A Simple Multiregional Input–Output Account for Waste Analysis 1

Multiregional input–output models, such as the Isard model, the Chenery–Moses model, and the Leontief–Strout model, have played a crucial role in determining regional equilibrium outputs generated by regional final demand (see Isard 1951; Moses 1955; Chenery and Clark 1959; Leontief and Strout 1963). Although the traditional multiregional input–output models do not treat the intra- and interregional material balance of intermediate and final wastes as joint products, ² the models could be useful in accounting for regional waste generation directly and indirectly induced by regional final demand. To construct such a model, the intra- and interregional material balance of the industrial wastes in physical terms would need to be combined with that of goods and services in monetary terms.