1st Edition
Government Budget Forecasting Theory and Practice
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Routledge
664 Pages
50 Color & 101 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Government Budget Forecasting: Improving the State of the Art, J. Sun and T.D. Lynch
FORECAST PRACTICES
Federal Revenue Forecasting, R. G. Penner
The State of the Art: Revenue Forecasting in U.S. State Government, K. G. Willoughby and H. Guo
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, J. A. Richardson
Budget Forecasting for the State of California, J. D. Vasché, B. Williams, and R. Ingenito
Forecasting the Personal Income Tax, Q. XU, R. Megna, H. Kayser, and L. Holland
Income Tax Forecasting in Minnesota, T. F. Stinson, P. D. Meagher, and J. L. Peloquin
Methods and Issues in Forecasting Casino Tax Revenue, J. Landers
Estimating and Forecasting Welfare Caseloads, S. Gurmu and W. J. Smith
Forecast Evaluation: A Case Study, J. Sun
Using Census Data to Forecast New Local Sales Taxes, J. D. Wong
Does Revenue Forecasting Responsibility Matter: The Case of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,C. D. Kammholzand C. S. Maher
Evaluating Revenue Forecasting in City Governments: A Survey of Texas Finance Directors,C.G. Reddick
Pro Forma Forecasting for Determining Financial Position of Enterprise Operations in Government,
A. Khan
Preparing Data for Forecasting, D. W. Williams
CONSENSUS FORECASTING
Consensus Forecasting for Budgeting in Theory and Practice, W. E Klay and J. A. Vonasek
Use of Consensus Revenue Forecasting in the U.S. State Governments, Y. Qiao
State Revenue Forecasting in the State of Indiana: A Consensus System in a Politically Divided State,
J. L. Mikesell
Consensus Revenue Estimating in State Government: A Case of What Works in Kansas, J.D. Wong and C.D. Ekstrom
UNCERTAINTY AND RISK ASSESSMENT IN BUDGET FORECASTING
Forecast Errors: Balancing the Risks and Costs of Being Wrong, Q. Xu, H. Kayser, and L. Holland
State Fiscal Management: What Practitioners Can Learn from Risk Management Theory, F. Thompson and B.L. Gates
State Tax Portfolios: An Integrated Methodology for Forecasting and Analysis, R. D. Nelson
OTHER TOPICS IN BUDGET FORECASTING
Forecasting Revenues and Expenditures in the Public Sector: Guidance from a Code of Ethics, R. W. Smith
Transparency in Government Revenue Forecasting, C. Garofalo and N. Rangarajan
Incorporating Fiscal Architecture into Budget Forecasting, S. Wallace
Forecasting Practices in Emerging Countries: The Morocco Experience, A. Zemrani
Index
FORECAST PRACTICES
Federal Revenue Forecasting, R. G. Penner
The State of the Art: Revenue Forecasting in U.S. State Government, K. G. Willoughby and H. Guo
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, J. A. Richardson
Budget Forecasting for the State of California, J. D. Vasché, B. Williams, and R. Ingenito
Forecasting the Personal Income Tax, Q. XU, R. Megna, H. Kayser, and L. Holland
Income Tax Forecasting in Minnesota, T. F. Stinson, P. D. Meagher, and J. L. Peloquin
Methods and Issues in Forecasting Casino Tax Revenue, J. Landers
Estimating and Forecasting Welfare Caseloads, S. Gurmu and W. J. Smith
Forecast Evaluation: A Case Study, J. Sun
Using Census Data to Forecast New Local Sales Taxes, J. D. Wong
Does Revenue Forecasting Responsibility Matter: The Case of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,C. D. Kammholzand C. S. Maher
Evaluating Revenue Forecasting in City Governments: A Survey of Texas Finance Directors,C.G. Reddick
Pro Forma Forecasting for Determining Financial Position of Enterprise Operations in Government,
A. Khan
Preparing Data for Forecasting, D. W. Williams
CONSENSUS FORECASTING
Consensus Forecasting for Budgeting in Theory and Practice, W. E Klay and J. A. Vonasek
Use of Consensus Revenue Forecasting in the U.S. State Governments, Y. Qiao
State Revenue Forecasting in the State of Indiana: A Consensus System in a Politically Divided State,
J. L. Mikesell
Consensus Revenue Estimating in State Government: A Case of What Works in Kansas, J.D. Wong and C.D. Ekstrom
UNCERTAINTY AND RISK ASSESSMENT IN BUDGET FORECASTING
Forecast Errors: Balancing the Risks and Costs of Being Wrong, Q. Xu, H. Kayser, and L. Holland
State Fiscal Management: What Practitioners Can Learn from Risk Management Theory, F. Thompson and B.L. Gates
State Tax Portfolios: An Integrated Methodology for Forecasting and Analysis, R. D. Nelson
OTHER TOPICS IN BUDGET FORECASTING
Forecasting Revenues and Expenditures in the Public Sector: Guidance from a Code of Ethics, R. W. Smith
Transparency in Government Revenue Forecasting, C. Garofalo and N. Rangarajan
Incorporating Fiscal Architecture into Budget Forecasting, S. Wallace
Forecasting Practices in Emerging Countries: The Morocco Experience, A. Zemrani
Index
Biography
Jinping Sun (California State University, Bakersfield, USA) (Edited by) , Thomas D. Lynch (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA) (Edited by)
