Tax Revenue Forecasting Using ARIMA and VAR Models and the Implications for Fiscal Policy

Published: 24 June 2024| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/874t6tv3t8.1
Contributor:
Tafirenyika Sunde

Description

Data and Data Sources Variable Measurement Data Source Tax revenue (TR) Total tax revenue (% GDP) IMF GFS, WBDI, ZIMRA GDP growth (GDPGROWTH) Proxy for economic development WBDI Private consumption expenditure (PCE) Private consumption expenditure (% GDP) WBDI Share of agriculture in GDP (AGRIC) Agriculture sector (% GDP) WBDI Inflation (INFL) Consumer Price Index (proxy of inflation) UNCTAD Trade openness (OPP) Exports and imports (% GDP) WBI Shadow Economy (SECO) Dynamic general equilibrium model-based (DGE) estimates of informal output (% of official GDP) WB Informal Economy Statistics

Files

Steps to reproduce

Unit root tests ARIMA models and VAR Models Granger Causality tests Model Efficiency

Institutions

Namibia University of Science and Technology

Categories

Economics, Econometrics, Relation of Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue, Fiscal Policy, Forecasting Model

Licence