Chapter 8

Using input-output analysis to estimate the economic impacts of food system initiatives

Becca Jablonskia, Jeffrey K. O'Harab, Allison Baumana, Todd M. Schmitc, and Dawn Thilmanya aColorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Fort Collins, CO, United States bU.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Washington, DC, United States cCornell University, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, NY, United States

Abstract

In this chapter, we discuss how input-output (I-O) models can be used to estimate the economic impacts of different local food system investments, programs, or policies. In the first section, we describe the methods for conducting economic impact ...

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