The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)
Table 7 Design of policy experiments
| Scenarios | Description | Design |
|---|---|---|
| Scenario 1 | Capital-using technical change | Increase of capital intensity (3 %) in agriculture |
| Scenario 2 | Labor-using technical change | Increase of labor intensity (10 %) in agriculture |
| Scenario 3 | Improving the agricultural resource base (teach farmers how to better use fertilizer) | Reduction (10 %) of chemicals per unit of aggregate intermediate input |
| Reduction (20 %) of factor requirements per unit of output | ||
| Scenario 4 | Reducing fertilizer sourcing costs | Reduction (50 %) of import trade margins for chemicals |
| Reduction (50 %) of domestic trade margins for chemicals | ||
| Scenario 5 | Reducing fertilizer distribution costs | Reduction (50 %) in import transportation costs for chemicals |
| Reduction (50 %) in domestic transportation costs for chemicals |
