Authorities' Fiscal Forecasts in Latin America : Are They Optimistic? /

Do governments in Latin America tend to be optimistic when preparing budgetary projections? We address this question by constructing a novel dataset of the authorities' fiscal forecasts in six Latin American economies using data from annual budget documents over the period 2000-2018. In turn, w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij
Other Authors: Ricci, Luca, Werner, Alejandro, Zamarripa, Rene
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/154
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