Multi-regional input–output tables for macroeconomic simulations in poland’s regions

Abstract

The capacity of multi-regional input–output tables (MRIOTs) to investigate linkages across structures and subnational regions within a country makes them a useful and solid tool of various types of simulations. This study develops MRIOTs for the Polish regions that can be subse-quently employed to macroeconomic simulations, including assessing internal policy impulse re-sponses or testing the regional economic resilience to external shocks. For this purpose, we build three macro-regions, discuss how their structural features validate their use to study differentials in economic policy effects or regional economic resilience, and finally, describe the process of constructing the MRIOTs.