An Algorithm for Balancing Commodity-flow Systems

Esben Dalgaard and Christian Gysting

Economic Systems Research, 2004, vol. 16, issue 2, 169-190

Abstract: In many cases there is a need to balance commodity-flow system data quickly and with limited resources. In order to compile new supply and use tables and investment matrices consistent with revised national accounts data, it can be necessary to apply some sort of automatic balancing technique. The paper proposes an algorithm that, contrary to RAS, can balance a commodity-flow system with unequal net row and column sums. The algorithm is applied to a recent revision of Danish capital stock estimates.

Keywords: Updating; System Of National Accounts; Biproportion; Balancing Algorithm; Data Reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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