Government information disclosure and citizen coproduction during COVID-19 in China

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wu, Yiping; Xiao, Hanyu; Yang, Fang
• 署名单位: Shanghai University of Finance & Economics; Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK)
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12645
• 发表日期: 2022
• 关键词: public-services; HEALTH; PARTICIPATION; engagement; EPIDEMIC

摘要

While information campaigns have been widely recognized as a pillar of public health crisis management and heightened by the current COVID-19 pandemic, an insufficient number of studies have investigated the impact of information disclosure on influencing citizen cooperation crucial for emergency management. Focusing on generic information disclosure practices during the recovery period from January 19, 2020, to February 29, 2020, in China and by employing a difference-in-difference method, this study finds that information disclosure significantly enhanced citizen coproduction as measured by aggregated search queries of COVID-19-related information, and earlier disclosure yielded greater effect more quickly. Moreover, government capacity and citizens' trust in government at the local level significantly moderate the positive impact of information disclosure. This study uncovers the novel relationship between information disclosure and citizen coproduction during emergencies in the Chinese context.