Vietnam Inter-Regional Input-Output Analysis: The Bi-regional and 8-regional Cases of Vietnam

Abstract

The Leontiefs input-output system was developed to the inter-regional input-output model by Isard in 1951. The idea of the inter-regional input-output model was specified by Richardson and it is considered as an important tool in researching of regional economy. The inter-regional input-output model describes not only the relationship between sectors but also the relationship between regions based on trading flows among regions and the trading flows between regions and foreign countries. This research develops two types of inter-regional input-output tables of Vietnam: the inter-regional input-output table with two regions, and the inter-regional input-output table with eight regions.