The Economic and Environmental Structure of Alabama's Coastal Region. Part I: Economic Structure

摘要

Complex economic interactions and interdependencies exist within the industrialized economy of the United States. A knowledge and understanding of these linkages is important for those charged with making decisions regarding economic development and planning. The information presented in this report is the result of a research project designed to develop an input-output model of the Alabama coastal counties--Mobile and Baldwin. In building this general model, the following objctives were met: (1) to develop a transactions table illustrating the flows of goods and services between all major economic sectors of the Mobile-Baldwin County area; (2) to determine the direct, indirect, and induced effects of changes in the economic activity of the area; and (3) to develop output, income, and employment multipliers for the major producing sectors of the area. Achievement of these objectives has provided economic data which will be useful to planners and governmental agencies in establishing policies and programs for the Alabama Coastal Region.