2019
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/bm62w
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Audits for Accountability: Evidence from Municipal By-Elections in South Africa

Abstract: Theories of retrospective accountability assume that voters punish poor governance and reward improvements, yet empirical evidence remains mixed. We extend this research to a new context, assessing the impact of audits on electoral outcomes in South African municipalities. Our novel identification strategy focuses on by-elections triggered by deaths in office of local councilors and compares those taking place before and after audit results are announced each year. We find that timely audit information affects… Show more

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“…Outside of Brazil, Dunning et al (2019b) find that across six countries the effects of audit information on elections vary by context (Dunning et al, 2019a). In South Africa, Berliner and Wehner (2021) find that municipal audits can lead to an electoral response when these report poor performance.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Outside of Brazil, Dunning et al (2019b) find that across six countries the effects of audit information on elections vary by context (Dunning et al, 2019a). In South Africa, Berliner and Wehner (2021) find that municipal audits can lead to an electoral response when these report poor performance.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pengaruh akuntabilitas keuangan terhadap elektabilitas petahana, dalam kerangka retrospective voting theory, banyak diuji dengan memanfaatkan laporan hasil audit yang dikeluarkan Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI). Beberapa variabel yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan akuntabilitas keuangan antara lain adalah opini audit (Berliner & Wehner, 2019;Yuliati et al, 2016), temuan atas kelemahan SPI (Yuliati et al, 2016), dan temuan atas ketidakpatuhan terhadap perundang-undangan (Arias et al, 2019;Avenburg, 2016;Yuliati et al, 2016). Yuliati et al (2016) mengemukakan bahwa baik opini audit WTP maupun opini audit lain tidak menunjukkan pengaruh terhadap kemungkinan keterpilihan kembali petahana dalam pemilihan kepala daerah di Indonesia.…”
Section: Pendahuluan 11 Latar Belakangunclassified
“…Adapun akuntabilitas kinerja diukur dari nilai kinerja penyelenggaraan pemerintahan daerah yang dikeluarkan Kementerian Dalam Negeri serta nilai evaluasi sistem akuntabilitas kinerja pemerintah daerah yang dirilis Kementerian Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi. Berbeda dari penelitian (Yuliati et al, 2016) yang menggunakan regresi logistik dengan dummy 1 untuk petahana yang terpilih kembali dan 0 untuk yang tidak terpilih kembali sebagai variabel dependen, penelitian ini menggunakan persentase suara yang diterima petahana sebagai variabel dependen (Arias et al, 2019;Avenburg, 2016;Berliner & Wehner, 2019;Boyne et al, 2009).…”
Section: Pendahuluan 11 Latar Belakangunclassified
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