【#香港研究】我一直堅信，只要把香港放在適合的比較脈絡，香港研究也能為「學科理論」作出貢獻，而不只是我們香港學者在圍爐取暖。這篇文章運用了世界知名的「開放預算指數」，比較過去二三十年不同程度的民主化進程，如何塑造港澳台三地的預算改革，幸運地能獲得《國際行政科學評論》（影響因子：2.3）刊登，證明這種研究進路總算行得通。
I always believe that we Hong Kong Studies scholars can make a contribution to "discipline knowledge" if we can put Hong Kong in a suitable comparative context. This manuscript applies the famous "Open Budget Index" and compares the open budget reforms in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan during their different democratization trajectories over the decades. Its acceptance by the International Review of Administrative Sciences (5-year Impact Factor: 2.3) proves that this research approach does work.
▋Democratization and budget openness: evidence from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
Brian C.H. Fong | First Published July 8, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852319845453
Abstract: The existing literature postulates that budget openness often improves at critical moments of democratization. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, which are transitional regimes currently experiencing different regime trajectories, should be ideal places to test the validity of this theory. By examining whether and how open budget reforms in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are related to their regime trajectories through historical-comparative case studies, this article aims to make an original contribution to the comparative budgeting literature by providing a new and unique set of Open Budget Survey-based case studies in the context of East Asian transitional regimes.
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