An input-output analysis of impact of voluntary self-restraint on the recreation industries

We quantified the impact of the decreased recreation demand caused by voluntary self-restraint following the Great East Japan Earthquake. We assumed an exogenous 10% reduction of the private consumption demand for three recreation industries experiencing decrease in demand due to self-restraintʺ: amusement and recreational services, eating and drinking places, and accommodations. We used a simple input-output model and found that their decline would reduce agriculture, fishery and related manufacturing sector output by about 2% and that of electricity, gas supply, water supply and waste management service by at most 1% through the input-output linkages.