Title: The App-RegMIP: an open access software for regional input-output tables estimation

Authors: Sebastián Nicolsás González; Carlos Adrián Romero; María Priscila Ramos; Pablo Augusto Negri; Matias Marino

Addresses: Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-FCE), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina ' Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-FCE), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina ' Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-FCE), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina ' Departamento de Computación, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-FCEyN), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Institute of Research in Computer Sciences (ICC), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina ' Departamento de Computación, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-FCEyN), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Laboratorio de Sistemas Complejos, CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract: To extend automatic regionalisation of a national input-output (IO) matrix we developed an (online and desk version) open access software tool, the App-RegMIP, which applies location quotients methods for regional coefficients estimations (FLQ, AFLQ). By considering a national IO matrix and sectoral gross outputs of the regions of interest, this software makes it possible to compute a first approximation of regional IO matrices in an easy and tractable way. These RIO matrices are the basic inputs for regional interindustry structure analysis, as illustrated by the case study of an Argentine Province. The App-RegMIP is thus a useful tool for the process of regional data generation and the first of its kind that is open access. Further extensions of this software could be the inclusion of other methods of regionalisation and matrices calibration methods, and the computation of multipliers and analytical indicators that can contribute to researchers' studies and policy-makers' decisions.

Keywords: non-survey techniques; regional input-output tables; location quotients methods; regionalisation open-access software; App-RegMIP; Argentina Province case study.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCEE.2022.122836

International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics, 2022 Vol.12 No.3, pp.284 - 302

Received: 19 Feb 2021
Accepted: 22 Apr 2021
Published online: 13 May 2022 *

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