The Determinants of E-Disclosure Attitude: Empirical Evidences from Italian and Spanish Municipalities. Issue 11 (18th August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gesuele, Benedetta; Metallo, Concetta; Longobardi, Sergio
• Is Part Of: International journal of public administration. Volume 41:Issue 11(2018)
• Page Start: 921
• Page End: 934
• Publication Date: 2018-08-18
• Subjects: E-government -- e-disclosure -- municipalities -- websites -- transparency; Public administration -- Periodicals; 351.05
• DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2017.1300917
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0190-0692

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Research investigates the attitude to the information disclosure via website, analysing a sample of 287 Italian and Spanish municipalities. A Tobit regression approach is adopted to explore the main determinants of e-disclosure. The findings show that municipality's factors like Internet visibility, wealth and leverage play an important role to determine the level of e-disclosure. In addition, a cluster analysis highlights that in Italy there is a greater level of e-disclosure than in Spain, revealing a set of specific elements that characterize municipalities with higher disclosure.