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dc.contributor.author | Moessinger, Marc-Daniel | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-08 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-08T16:16:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-08T16:16:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.pi | urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-326209 | en |
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 |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheim | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aZEW Discussion Papers |x12-068 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D78 | en |
dc.subject.jel | H30 | en |
dc.subject.jel | H62 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | public finance | en |
dc.subject.keyword | public debt | en |
dc.subject.keyword | finance minister | en |
dc.subject.keyword | personal characteristics | en |
dc.title | Do personal characteristics of finance ministers affect the development of public debt? | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 729462536 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:zewdip:12068 | en |
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