<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Lobbying transparency seems to have been a challenging topic for nearly a decade. For the purposes of the article, the authors focus on a contextual analysis of rules and measures that offers both a broad as well as comprehensive view of the required transparency of lobbying activities and the environment in which decisions are made. In this regard, focusing on the sunshine principles/sunshine rules (not purely limited to laws) provides a grasp of the whole issue in a broader context. From a methodological point of view, the exploratory approach was chosen and the coding procedure is mostly dichotomous. As a result, seven key areas with 70 indicators have been identified in terms of transparency of lobbying and decision-making.</p></abstract>

Lobbying transparency seems to have been a challenging topic for nearly a decade. For the purposes of the article, the authors focus on a contextual analysis of rules and measures that offers both a broad as well as comprehensive view of the required transparency of lobbying activities and the environment in which decisions are made. In this regard, focusing on the sunshine principles/sunshine rules (not purely limited to laws) provides a grasp of the whole issue in a broader context. From a methodological point of view, the exploratory approach was chosen and the coding procedure is mostly dichotomous. As a result, seven key areas with 70 indicators have been identified in terms of transparency of lobbying and decision-making.

Transparency in Economic and Political Decision-Making: The Identification of Sunshine Rules for Transparent Lobbying

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Lobbying transparency seems to have been a challenging topic for nearly a decade. For the purposes of the article, the authors focus on a contextual analysis...

Transparency in Economic and Political Decision-Making: The Identification of Sunshine Rules for Transparent Lobbying

Published Online: Oct 21, 2017

Page range: 157 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/danb-2017-0011

Keywords
Transparency, Lobbying, Decision-Making, Indicator

© by Šárka Laboutková

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Transparency in Economic and Political Decision-Making: The Identification of Sunshine Rules for Transparent Lobbying

Published Online: Oct 21, 2017

Page range: 157 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/danb-2017-0011

KeywordsTransparency, Lobbying, Decision-Making, Indicator

© by Šárka Laboutková

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Transparency, Lobbying, Decision-Making, Indicator