The impact of sovereign credit ratings on voters’ preferences

Journal of Banking & Finance - Tập 154 - Trang 106938 - 2023
Phuc Lam Thy Nguyen1, Rasha Alsakka2, Noemi Mantovan3
1Lecturer in Finance at University of Management and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
2Professor of Banking and Finance at Bangor University, LL57 2DG, UK
3Senior Lecturer in Economics at University of Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK

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