Sovereign ratings and finance ministers' characteristics

Afonso, António; Jalles, João Tovar

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Autores

Afonso, António

Jalles, João Tovar

Resumo(s)

We assess the effect of a newly-compiled set of finance ministers´ characteristics on long-term sovereign rating notations. Using a sample of 26 EU countries between 1980-2012, we find that the existence of more focused delegation-oriented fiscal framework, the Minister of Finance being a woman, and the Minister of Finance having a degree in the areas of finance or “hard sciences” contributes to better sovereign ratings, and the opposite in the case of a Law background.

Palavras-chave

Sovereign Ratings EU Countries Ordered Probit Fiscal Framework Sovereign Debt Fiscal Framework

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/26923

Citação

Afonso, António and João Tovar Jalles .(2019). ''Sovereign ratings and finance ministers' characteristics'', Economics Bulletin, Volume 39, Issue 4, pp. 2999-3010

Editora

Scimago Lab

Coleções

UECE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais / Articles in International Journals
DE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais / Articles in International Journals

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