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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Moessinger, Marc-Daniel | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-11-08 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-11-08T16:16:46Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2012-11-08T16:16:46Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2012 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.pi | | urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-326209 | | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/66118 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | Using a unique dataset of personal characteristics of national finance ministers in Europe (1980 - 2010), I show that especially a finance minister's experience affects the development of public debt. Both a finance minister's experience gained in office and his political experience have an impact: The change of the debt to GDP ratio is negative the more experience a finance minister has gained as a minister of finance or in former positions as a national cabinet member. While the former result suffers from potential endogeneity, several arguments support that the latter result can be interpreted in a causal way. In contrast, a finance minister's educational background or ideology have no significant impact on public debt changes. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) Mannheim | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | ZEW Discussion Papers 12-068 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D78 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | H30 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | H62 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | public finance | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | public debt | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | finance minister | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | personal characteristics | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Do personal characteristics of finance ministers affect the development of public debt? | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 729462536 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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