How to detect what drives deviations from Benford’s law? An application to bank deposit data
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Keywords
Benford’s law; Newcomb-Benford’s law; Deposits; Household surveys; Data reliability;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C49 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Other
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
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