 Negatives in symmetric input-output tables: The impossible quest for the holy grailPost-Print from HAL Abstract: In the Supply-Use (or Make-Use) input-output model, "product-technology" (PT) or "fixed-industry-sales-structure" (FISS) assumptions are more widely adopted (SNA, Eurostat) for deriving symmetric input-output tables (SIOT) than "industry-technology" or "fixed-product-sales-structure" assumptions, but generate negatives in the SIOT. A SIOT deduced from the Supply-Use model is considered as satisfactory as soon as it contains no more negatives: scholars have focused on the negatives in the SIOT and on how to remove them. However, as a SIOT may include no negatives even if there are some negatives in the inverse Supply matrix, we have completely reversed the reasoning. A counter-example demonstrates that computing the inverse Supply matrix, as imposed by PT or FISS assumptions, is mathematically a nonsense operation even when the SIOT does not include any negative; this result is new. Hence, deriving a SIOT under PT or FISS assumptions must be rejected. Three applications are provided: Austria 2000 and 2005 and USA 2007. Keywords: Input-Output; Supply-Use; Make-Use; Product technology; SIOT; SNA; Eurostat (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Annals of Regional Science, 2009, pp.Forthcoming. ⟨10.1007/s00168-009-0332-5⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00418857 DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0332-5 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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