public institutions face intense public scrutiny during scandals, do they "clamp down" on transparency or "open up"? We study Mexican federal government responses to information requests, combined with a novel media-based scandal measure.

Authors

• Daniel Phillip Berliner, London School of Economics

• Aaron S. Erlich, McGill University

• Brian Palmer-Rubin, Marquette University

• Benjamin Bagozzi, University of Delaware