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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主要作者: Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus
其他作者: Pastor Campos, Gonzalo
格式: 杂志
语言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
丛编:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/010
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