EU Finance Ministers, Capital Markets and Fiscal Outcomes

Afonso, António; Guedes, Maria João

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“…Managers were coded as generalists if they had a degree in management, such as an MPA, MBA, or similar. We found generalist managers in a variety of contexts, for example, MBAs leading hospitals (McCrea & Teodoro, 2018), leading central banks (Ozili, 2020), in management positions in local governance (Anessi‐Pessina & Sicilia, 2019; Clémenceau & Soguel, 2017), in central administration (Afonso & Guedes, 2014), and in U.S. acquisition of military equipment (Eckerd & Snider, 2017). Managers were coded as specialists if they had an education uniquely relevant and specialized to their contexts, such as hospital directors with an MD (Veronesi et al, 2013), school principals with a degree in education (Pierson, 2014), central bank governors with a PhD in economics (Ozili, 2020), and water utility executives with an engineering degree (Teodoro, 2014).…”

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Does public managers' type of education affect performance in public organizations? A systematic review

Netra

Sørensen

Hansen

2022

Public Administration Review

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Although scholars agree that public managers' education could affect performance in public organizations, no attempt has been made to synthesize the empirical evidence on this relationship. Consequently, we ask, do public managers with a general management education, such as an MPA, or a specialist education, such as an MD in the context of a hospital, affect different types of performance in public organizations? Based on a preregistered systematic literature review, we find 548 effect sizes from 50 quantitative studies by screening more than 12,000 potentially eligible studies. Our meta‐regression analyses show that specialist managers have a statistically significant small average advantage on field‐specific performance compared to other managers, and that generalist managers have a statistically significant small average advantage on financial performance compared to other managers. Based on these results, we recommend that future research investigate the theoretical linkages between public managers' education and performance in public organizations.

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Does public managers' type of education affect performance in public organizations? A systematic review

Netra

Sørensen

Hansen

2022

Public Administration Review

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Governance and government debt

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Guedes

2020

RGC

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The continuous increase in debt ratios raises concerns in economic institutions concerning fiscal sustainability and its effect on the world economy. The empirical evidence has shown that both developed and developing countries have become highly indebted and fiscal deficits are not sustainable (Afonso, 2005) As such, the quality of institutions has an important role in debt accumulation (Presbitero, 2008) and fiscal stance is closely related to government institution quality as well as political and social stability (Woo, 2003). However, little attention has been devoted to the relationship between governance quality and government debt. This study examines whether the quality of governance relates to government debt. Using a sample of 164 countries for the period between 2002 and 2015, our results show that governance quality is negatively and statistically related to government debt. For low income countries evidence was found that a better governance environment is associated with lower public debt levels for low income countries, but not for high-income countries.

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‘Shall I compare thee?’ Evaluating Finance Ministers

Moore,

Considine

2024

Administration

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Over the past century, the methods used to evaluate Finance Ministers have evolved from the close scrutiny of individual biographies to the statistical analysis of aggregated data. This paper explores this evolution within the framework of economic theory and applies the results in an Irish context. It concludes that while statistical methods can provide some support for certain hypotheses, they are not yet advanced enough to entirely replace the traditional political economy approach.

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EU Finance Ministers, Capital Markets and Fiscal Outcomes

Cited by 3 publications

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Does public managers' type of education affect performance in public organizations? A systematic review

Does public managers' type of education affect performance in public organizations? A systematic review

Governance and government debt

‘Shall I compare thee?’ Evaluating Finance Ministers

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