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Article: Bureaucratic Control and Information Processing: An Institutional Comparison
Title | Bureaucratic Control and Information Processing: An Institutional Comparison |
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Issue Date | 2017 |
Citation | Governance, 2017, v. 31, p. 575-592 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Standard models of bureaucratic control argue that politicians vulnerable to asymmetric information rely on third‐party monitoring to expand information supply. This solution to information asymmetry assumes that politicians can process all information that comes their way. However, advocates strategically oversupply information to crowd out rivals, making such a solution counterproductive. Using data on administrative reorganization in Hong Kong, we examine the alternative proposition that bureaucratic control is contingent not only on how information is obtained but also on how it is processed under two different institutional arrangements: one that splits attention across domain‐specific streams and one that concentrates attention in a single sequence. In both cases, bureaucrats refrain from major changes when politicians break from these arrangements. Moreover, bureaucratic action is significantly more likely to respond to changes in attention allocation when politicians process information in multiple streams. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/260572 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, KN | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, WF | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-14T08:43:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-14T08:43:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Governance, 2017, v. 31, p. 575-592 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/260572 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Standard models of bureaucratic control argue that politicians vulnerable to asymmetric information rely on third‐party monitoring to expand information supply. This solution to information asymmetry assumes that politicians can process all information that comes their way. However, advocates strategically oversupply information to crowd out rivals, making such a solution counterproductive. Using data on administrative reorganization in Hong Kong, we examine the alternative proposition that bureaucratic control is contingent not only on how information is obtained but also on how it is processed under two different institutional arrangements: one that splits attention across domain‐specific streams and one that concentrates attention in a single sequence. In both cases, bureaucrats refrain from major changes when politicians break from these arrangements. Moreover, bureaucratic action is significantly more likely to respond to changes in attention allocation when politicians process information in multiple streams. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Governance | - |
dc.title | Bureaucratic Control and Information Processing: An Institutional Comparison | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, KN: kwachan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, WF: dwflam@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, KN=rp02084 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, WF=rp00570 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/gove.12326 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85037974191 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 290746 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 31 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 575 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 592 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000441551700010 | - |