An Analysis of the Error Between Forecast and Actual Expenditure in the Budgetary System of Iraq, 1961–1980
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8966569 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Perdikis (Aberystwyth University, corresponding author), Hassan Saluom (Aberystwyth University) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-153 |
| Publication date | 1987-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743800031810 |
| OpenAlex | W2081833153 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The aim of this study is to examine the way in which the Iraqi government prepares its expenditure estimates and how and why they tend to differ from the actual outturn figures. One hardly expects to see an exact matching of these two figures given the difficulties in estimation which especially exist in developing countries where data bases may be less than exact and techniques crude. In Iraq this error in estimation was first alluded to by Saadi, and it was tentatively suggested that the expectation of discrepancies should be taken into account in the planning process. Others have suggested that this and other poor estimates should be examined and followed up more closely. However, its continuation and growth have not been otherwise studied
Continuation · Econometrics · Economics · Estimation · Government (linguistics · Government Expenditure · Linguistics · Macroeconomics · Matching (statistics · Statistics · Computer Science · Mathematics · Monetary Policy and Economic Impact · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |