It is well known that the intermediate deliveries in (regional) input – output tables are estimated more accurately if nonsurvey techniques are complemented by superior data, obtained via surveys, experts, or other reliable sources. Collecting superior data is costly and it is therefore...

This paper quantifies the effects of some proximate causes for the regional productivity disparities of China in 1997 and their growth in the five years thereafter. A novel shift-share approach based on input–output data is used to divide the regional differences, so that explicit attention is...

J<sc>iang</sc> X., D<sc>ietzenbacher</sc> E. and L<sc>os</sc> B. Improved estimation of regional input--output tables using cross-regional methods, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Many regional input--output tables are estimated by means of non-survey methods. Often, information on the margins of the projected table is complemented by...

Structural decomposition techniques are used to break down the changes in one variable into the changes in its determinants. Typically, these determinants are assumed to be independent. Using the decomposition of value added growth as a prototype example, this paper examines the phenomenon that...