NATIONAL IMPACTS OF A REGIONAL PRIMARY INDUSTRY

This paper demonstrates a method whereby the national multiplier effects of a given regional industry (or group of industries) can be calculated. The method obviates the need to assume that national input-output coefficients will be duplicated in each regional case, and further does not necessitate the estimation of a complete regional input-output model. An example, utilizing some data originally collected for a regional input-output model of Central Queensland, is included