AbstractsEconomics

An application of the input-output technique to the forest industries of the Atlantic provinces.

by Nugent. Miller




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Economics and Political Science.
Degree: MA.
Year: 1964
Keywords: Economics.; Interindustry economics.; Atlantic provinces  – industries and resources.
Record ID: 1512342
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile116581.pdf


Abstract

The thesis undertaken in the following pages originated in the author's participation in a larger study of the Atlantic region of Canada, à region which embraces the four provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. This major project is concerned with the construction of input-output tables for each of the four provinces and one for the region as a whole. It is designed to allow study of the interindustry structure of the region and its sectoral demand, first, as a function of the activity levels of the various industries, and, second, as a function of final output. [...]