Arbeitspapier
Do Eurozone Countries Cheat with their Budget Deficit Forecasts?
We estimate the political economy determinants of budget deficit forecast errors. Since the adoption of the Stability Pact, Eurozone governments have manipulated forecasts before elections. The political orientation and the institutional design of governments also affects the quality of forecasts.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 508
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Fiscal Policy
Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
National Deficit; Surplus
- Subject
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fiscal policy
budget deficit
forecast error
electoral cycles
Haushaltsdefizit
Prognose
Staatliche Information
Politischer Konjunkturzyklus
EU-Stabilitätspakt
Deutschland
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Brück, Tilman
Stephan, Andreas
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
- (where)
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Berlin
- (when)
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2005
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Brück, Tilman
- Stephan, Andreas
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Time of origin
- 2005