Voorhees, William R. - In: Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial … 18 (2006) 1, pp. 61-76
One component of revenue forecast error has been attributed to the phenomena of consistent underestimation bias due asymmetrical loss. Because underestimation of revenue forecast results in less loss to forecasters than overestimations, there appears to be a bias for forecasters to underestimate...