HARMONISING NATIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES FOR CONSUMPTION-BASED ACCOUNTING - EXPERIENCES FROM EXIOPOL

Richard Wood, Troy R. Hawkins, Edgar G. Hertwich and Arnold Tukker

Economic Systems Research, 2014, vol. 26, issue 4, 387-409

Abstract: Environmentally extended, multi-regional, input-output (MRIO) databases have emerged to fulfil the need for mapping the impacts of globalisation, following resource-intensive supply chains crossing country borders. EXIOBASE is one such data set designed for use in analysis relevant to resource use and European Union policy. It provides the most detailed harmonised sector classification in any MRIO and integrates data from a wide range of sources. We review the necessary steps in order to harmonise source data in MRIO databases, and describe methods to increase the product and industry detail of aggregate supply and use tables (SUTs) in order to provide a homogenous classification across countries that allows resource-specific modelling. We cover mathematical programming approaches used to reconcile data sets, and investigate some implications of reverse engineering symmetric input-output tables and disaggregating the SUTs. We focus particularly on the footprint multiplier at the product level, where policy formation is targeted.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2014.960913

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