IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/jecstr/v5y2016i1d10.1186_s40008-015-0032-5.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Changes in the input–output structures of the six regions of Fukushima, Japan: 3 years after the disaster

Author

Listed:
  • Kiyoshi Yonemoto

    (Takasaki City University of Economics)

Abstract

This study investigates the changes in input–output and trade structures within the six regions of the Fukushima prefecture in the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Japan. The model is based on the 2005 multiregional input–output tables of Fukushima prefecture and its extended version, constructed by Yonemoto and Kanno (Innovation I-0 Tech 20: 11–23, 2012). Using more recent data, trade coefficients (intra-prefectural) and import coefficients (inter-prefectural) are modified. A sensitivity analysis, which quantifies the changes in backward-linkage effects, is then performed. The results show that the ripple effect, which decreased across many sectors and regions following the disaster (primarily due to the increase in import rates), has since returned to normal and in some cases has even improved beyond pre-disaster levels. However, in regions which suffered severe devastation, the effects on several sectors such as “Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery” are small and there are indications that those sectors have benefitted less from reconstruction.

Suggested Citation

  • Kiyoshi Yonemoto, 2016. "Changes in the input–output structures of the six regions of Fukushima, Japan: 3 years after the disaster," Journal of Economic Structures, Springer;Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS), vol. 5(1), pages 1-20, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jecstr:v:5:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1186_s40008-015-0032-5
    DOI: 10.1186/s40008-015-0032-5
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1186/s40008-015-0032-5
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1186/s40008-015-0032-5?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Yasuhide Okuyama & Geoffrey J. D. Hewings & Michael Sonis, 2004. "Measuring Economic Impacts of Disasters: Interregional Input-Output Analysis Using Sequential Interindustry Model," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Yasuhide Okuyama & Stephanie E. Chang (ed.), Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters, chapter 5, pages 77-101, Springer.
    2. Okamoto, Nobuhiro & Sano, Takao & Inomata, Satoshi, 2005. "Estimation Technique of International Input-Output Model by Non-survey Method," IDE Discussion Papers 28, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    3. Norihiko Yamano & Yoshio Kajitani & Yoshiharu Shumuta, 2007. "Modeling the Regional Economic Loss of Natural Disasters: The Search for Economic Hotspots," Economic Systems Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(2), pages 163-181.
    4. Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, 1985. "Regional Input-Output Analysis," Wholbk, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, number 11 edited by Grant I. Thrall, Fall.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Okuyama, Naoko & Inaba, Yoji, 2017. "Influence of natural disasters on social engagement and post-disaster well-being: The case of the Great East Japan Earthquake," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 1-13.
    2. Hiroyuki Shibusawa & Yuzuru Miyata, 2017. "Evaluating production effects of economic activity in zones surrounding the nuclear power station in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 1(2), pages 291-306, October.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Kiyoshi Yonemoto, 2016. "Changes in the input–output structures of the six regions of Fukushima, Japan: 3 years after the disaster," Journal of Economic Structures, Springer;Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS), vol. 5(1), pages 1-20, December.
    2. Iman Rahimi Aloughareh & Mohsen Ghafory Ashtiany & Kiarash Nasserasadi, 2016. "An Integrated Methodology For Regional Macroeconomic Loss Estimation Of Earthquake: A Case Study Of Tehran," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 61(04), pages 1-24, September.
    3. José Manuel Rueda-Cantuche & Iñaki Arto & Valeria Andreoni & José M. Rueda-Cantuche, 2012. "Worldwide economic effects of disruptions in the production chain: the 2011 Japanese disasters," EcoMod2012 4088, EcoMod.
    4. Hiroyuki Shibusawa & Yuzuru Miyata, 2017. "Evaluating production effects of economic activity in zones surrounding the nuclear power station in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 1(2), pages 291-306, October.
    5. Stéphane Hallegatte, 2014. "Modeling the Role of Inventories and Heterogeneity in the Assessment of the Economic Costs of Natural Disasters," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(1), pages 152-167, January.
    6. Stanislav Shmelev & Harrison Roger Brook, 2021. "Macro Sustainability across Countries: Key Sector Environmentally Extended Input-Output Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-46, October.
    7. Hughes, David W. & Brown, Cheryl & Miller, Stacy & McConnell, Tom, 2008. "Evaluating the Economic Impact of Farmers’ Markets Using an Opportunity Cost Framework," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 40(1), pages 1-13, April.
    8. Aroca, Patricio & Atienza, Miguel, 2011. "Economic implications of long distance commuting in the Chilean mining industry," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(3), pages 196-203, September.
    9. Lorenzo Carrera & Gabriele Standardi & Francesco Bosello & Jaroslav Mysiak, 2014. "Assessing Direct and Indirect Economic Impacts of a Flood Event Through the Integration of Spatial and Computable General Equilibrium Modelling," Working Papers 2014.82, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
    10. Turner, Karen & Alabi, Oluwafisayo & Smith, Martin & Irvine, John & Dodds, Paul E., 2018. "Framing policy on low emissions vehicles in terms of economic gains: Might the most straightforward gain be delivered by supply chain activity to support refuelling?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 528-534.
    11. Balbi Stefano & Giupponi Carlo & Olschewski Roland & Mojtahed Vahid, 2015. "The Total Cost of Water-Related Disasters," Review of Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 66(2), pages 225-252, August.
    12. Inoue, Hiroyasu & Todo, Yasuyuki, 2017. "Firm-level simulation of supply chain disruption triggered by actual and predicted earthquakes," MPRA Paper 82920, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 22 Feb 2017.
    13. mercado, p. ruben, 2003. "Empirical economywide modeling in argentina," MPRA Paper 58611, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    14. Kenneth G. Crowther & Yacov Y. Haimes, 2005. "Application of the inoperability input—output model (IIM) for systemic risk assessment and management of interdependent infrastructures," Systems Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 8(4), pages 323-341.
    15. Canning, Patrick & Wang, Zhi, 2003. "A Flexible Modeling Framework to Estimate Interregional Trade Patterns and Input-Output Accounts," Conference papers 331136, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    16. K. Jenkins, 2013. "Indirect economic losses of drought under future projections of climate change: a case study for Spain," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 69(3), pages 1967-1986, December.
    17. Tobias Emonts-Holley & Andrew Ross & J Kim Swales, 2015. "Type II errors in IO multipliers," Working Papers 1504, University of Strathclyde Business School, Department of Economics.
    18. Alan T. Murray, 2010. "Quantitative Geography," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(1), pages 143-163, February.
    19. Halkos, George & Tsilika, Kyriaki, 2012. "Constructing a Generator of Matrices with Pattern," MPRA Paper 43614, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    20. Muhammad Abdullah Khalid & Yousaf Ali, 2020. "Economic impact assessment of natural disaster with multi-criteria decision making for interdependent infrastructures," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(8), pages 7287-7311, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:jecstr:v:5:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1186_s40008-015-0032-5. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.