Revisions Policy for Official Statistics : A Matter of Governance /

This paper proposes a set of good practices for the revision of macroeconomic data. The authors argue that revisions are a routine part of disseminating quality data. Revisions are made not just to correct errors but also to incorporate better source data, update base periods, and make other improve...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Carson, Carol
مؤلفون آخرون: Khawaja, Sarmad, Morrison, Thomas
التنسيق: دورية
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
سلاسل:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/087
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Full text available on IMF
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