Paper Info
Title
Freedom of information legislation and its impact on press freedom: A cross-national study
Abstract
This empirical study examines the effect of the Freedom of Information legislation on press freedom by analyzing cross-sectional data at the national level of aggregate indicators across 191 countries in 2010. The prediction by two-stage least square regression found that the impact of the legislation on press freedom is determined by control of corruption, the type of political regime (democratic or authoritarian regime), and the level of national economy. For recent adopters of the legislation, it could be no more than a legislative luxury. As the legislative effect on press freedom is mostly limited to less corrupt, advanced industrial democracies, the workings of the legislation require political and economic prerequisites.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.giq.2012.03.003
Government Information Quarterly
Keywords
Field
DocType
Freedom of information,Freedom of information law,Press freedom,Cross-national study
Public administration,Economics,Freedom of the press,Authoritarianism,Legislation,Freedom of information,Democracy,Politics,Index of Economic Freedom,Corruption
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
29
4
0740-624X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.45
10
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Taewoo Nam162752.02