Annual Review of Political Science Vol. 17:65-87 (Volume publication date May 2014) First published online as a Review in Advance on February 26, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-032210-144356 Stephen Kosack1 and Archon Fung2 1Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195-3055; email: 2Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138-2019; email: Sections Abstract Keywords INTRODUCTION WHAT IS TRANSPARENCY GOOD FOR?