Revenue Forecasting Practices: Differences across Countries and Consequences for Forecasting Performance

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-340

  Buettner, Thiess ^a   Kauder, Bjoern ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forecast error; International comparison; OECD countries; Revenue forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958597578     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2010.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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