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...
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Формат: | Журнал |
Мова: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2009.
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Серія: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2009/010 |
Онлайн доступ: | Full text available on IMF |