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- Measuring the use of financial information by politicians in local governmentPublication . Jorge, Susana; Gomes, Patrícia; Pimentel, Liliana; Baião, Lara; Nogueira, Sónia P.The importance of making financial information (FI) available to politicians is well recognized. However, despite the recent attention by scholars to the use of FI in political contexts and by politicians, empirical research has failed to produce accurate tools to assess the degree to which politicians make use of FI. This exploratory study proposes a new tool to analyse levels of FI use— the FIU Index. The level of use is assessed by the number of times an FI term is mentioned by politicians. A test case using the new index in Portuguese municipalities illustrates its potential.
- Measuring the Use of Financial Information: Understanding the Use by Politicians in the Local GovernmentPublication . Nogueira, Sónia P.; Jorge, Susana; Gomes, Patrícia; Pimentel, LilianaThis paper proposes a tool to assess the level of financial information (FI) use – the FIU Index. Particularly developed considering the local government context, this Index combines items of information used, with the main types of meetings, and politicians of political bodies (executive committee and local council) where FI is discussed. The FIU Index produces a score resulting from its application to written records of politicians’ speeches, such as those from the minutes of the meetings, allowing to classify the use of FI in a political body, meeting and entity, in ‘low’, ‘moderate’ and ‘high’. With an illustrative example of applying the FIU Index to a sample of Portuguese municipalities, the paper explains how it can be implemented to assess and rank entities, evidencing what needs to be improved so politicians can reach the best use possible of FI, as a tool to improve dialogue with several stakeholders.
- Perspectivas sobre o uso da informação financeira pública pelos políticos: resultados recentes e desafios futurosPublication . Nogueira, Sónia P.; Jorge, Susana