Does the invisible hand need a transparent glove?

• Main Author: FLORINI, Ann
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2092; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3349/viewcontent/does_the_invisible_hand_need_a_transparent_glove__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Transparency is on the rise, touted as the solution to such disparate problems asfinancial volatility, environmental degradation, money laundering, and corruption. Buttransparency faces much opposition, particularly from those under scrutiny. Such actorsoften have strong incentives to avoid providin...