Government Budget Forecasting
Theory and Practice
1st Edition
Published on 26. March 2008
Book
Hardback
660 pages
978-1-4200-4582-6 (ISBN)
Description
Revenue and expenditure forecasting plays an important role in public budgeting and financial management, particularly during times of financial constraint, when citizens impose greater accountability upon government to use taxpayer dollars more efficiently. Despite its significance, revenue and expenditure forecasting is often overlooked in the budget process, and there is an imbalance between practice and research in this area. Based on the collaboration of budget scholars and practitioners, Government Budget Forecasting fulfills two purposes:
Enhances the understanding of revenue and expenditure estimation both theoretically and practically
Stimulates dialogue and debate among practitioners and academicians to identify good forecast practices as well as areas for improvement
Divided into four parts, this comprehensive reference first examines forecast practices at the federal, state, and local levels, drawing on case studies that include California, Texas, and Louisiana. It then explores consensus systems and risk assessment, considering political factors and the costs of forecast errors. The text concludes with a call to transparency and guidance from a code of ethics, and a look at forecasting practices in emerging countries.
Enhances the understanding of revenue and expenditure estimation both theoretically and practically
Stimulates dialogue and debate among practitioners and academicians to identify good forecast practices as well as areas for improvement
Divided into four parts, this comprehensive reference first examines forecast practices at the federal, state, and local levels, drawing on case studies that include California, Texas, and Louisiana. It then explores consensus systems and risk assessment, considering political factors and the costs of forecast errors. The text concludes with a call to transparency and guidance from a code of ethics, and a look at forecasting practices in emerging countries.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate
Illustrations
101 s/w Abbildungen, 50 farbige Abbildungen, 107 s/w Tabellen
107 Tables, black and white; 50 Illustrations, color; 101 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1145 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4200-4582-6 (9781420045826)
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E-Book
09/2017
Routledge
€158.99
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E-Book
09/2017
Routledge
€158.99
Available for download
Persons
Jinping Sun (California State University, Bakersfield, USA) (Edited by) , Thomas D. Lynch (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA) (Edited by)
Content
Federal Revenue Forecasting. The State of the Art: Revenue Forecasting in U.S. State Government. Forecasting State Revenues in Louisiana: From Dramatic Changes in the Oil and Gas Industry in the 1970s and 1980s to the Aftermath of Catastrophic Hurricanes in the 2000s. Budget Forecasting for the State of California. Forecasting the Personal Income Tax. Income Tax Forecasting in Minnesota. Methods and Issues in Forecasting Casino Tax Revenue. Estimating and Forecasting Welfare Caseloads. Forecast Evaluation: A Case Study. Using Census Data to Forecast New Local Sales Taxes. Does Revenue Forecasting Responsibility Matter: The Case of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Evaluating Revenue Forecasting in City Governments: A Survey of Texas Finance Directors. Pro Forma Forecasting for Determining Financial Position of Enterprise Operations in Government. Preparing Data for Forecasting. Consensus Forecasting for Budgeting in Theory and Practice. Use of Consensus Revenue Forecasting in the U.S. State Governments. State Revenue Forecasting in the State of Indiana: A Consensus System in a Politically Divided State. Consensus Revenue Estimating in State Government: A Case of What Works in Kansas. Forecast Errors: Balancing the Risks and Costs of Being Wrong. State Fiscal Management: What Practitioners Can Learn from Risk Management Theory. State Tax Portfolios: An Integrated Methodology for Forecasting and Analysis. Forecasting Revenues and Expenditures in the Public Sector: Guidance from a Code of Ethics. Transparency in Government Revenue Forecasting. Incorporating Fiscal Architecture into Budget Forecasting. Forecasting Practices in Emerging Countries: The Morocco Experience.