Deficit versus social statistics: empirical evidence for the effectiveness of Benford's law

When analysing the quality of data, nonconformity with Benford's law can be a useful indicator of poor data quality, which may be a result of fraud or manipulation. In this article, we use Benford's law to compare government social security statistics with deficit related data reported by...

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Vydané v:	Applied economics letters Ročník 21; číslo 3; s. 147 - 151
Hlavní autori:	Rauch, Bernhard, Göttsche, Max, Brähler, Gernot, Kronfeld, Thomas
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	London Routledge 11.02.2014 Taylor & Francis LLC
Predmet:	Benford's law Conformity data manipulation Data quality Deficit financing Deficits Deviation digital analysis Economic analysis Effectiveness studies EU membership Europe European Union Fraud Frequency Incentives Law macroeconomic data Manipulation Member states Probability distribution Social security Statistical methods Statistics Europe
ISSN:	1350-4851, 1466-4291
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