An Economic Impact Analysis of the Nursery and Landscaping Industry in Washington State

Sanjoy Bhattacharjee () and David Holland ()
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David Holland: School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University

No 2006-1, Working Papers from School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University

Abstract: This study shows the economic impact of the Washington State Nursery, Plant Materials and Landscaping industries on the Washington State economy. The analysis in this paper is based on 2002 Census of Agriculture and Census of Industry data, up-dated to 2005 and integrated into an IMPLAN based input-output (IO) model. The economic impact measured in this study relates only to Green Industry production and distribution sourced in the State of Washington. That is, the source of the product or service is firms located in Washington. Measured in 2002 dollars, the economic (direct and indirect) impact of the Green Industry in Washington is estimated to be $2.48 billion in sales and over 43,000 jobs. This report is organized as follows: In section 1, we give a brief overview of the study. In section 2, we present a brief literature review of other state studies made on Green Industry and their estimated economic impact. In section 3, we summarize the overall structure of Green Industry. In section 4 we discuss the research methodology. In section 5 we review the economic impact of Green Industry on the Washington economy as measured in our study, and section 6 concludes.

Keywords: green industry; regional economic impact; input-output analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2006-01
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