Accounting for value added embodied in trade and consumption: an intercomparison of global multiregional input–output databases

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 78-94

  Steen Olsen, Kjartan ^a   Owen, Anne ^b   Barrett, John ^b   Guan, Dabo ^c   Hertwich, Edgar G ^a,f   Lenzen, Manfred ^d   Wiedmann, Thomas ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Eora; GTAP; MRIO comparison; Multiregional input output tables; WIOD

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATABASE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 84960094958     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: 14695758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2016.1141751     Document Type: Article

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