Table 5 The effect of positive and negative performance information on bureaucrat preference for policy instrument across visible public goods treatment groups.

From: Hiding behind the curtain: performance information and public officials’ policy instrument preferences in visible and invisible domains

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

 

OLR

OLR

OLS

OLS

Treatment (Ref. Neutral PI)

    

Positive PI

0.48*

(0.015)

0.52**

(0.009)

0.16*

(0.011)

0.17**

(0.009)

Negative PI

0.39*

(0.046)

0.47*

(0.019)

0.14*

(0.035)

0.16*

(0.015)

Control Variables

No

Yes

No

Yes

Constant

—

—

2.18***

(0.000)

2.64***

(0.000)

N

586

586

586

586

  1. Entries are regression coefficients (OLR = ordered logistic regression; OLS = ordinary least square). The reference category for the performance variable is neutral performance information (PI). Control variables: Gender, age, level of education, major, work pressure, job satisfaction, and PSM. p values in parentheses. Two-sided tests.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
Back to article page