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On the Performance and Use of Government Revenue Forecasts

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  • Auerbach, Alan Jeffrey, 1999. "On the Performance and Use of Government Revenue Forecasts," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt8h845262, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
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