Regional Analysis of Forest Industries: Input-Output Methods

Author： Flick Warren A. Trenchi III Peter Bowers John R.

Publisher： Society of American Foresters

ISSN： 0015-749X

Source： Forest Science, Vol.26, Iss.4, 1980-12, pp. : 548-560

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Abstract

In an effort to better understand the economic role of forest-based industries in Alabama, a 25 sector input-output model of Alabama's economy was constructed for 1977. The model developed in this study is a unique hybridization of primary and secondary data, and it captures many of the advantages of interview based models at a cost only slightly above that of a complete secondary data model. Primary survey data were derived from an extensive mail survey of all of Alabama's mining and manufacturing industries (17 of the 25 endogenous sectors). Secondary data from an aggregated national input-output model and data from the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station were used to model nonsurveyed sectors (8 of 25). The methods allow consistent estimates of taxes paid to two categories of government and give exports and imports determined from survey data. A complete model can be developed within 18 months of the close of the model's base year. Forest Sci. 26:548-560.