Modelling the spatial and sectoral benefits of productivity enhancing innovations using a transport oriented multiregional IO framework: the ‘megatruck’ in Spain
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UAM. Departamento de Análisis Económico, Teoría Económica e Historia EconómicaPublisher
RoutledgeDate
2021-07-22Citation
10.1080/09535314.2021.1951178
Economic Systems Research (2021): 1-37
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0953-5314 (print); 1469-5758 (online)DOI
10.1080/09535314.2021.1951178Funded by
This work was supported by Ministerio de Fomento, Spain: [Grant Number P42-08]Project
Gobierno de España. P42/08Editor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2021.1951178Subjects
innovation; megatruck; Multiregional input–output table; productivity; transportation; EconomíaRights
© 2021 The Author(s)Esta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional.
Abstract
We render operational the model outlined by Carter (1990) via the introduction of the research methods necessary for studying the spatial and sectoral (upstream and downstream) benefits of productivity-enhancing innovations within a real interregional input–output framework. As case study we examine the reduction in production costs derived from the adoption of longer and heavier vehicles in freight road transportation. We exploit a new Spanish regional table including a detailed disaggregation of the transportation sector. The productivity gains at the national level, resulting from a 30% reduction in transport costs, amount to 2.95% of the GVA at market prices. Results show that firms operating in this niche market appropriate most of the gross operation surplus (which increases by 10%), consistent with the existence of market power. The remaining transportation sectors see profits slightly worsened, suggesting limited substitution effects. A high regional heterogeneity exists because of the different input–output structures
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Google Scholar:Zofío Prieto, José Luis
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González, Julio
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Prieto, Angel
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Vicente, Juan
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