Authors

• Ali Asghar Banouei, ¹
• Fatemeh Bazzazan ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In this article, we observe that three main spatial factors play pivotal role in construction of regional input-output table (RIOT): openness of regional economy relative to national economy, size of region and size of supply and demand sectors in region relative to national economy, and finally, the relative degrees of self-sufficiency in different regions. The main focus of this article is to quantitatively analyze the following main question: "To what extent such spatial factors in construction of RIOTs in Iran have been adhered?" For this purpose simple average expenditure, output multiplier and import multiplier of nine provinces have been estimated and then compared with the corresponding national level. The overall results show that the spatial dimensions for most of the provinces have been neglected.

Keywords

• Spatial economic dimensions
• Size of supply and demand Sectors
• Output multipliers
• Import multiplier