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Financial Information Use In Parliamentary Debates In A Changing Context

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  • Susana Jorge

    (Av. Dias da Silva, 165, 3004-512 Coimbra, Portugal and Research Centre in Political Science (CICP), Campus de Gualtar)

  • Sónia Nogueira

    (Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal and Research Centre in Political Science (CICP), Campus de Gualtar)

  • Maria Antónia Jesus

    (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Av. das Forças Armadas)

Abstract

Applying quantitative and qualitative content and sentiment analysis, this study investigates the use of financial information by politicians in the Portuguese parliament, in a changing context. There is clear preference for Budgetary Information. A change in the political majority in Parliament and an improvement in the country’s economic and financial situation affect the intensity and intentions of using financial information by politicians – the use with positive sentiments of those government-related, to legitimize their policies, and with negative sentiments when they pass to the opposition, using it as ammunition or to divert attention from measures implemented when they were in power.

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  • Susana Jorge & Sónia Nogueira & Maria Antónia Jesus, 2023. "Financial Information Use In Parliamentary Debates In A Changing Context," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 1611-1638, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:porgrv:v:23:y:2023:i:4:d:10.1007_s11115-023-00709-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s11115-023-00709-1
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