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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書誌詳細
第一著者: Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus
その他の著者: Pastor Campos, Gonzalo
フォーマット: 雑誌
言語:English
出版事項: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
シリーズ:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/010
オンライン・アクセス:Full text available on IMF