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| van Schoor, Melt; Punt, Cecilia; McDonald, Scott. |
| This report provides a technical description of the development of a set of Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs) for South Africa for the base year 2000. The set of SAMs consists of a national SAM, four regional SAMs and a multiregional SAM. The point of departure is a National Accounting Matrix (NAM) for South Africa. The report discusses the structure of each type of SAM, the main data sources that were used and the way in which different sets of data were organised for inclusion in the SAM. Entropy techniques were used to estimate missing information in order to derive complete and consistent SAMs. The theory and practical implementation of the entropy techniques are discussed in this report. The large number of accounts included in the SAMs warranted that... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D5. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58067 |
