Government Budget Forecasting: Improving the State of the Art, J. Sun and T.D. Lynch FORECAST PRACTICES Federal Revenue Forecasting, R. G. Penner The State of the Art: Revenue Forecasting in U.S. State Government, K. G. Willoughby and H. Guo Forecasting State Revenues in Louisiana: From Dramatic Changes in the Oil and Gas Industry in the 1970s and 1980s to the Aftermath of Catastrophic Hurricanes in the 2000s, J. A. Richardson Budget Forecasting for the State of California, J. D. Vasche, B. Williams, and R. Ingenito Forecasting the Personal Income Tax, Q. XU, R. Megna, H. Kayser, and L. Holland Income Tax Forecasting in Minnesota, T. F. Stinson, P. D. Meagher, and J. L. Peloquin Methods and Issues in Forecasting Casino Tax Revenue, J. Landers Estimating and Forecasting Welfare Caseloads, S. Gurmu and W. J. Smith Forecast Evaluation: A Case Study, J. Sun Using Census Data to Forecast New Local Sales Taxes, J. D. Wong Does Revenue Forecasting Responsibility Matter: The Case of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,C. D. Kammholzand C. S. Maher Evaluating Revenue Forecasting in City Governments: A Survey of Texas Finance Directors,C.G. Reddick Pro Forma Forecasting for Determining Financial Position of Enterprise Operations in Government, A. Khan Preparing Data for Forecasting, D. W. Williams CONSENSUS FORECASTING Consensus Forecasting for Budgeting in Theory and Practice, W. E Klay and J. A. Vonasek Use of Consensus Revenue Forecasting in the U.S. State Governments, Y. Qiao State Revenue Forecasting in the State of Indiana: A Consensus System in a Politically Divided State, J. L. Mikesell Consensus Revenue Estimating in State Government: A Case of What Works in Kansas, J.D. Wong and C.D. Ekstrom UNCERTAINTY AND RISK ASSESSMENT IN BUDGET FORECASTING Forecast Errors: Balancing the Risks and Costs of Being Wrong, Q. Xu, H. Kayser, and L. Holland State Fiscal Management: What Practitioners Can Learn from Risk Management Theory, F. Thompson and B.L. Gates State Tax Portfolios: An Integrated Methodology for Forecasting and Analysis, R. D. Nelson OTHER TOPICS IN BUDGET FORECASTING Forecasting Revenues and Expenditures in the Public Sector: Guidance from a Code of Ethics, R. W. Smith Transparency in Government Revenue Forecasting, C. Garofalo and N. Rangarajan Incorporating Fiscal Architecture into Budget Forecasting, S. Wallace Forecasting Practices in Emerging Countries: The Morocco Experience, A. Zemrani Index