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Using Regional Economic Indexes to Forecast Tax Bases: Evidence from New York

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  • Robert Rich

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

  • Jason Bram

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

  • Andrew Haughwout

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

  • James Orr

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

  • Rae Rosen

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

  • Rebecca Sela

    (Leonard K. Stern School of Business, New York University)

Abstract
This paper evaluates the use of measures of regional economic activity to forecast tax revenues for New York State and New York City at 3-, 6-, and 12-month horizons. We construct sales- and withholding-tax base series and then apply the methodology of Stock and Watson (1989, 1991) to estimate regional indexes of coincident economic indicators. Employing an out-of-sample forecasting framework, we find that the use of the coincident indexes leads to statistically and economically significant improvements in tax base forecasts compared to those generated from univariate autoregressions. In addition, the coincident indexes produce forecasts that are generally more accurate than forecasts that rely on the use of the coincident indicators separately. Though our analysis focuses on forecasting movements in tax revenue at the state or local level, it is also intended to draw attention to the value the indexes may provide in other applications. © 2005 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Robert Rich & Jason Bram & Andrew Haughwout & James Orr & Rae Rosen & Rebecca Sela, 2005. "Using Regional Economic Indexes to Forecast Tax Bases: Evidence from New York," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 87(4), pages 627-634, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:87:y:2005:i:4:p:627-634
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    1. Todd E. Clark & Michael W. Mccracken, 2014. "Tests Of Equal Forecast Accuracy For Overlapping Models," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(3), pages 415-430, April.
    2. Jason Bram & James A. Orr & Robert W. Rich & Rae D. Rosen & Joseph Song, 2009. "Is the worst over? Economic indexes and the course of the recession in New York and New Jersey," Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, vol. 15(Sep).

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