The Efficiency of the Government’s Revenue Projections
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Keywords
Revenue Projections; Japan; Forecast Evaluation; Out-of-Sample Forecast Accuracy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy
- H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-FOR-2022-09-19 (Forecasting)
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