Revenue forecasting accuracy in Ohio local governments
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- Published by Emerald in Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management
- Vol. 18 (1), 77-99
- https://doi.org/10.1108/jpbafm-18-01-2006-b004
Abstract
Fiscal stress has forced Ohio local governments to pay increasing attention to the importance of revenue forecasting. This paper identifies and examines two Ohio local governments’ revenue forecasting approaches and forecasting accuracy using the case study method. It compares the differences in forecasting methods used. This research finds that informal forecasting methods are used by the county and formal forecasting methods are used by the city, that forecast accuracy varies by level of revenue aggregation using the informal method, and that depending on the revenue source, simple methods are more appropriate than complex methods.Keywords
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