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Improvements and Future Challenges for the Research Infrastructure in Public Finance
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Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
Abstract The paper briefly surveys available data sources and discusses future developments relevant for empirical public finance in Germany. It starts from the notion that public finance deals with decisions of various agents, not only governments, but also private households and firms. Therefore, empirical... view more
The paper briefly surveys available data sources and discusses future developments relevant for empirical public finance in Germany. It starts from the notion that public finance deals with decisions of various agents, not only governments, but also private households and firms. Therefore, empirical research needs different types of data. Government decisions are to some extent captured in terms of the budgetary statistics, even though these statistics have shortcomings with regard to the quality of public service provisions and the revenue instruments. To study the decisions of the other agents individual level data is required. While some progress has been made, recently, the combination of various datasets at the individual level is a key priority.... view less
Keywords
empirical research; public finance; Federal Republic of Germany; data capture; data quality; statistics; data access
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
Budgetary Statistics; Micro-level Data; Revenue Statistics; Taxpayer Data
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
11 p.
Series
RatSWD Working Paper Series, 64
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/186180
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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