We apply non-linear error-correction models to the empirical testing of the sustainability of the government’s intertemporal budget constraint. Our empirical analysis, based on Italy, shows that the Italian government is meeting its intertemporal budget constraint, in spite of the high levels...

Consumers' budgets are influenced by the temporal frame used for the budget period. Budgets planned for the next month are much lower than recorded expenses, while those for the next year are closer to recorded expenses (study 1). The difficulty of estimating budgets for the next year imparts...

This paper proposes a forecasting procedure involving a combination of MIDAS-type regression models, allowing one to use high frequency predictors with different sampling frequencies to predict the U.S. Federal Government Expenditures (Net Outlays), Revenues and Deficits all of which are low...