The RAS Approach in Updating Input-Output Matrices: An Instrumental Variable Interpretation and Analysis of Structural Change

Mun-Heng Toh

Economic Systems Research, 1998, vol. 10, issue 1, 63-78

Abstract: The main purposes of the paper are to reconsider the rationale of the RAS method, and to attempt to improve on its interpretation and usefulness. The substitution and fabrication factors in the RAS method are interpreted as statistical estimates obtained by the method of instrumental variables. This enables the computation of asymptotic standard errors for the factors and the relative precision of the predicted technical coefficients. Furthermore, an adjustment cost minimization model to describe how a sector determines its substitution and fabrication factors is presented. The solutions of the model provide another rationale for the RAS method, and the associated Lagrangian multipliers can be useful for assessing structural constraints and structural change.

Keywords: RAS method; instrumental variables; sectoral optimization model; Lagrange multipliers; relative precision of coefficients (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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