Duplicative or Duplicitous? The Rise of Citizen Participation in Rulemaking: Evidence from the Securities and Exchange Commission

• In Event: Citizens and the Bureaucracy

Brief Overview

The rise in salience of public commenting challenges prior accounts of public influence over policymaking. While many comments reuse language, some are part of astroturfing campaigns. To assess the extent of each we develop text analysis tools.

Authors

• Steven Rashin, The University of Texas at Austin

• Brian Kelleher Richter, The University of Texas at Austin