Consumer decisions are essential in reducing CO2 emissions released by human activities. Climate policies aimed at reducing consumers' carbon footprint require societal embrace and leaving no one behind; however, they often negatively affect low-income families and rural households with limited...

This paper studies the effect of a local sectoral productivity shock on subnational structural transformation. The analysis is based on regional input-output tables constructed for 2004 and 2013 and available censuses of firms in 2003 and 2013 for Ghana. Based on the data, the analysis confirms...

Intersectoral linkages can act as shock propagation channels and shape the pattern of structural transformation. To our knowledge, no research has examined how subnational differences in intersectoral linkages impact such spillover effects. We hypothesize that regional differences in local...

Regions and industries are not isolated islands; so, when evaluating productivity growth, regional and sectoral growth paths should not be expected to generate independently. Moreover, accounting for spatial interactions via econometric models has become normal practice; but modelling...

The conflict between economic development and growth and environmental quality at a regional level has been analyzed using input-output techniques. The trade-offs between macro-economic goals such as output expansion, income growth, employment creation on the one hand, and pollution abatement on...