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Scholarship on transparency and freedom of information (FOI) conveys an overwhelmingly "political" narrative. Most uses of FOI, however, are private and nonpolitical in nature. This article explores the gap between the literature and empirical reality by means of an "Information-Gathering Matrix," a framework for conceptualizing the motivations, uses, and impacts associated with FOI. Following a broad literature review, case studies illustrate that while FOI uses may be multifarious and prima facie nonpolitical, at least three of the matrix's four quadrants—from the public to the private and the political to the nonpolitical—frequently tend toward politicization.

The contribution takes stock of the intense legislative activity occurred in the last year in Russia. This has taken place against the background of a "frozen" political regime which is deeply concerned about the activity of "non-systemic" opposition and "foreign agents", and increasingly aggressive in international relations. ; The contribution takes stock of the intense legislative activity occurred in the last year in Russia. This has taken place against the background of a "frozen" political regime which is deeply concerned about the activity of "non-systemic" opposition and "foreign agents", and increasingly aggressive in international relations.

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This paper focuses on the optimal use of information in the presence of fixed, sunk, processing costs. The agent, being aware of the trade‐off between good (informed) forecasts and their cost, may decide to process her information only at discrete intervals of time. The optimal length of these intervals, during which no new information is taken on board, depends on the cost of processing information and on the variance of the stochastic variable to be monitored. These concepts are illustrated in a simple monopoly model and are extended to the cases of model uncertainty and the distinction between public and private monopoly.