regional input-output tables historical background goes back to 1950 when its idea was proposed by walter isard. in iran, regional accounts generation started in the fifth development plan before the islamic revolution, but these accounts have been generated only for some provinces. the generation and completion of these accounts and tables on the basis of surveying and mechanical methods or a ...

Use of the Internet in economic pedagogy is growing, but it has not received much attention in the economic education literature. Almost no studies have measured the impact of using Internet technology on student learning and retention, perceptions of instructor effectiveness, and changes in attitudes toward economics. We report the results from classroom experiments that tested the influence o...

This paper aims at integrating data envelopment analysis (DEA) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to evaluate the economic development achieved by local governments in China. Since most similar evaluations are multi-objection problems, which both DEA and AHP are capable of solving, the integration of these two approaches is shown to be even more powerful. The proposed integrated DEA/AHP model...

Acceptance control charts are effective tools tomonitor capable processes in which the fraction of the produced nonconforming items is very low. In these charts, some controlled changes in the process mean are allowed, and the production of a specified number of defectives is tolerated. Designing these acceptance control charts by considering the cost of sampling, detecting, and investigating o...

Abstract: The paper shows how introducing economic variables into a credit scorecard improves the predictive power of the scorecard. Such a scorecard can forecast default rates accurately even when economic conditions change This means one can develop a single step approach to estimating the Point in Time PDs which are requirements of the Basel Accord banking regulations. A one step approach ha...

Major natural disasters in recent years have had high human and economic costs, and triggered record high postdisaster relief from governments and international donors. Given the current economic situation worldwide, selecting the most effective disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures is critical. This is especially the case for low- and middle-income countries, which have suffered disproportion...

Hybrid energy systems (HES) have been proposed to be an important element to enable increasing penetration of clean energy. This paper proposes a methodology for operations optimization to maximize their economic value based on predicted renewable generation and market information. A multienvironment computational platform for performing such operations optimization is also developed. To compen...

In this paper we discuss some formal limitations in contemporary economic theory and their solution in alternative set theories. The computability of choice functions as well as the existence of economic equilibria and of states of the world may not be ensured in general if the assumed set theory is ZFC. We claim that a switch to an alternative set theory may help to get rid of some of these ne...

Grid computing is a promising technology for future computing platforms. Here, the task of scheduling computing resources proves difficult as resources are geographically distributed and owned by individuals with different access and cost policies. This paper addresses the idea of applying economic models to the scheduling task. To this end a scheduling infrastructure and a market-economic meth...

Empowerment of women has emerged as an important issue in recent times. The economic empowerment of women is being regarded these days as a Sine-quo-non of progress for a country; hence, the issue of economic empowerment of women is of paramount importance to political thinkers, social scientists and reformers. The Self Help Groups (SHGs) have paved the way for economic independence of rural wo...