FINANCIAL INFORMATION USE IN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES IN A CHANGING CONTEXT

Susana Jorge (), Sónia Nogueira () and Maria Antónia Jesus ()
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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

Public Organization Review, 2023, vol. 23, issue 4, No 18, 1638 pages

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Politicians; Accounting information; Intentions of use; Content analysis; Sentiment analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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