Compilation of Input-Output Tables: Proceedings of a Session of the 17th General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Gouvieux, France, August 16 - 22, 1981

Those familiar with input-output analysis know well that compilation of input-output tables is a difficult statistical work. The very first input-output tables (e.g. such as those for the United States economy in 1919 and 1929 or for the Federal Republic of Germany in the fifties) were the results of applied economic research. But soon after, official statistical bodies, who understood that input-output tables consistent with national accounts can very much improve the quality of economic s...