Supply versus use designs of environmental extensions in input-output analysis: Conceptual and empirical implications for the case of energy.

ABSTRACT: Input-output analysis is one of the central methodological pillars of industrial ecology. However, the literature that discusses different structures of environmental extensions (EEs), that is, the scope of physical flows and their attribution to sectors in the monetary input-output table (MIOT), remains fragmented. This article investigates the conceptual and empirical implications of applying two different but frequently used designs of EEs, using the case of energy accounting, where one represents energy supply while the other energy use in the economy. We derive both extensions from an official energy supply-use dataset and apply them to the same single-region input-output (SRIO) model of Austria, thereby isolating the effect that stems from the decision for the extension design. We al

SUBMITTER: Wieland H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7319417 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature