Contact Us

Embodied Inputs and the Classification of Basic and Nonbasic Activity: Implications for Economic Base and Regional Growth Analysis

  1. Home
  2. >>
  3. Economics
  4. >>
  5. Growth, Allocation and Distribution
  6. >>
  7. Theories and Methods
  8. >>
  9. Input/ Output Analysis
  10. >>
  11. Embodied Inputs and the...
Embodied Inputs and the Classification of Basic and Nonbasic Activity: Implications for Economic Base and Regional Growth Analysis
Author(s)Stabler, J. C.; St. Louis, L. V.
AbstractStudies of the economic base of regional economics and their growth, which use techniques that rely only on labor force or final demand data, will overstate the amount of nonbasic activity supported by exports, produce upwardly biased multipliers, and misclassify activities into basic and nonbasic categories. Input – output analysis is used to introduce a technique that avoids these errors. The contribution of a basic activity to a regional economy is identified as the value added directly and indirectly throughout the economy as a result of export sales. The proper classification of basic and nonbasic activities and, consequently, the development of accurate multipliers depend upon the identification of embodied as well as direct exports.
IssueNo12
Pages1667-1675
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceEnvironment & Planning
VolumeNo22
PubDateDecember1990
ISBN_ISSN0308-518X


Boston University | ECI | Contact Us

Copyright Notification: The Social Science Library (SSL) is for distribution in a defined set of countries. The complete list may be found here. Free distribution within these countries is encouraged, but copyright law forbids distribution outside of these countries.