期刊名称：Discussion Papers / Business School, University of Strathclyde
出版年度：2004
卷号：2004
出版社：University of Strathclyde
摘要：The usefulness, rigour and consistency of Input-Output (IO) as an accounting framework is
well known. However, there is concern over the appropriateness of the standard IO
attribution approach, particularly when applied to environmental issues (Bicknell et al. 1998).
It is often argued that the source and responsibility for pollution should be located in human
private or public consumption. An example is the “ecological footprint” approach of
Wackernagel and Rees (1996). However, in the standard IO procedure, the pollution
attributed to consumption, particularly private consumption, can be small or even zero. Here
we attempt to retain the consumption-orientation of the “ecological footprint” method within
an IO framework by implementing a neo-classical linear attribution system (NCLAS) which
endogenises trade flows. We argue that this approach has practical and conceptual advantages
over the “ecological footprint”. The NCLAS method is then applied to the small, open
economy of Jersey.
