An Introductory Review of Input-Output Analysis in Sustainability Sciences Including Potential Implications of Aggregation
| dc.contributor.author | Bunsen, Jonas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Finkbeiner, Matthias | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-02T12:34:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-02T12:34:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12-20 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Input-output analysis has become a widely established method in sustainability sciences. It is primarily used in macroeconomic footprint analyses for allocating an economy’s externalities among the agents in that economy based on the agents’ input-output interdependencies. However, databases for input-output analyses are commonly compiled by aggregating data. Aggregation of input-output data inevitably leads to a loss of information and in some instances can lead to misinformed decision-making. The goal of this paper is to provide a simple hands-on numerical introduction to input-output analysis including the potential implications of data aggregation in an original manner. First, the calculation of production-based and consumption-based inventories is introduced based on a dummy 2 × 2 input-output table. Next, the inventories of the 2 × 2 input-output table are compared with the production-based and consumption-based inventories of a corresponding non-aggregated 4 × 4 input-output table. A comparison of the inventories of both dummy input-output tables allows for an exemplary demonstration of inaccurate allocation as a result of data aggregation and to conclude on potential implications for decision-making. Overall, this work offers a succinct and numerically substantiated introductory review of input-output analysis for practitioners in sustainability sciences including the potential implications of aggregation of input-output data. Its simplistic approach sets this work apart from other publications on aggregation in input-output analysis that are founded in economics or econometrics. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | TU Berlin, Open-Access-Mittel – 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2071-1050 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/18270 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-17063 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject.ddc | 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::333 Boden- und Energiewirtschaft | |
| dc.subject.other | input-output analysis | en |
| dc.subject.other | methods for sustainability assessment | en |
| dc.title | An Introductory Review of Input-Output Analysis in Sustainability Sciences Including Potential Implications of Aggregation | en |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber | 46 | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi | 10.3390/su15010046 | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle | Sustainability | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername | MDPI | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplace | Basel | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume | 15 | |
| dcterms.rightsHolder.reference | Creative-Commons-Lizenz | |
| tub.accessrights.dnb | free | * |
| tub.affiliation | Fak. 3 Prozesswissenschaften::Inst. Technischen Umweltschutz::FG Technischer Umweltschutz / Sustainable Engineering | |
| tub.publisher.universityorinstitution | Technische Universität Berlin |