How Do Canadian Budget Forecasts Compare with Those of Other Industrial Countries? /

This paper compares Canadian central government budget forecasting with forecasting by other industrial countries. While fiscal forecasting in Canada is governed by one of the strongest institutional frameworks, quantitative analysis suggests that budget projections of macroeconomic and fiscal aggre...

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Автор: Muhleisen, Martin
Інші автори: Danninger, Stephan, Hauner, David, Krajnyak, Kornelia
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/066
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF
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