The Impact of Transparency on the Cost of Sovereign Debt in Times of Economic Crisis

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 309-334

  Benito, Bernardino ^a   Guillamón, María Dolores ^a   Bastida, Francisco ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

corruption; economic crisis; fiscal transparency; public trust; sovereign debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978932758     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faam.12090     Document Type: Article

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