Benford's Law and Macroeconomic Data Quality /

This paper examines the usefulness of testing the conformity of macroeconomic data with Benford's law as indicator of data quality. Most of the macroeconomic data series tested conform with Benford's law. However, questions emerge on the reliability of such tests as indicators of data qual...

Cur síos iomlán

Sonraí bibleagrafaíochta
Príomhchruthaitheoir: Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus
Rannpháirtithe: Pastor Campos, Gonzalo
Formáid: IRIS
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Sraith:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/010
Rochtain ar líne:Full text available on IMF