Book Description

Thijs ten Raa, author of the acclaimed text The Economics of InputOCoOutput Analysis, now takes the reader to the forefront of the field. This volume collects and unifies his and his co-authors'' research papers on national accounting, InputOCoOutput coefficients, economic theory, dynamic models, stochastic analysis, and performance analysis. The research is driven by the task to analyze national economies. The final part of the book scrutinizes the emerging Asian economies in the light of international competition. Sample Chapter(s). Introduction (45 KB). Chapter 1: National Accounts, Planning and Prices (108 KB). Contents: National Accounts: National Accounts, Planning and Prices; Commodity and Sector Classifications in Linked Systems of National Accounts; Accounting or Technical Coefficients: The Choice of Model in the Construction of InputOCoOutput Coefficients Matrices; The Extraction of Technical Coefficients from Input and Output Data; Neoclassical and Classical Connections: On the Methodology of InputOCoOutput Analysis; The Substitution Theorem; Dynamic InputOCoOutput Analysis: Dynamic InputOCoOutput Analysis with Distributed Activities; Applied Dynamic InputOCoOutput with Distributed Activities; Stochastic InputOCoOutput Analysis: Primary Versus Secondary Production Techniques in US Manufacturing; Stochastic Analysis of InputOCoOutput Multipliers on the Basis of Use and Make Tables; Performance Analysis: A Neoclassical Analysis of TFP Using InputOCoOutput Prices; Competition and Performance: The Different Roles of Capital and Labor; The Canadian Economy: A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Evolution of Canadian Service Productivity; The Location of Comparative Advantages on the Basis of Fundamentals Only; Asian Economies: Competitive Pressures on China: Income Inequality and Migration; Competitive Pressure on the Indian Households: A General Equilibrium Approach; and other papers. Readership: Economists at research institutes and universities, national accountants, graduate students in economics, and trade policy analysts."