Compilation of Input-Output Tables: Proceedings of a Session of the 17th General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Gouvieux, France, August 16 – 22, 1981

ISBN-13: 9783540115533 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 307 str.

S.B. Algera;O. Aukrust;J.-F. Divay

Opis

Those familiar with input-output analysis know well that compilation of input-output tables is a difficult statistical work. The very first input-output tables (e.g. such as those for the United States economy in 1919 and 1929 or for the Federal Republic of Germany in the fifties) were the results of applied economic research. But soon after, official statistical bodies, who understood that input-output tables consistent with national accounts can very much improve the quality of economic statistics, started systematic work in this field. It was also obvious that international exchange of experience can be useful. The two main internatio- nal fora in which discussion of input-output compilation took place were the international input-out- put conferences and United Nations bodies. Already at the First International Conference on Input-Output Techniques (Driebergen 1950) several authors analysed the relations between input-output tables and national accounts. The topic was also on the programme of the Second Conference (Varenna 1954). At the Third Conference (Geneva 1961) standardization of input-output statistics was a topic of a panel discussion of eight experts. The relevant papers, which are still of interest, can be found in published conference proceedings.

Spis treści

List of Contents.- I. — Systems of Input-Output Statistics.- Problems of Input-Output Accounting.- Compilation of Input-Output Tables: Canada.- Problems in the Compilation of Input-Output Tables in the Netherlands.- Compilation of Input-Output Tables in Norway.- Techniques in the Compilation of Danish Input-Output Tables: A new Approach to the Treatment of Imports.- II. — Special Problems of Input-Output Statistics.- Connecting National Accounts and Input-Output Tables in the Federal Republic of Germany.- Two Methods of Elaborating Input-Output Tables.- The Compilation of Input-Output Tables in Developing Countries.- The Value Added Tax within the Framework of Make-and Use Matrices — The Austrian Approach.- Problems of Identifying and Measuring Intermediate Services in the Compilation and Use of Input-Output Tables.