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Sector Classification in Government Finance Statistics

  • December 19, 2014

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  • 07:47

This episode introduces the statistical approach to classifying units into the general government and the public sector. It explains the use of a decision tree to classify units by institutional sectors, and discusses some boundary issues.

  • Claudia Dziobek, Chief Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department
  • Phil Stokoe, Economist Government Finance Division
  • Deon Tanzer, Economist Government Finance Division
  • Hendrik Tillmann-Zorn, GFS Expert