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dc.contributor.authorMoessinger, Marc-Danielen
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-08-
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-08T16:16:46Z-
dc.date.available2012-11-08T16:16:46Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-326209en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/66118-
dc.description.abstractUsing 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.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x12-068en
dc.subject.jelD78en
dc.subject.jelH30en
dc.subject.jelH62en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordpublic financeen
dc.subject.keywordpublic debten
dc.subject.keywordfinance ministeren
dc.subject.keywordpersonal characteristicsen
dc.titleDo personal characteristics of finance ministers affect the development of public debt?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn729462536en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:12068en

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