Showing papers in "International Regional Science Review in 1980"
TL;DR: Two interpretations of accuracy, namely partitive and holistic accuracy, are discussed with reference to interpretation of input-output tables, and some suggested criteria for holistic accuracy are provided.
Abstract: This paper focuses attention on the concept of accuracy in regional input-output tables. Two interpretations of accuracy, namely partitive and holistic accuracy, are discussed with reference to interpretation of input-output tables. Implications are drawn from recent contributions to the regional input-output literature in terms of the ‘reconciliation’ debate and the survey versus non-survey debate. Holistic accuracy is the only concept which is tenable in practice; some suggested criteria for holistic accuracy are provided.
159 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the difference between the minimum requirement and location quotient estimates is proven not to be an estimate of imports as is widely believed, and a relatively new econometric method is shown to over-estimate exports.
Abstract: Four methods of estimating exports are widely used in regional analysis, particularly with the economic base model. The theoretical rationales for each are examined. An interpretation of the minimum requirement method is offered which solves the oft-noted, non-importation problem. The difference between the minimum requirement and location quotient estimates is proven not to be an estimate of imports as is widely believed, and a relatively new econometric method is shown to over-estimate exports. Estimates of exports are calculated for 101 metropolitan areas in the United States. Both theoretical and empirical evidence indicates that the location quotient method underestimates, yet the minimum requirement method produced lower estimates for 22 areas. The results suggest that the choice of estimation method may affect the results of sub-sequent analyses.
124 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the concepts of marginality and the informal sector as tools for understanding the urban economy in developing countries, using fieldwork in Bogota to evaluate the marginality concept.
Abstract: Fieldwork in Bogota is used to evaluate the concepts of marginality and the informal sector as tools for understanding the urban economy in developing countries. Each of these dualistic conceptuali...
61 citations
TL;DR: The authors assesses the extent to which energy scarcity might alter the process of intrametropolitan decentralization and finds that many adjustment mechanisms are likely to be used in preference to changes in land use patterns, and that typical city-suburban cost differentials caused by higher fuel prices are relatively small due to existing differences in work-trip characteristics, non-work automobile travel, and residential heating/cooling requirements.
Abstract: This paper assesses the extent to which energy scarcity might alter the process of intrametropolitan decentralization. It finds many adjustment mechanisms are likely to be used in preference to changes in land use patterns. Even in the absence of such adjustments, typical city-suburban cost differentials caused by higher fuel prices are relatively small due to existing differences in work-trip characteristics, non-work automobile travel, and residential heating/cooling requirements. Considerable location shifts within both cities and suburbs might be produced, but apparently energy scarcity will have little effect on central cities as a whole.
34 citations
TL;DR: The constant that relates the Type I and Type II income multipliers in an input-output model is proven to be exactly the consump tion multiplier for the household sector, and additional multiplier rela tionships between the open and closed models are derived as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The constant that relates the Type I and Type II income multipliers in an input-output model is proven to be exactly the consump tion multiplier for the household sector, and additional multiplier rela tionships between the open and closed models are derived.
20 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the concepts of central place theory and the ecological psychology of Roger Barker jointly offer a means for constructing social accounts based on time people spend in behavior settings within Functional Eco nomic Areas.
Abstract: Social accounts are important for tracing the complex interactions of social and economic phenomena within a unified frame work. The concepts of central place theory and the ecological psychology of Roger Barker jointly offer a means for constructing social accounts based on time people spend in behavior settings within Functional Eco nomic Areas. Barker's concept of behavior setting genotypes translates readily into standard categories in the economic censuses and other pub lished data systems, as is demonstrated here by linking Barker's data on private enterprise genotypes to the selected business functions used by Borchert and Adams to classify trade centers into hierarchical levels.
8 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, three supply responses prevent the potential price increase from occurring: repair of substandard housing, supply adjustment and occupancy rate adjustment, and all three together reduce it by 97 percent.
Abstract: If there were no supply response to the housing allowance program, the demand shift caused by the program would be large enough to cause a serious increase in the price of standard housing services. How-ever, three supply responses prevent the potential price increase from occurring: repair of substandard housing, supply adjustment, and occupancy rate adjustment. The first supply response reduces the potential price increase by two-thirds, the first and second together reduce it by four-fifths, and all three together reduce it by 97 percent.
8 citations