Does Competition Spur Social Media Deployment among Local Governments? Evidence from the Deployment of Facebook in the German State of Hesse

Does Competition Spur Social Media Deployment among Local Governments? Evidence from the Deployment of Facebook in the German State of Hesse

We analyze the decision of local governments to deploy social media. We argue that – by de-ploying social media – governments send a signal of modernity, transparency and openness for dialogue to their citizens. We apply a hazard model to panel data on municipalities in the Ger-man state of Hesse (n...

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Published in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 45-2020)
Main Authors: Bischoff, Ivo, Wimberger, Aleksandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2020
Subjects:
local government
inter-jurisdictional competition
Wirtschaft
hazard models
elections
Facebook
Germany
social media deployment
Economics
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