Regional economic structure and environmental pollution : An application of interregional models
by B. E. M. G. Coupé
1. General Introduction -- 1.1. The intraregional structure -- 1.2. The interregional structure -- 2. Economic-Ecologic Models -- 2.1. Input-Output analysis -- 2.2. Leontief’s Model -- 2.3. Cumberland’s Model -- 2.4. Daly’s Model -- 2.5. Isard’s Model -- 2.6. Victor’s Model -- 2.7. Conclusion -- 3. The Consumption Function -- 3.1. Theoretical consumption function -- 3.2. Estimation of the consumption function -- 4. The Investment Function -- 4.1. Theoretical investment function -- 4.2. Estimation of the investment function -- 5. The Employment Function -- 5.1. Theoretical employment function -- 5.2. Estimation of the employment function -- 6. The Pollution Input-Output Matrix -- 6.1. Conceptual approach -- 6.2. Estimation of the pollution input-output matrix -- 6.3. Comparison of the two estimations -- 7. The Pollution Dispersion Matrix -- 7.1. The concept of a pollution dispersion matrix -- 7.2. Previous studies -- 7.3. Estimation of the pollution dispersion matrix -- 7.4. Results -- 7.5. Pollution constraints and wind directions -- 8. The Input-Output Matrix -- 8.1. Imports and exports -- 8.2. Transportation problems and input-output tables -- 8.3. Construction of the model -- 9. The Mathematics of the Model -- 9.1. Geometric programming -- 9.2. Generalized reduced gradient methods -- 10. Results -- 10.1. Application I -- 10.2. Application II -- 10.3. Application III.A -- 10.4. Application III.B -- 10.5. Summary of the results of applications I, II, IIIA and IIIB -- 11. Conclusions.