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       FSH 1909.17 - ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS HANDBOOK

              CHAPTER 20 - ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS

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21       ELEMENTS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS 
21.1     Scope of Program or Project
21.2     Purposes of Economic Impact Analyses 
21.3     Means to Estimate Economic Multiplier Effects

22       METHODS OF ESTIMATING ECONOMIC IMPACTS 
22.1     Input-Output Analysis 
22.2     Input-Output Tables  
22.3     Methods of Assembling Data 
22.4     IMPLAN, the Forest Service System 

23       MEASURES OF ECONOMIC IMPACTS 
23.1     Types of Impacts and Multipliers
23.11    Direct Outputs
23.12    Indirect Outputs 
23.13    Induced Outputs 
23.2     Impacts and Multipliers for Small Areas 
23.3     Components of Impacts and Multipliers

24       DEFINING THE RELEVANT IMPACT AREA 
24.1     Criteria for Defining Impact Analysis Areas 
24.11    Economic Centers
24.12    Trade Patterns Based on Raw-Material Outputs 
24.13    Trade Patterns Based on On-Site Use of Outputs 
24.14    Counties with Program Lands
24.15    Residences of Labor Force 
24.2     Additional Impact Areas 

25       GENERATING AND MODIFYING BASIC DATA FOR IMPACT AREA
25.1     Generating and Reviewing County Data 
25.2     Modifying Data at the County Level 

26       DEVELOPING A REGIONAL ECONOMIC MODEL
26.1     Steps in Model Development 
26.2     Aggregating Sectors of the Regional Model  
26.3     Review of Model Results and Multipliers  

27       SPECIFYING ECONOMIC CHANGES FROM ACTION PROGRAMS 
27.1     Specifying Changes from Alternative Levels of Program 
         Activities
27.11    Identify Outputs and Processes 
27.12    Specify Changes in Physical Units 
27.13    Estimate Per Unit Values 
27.14    Allocating Values to Appropriate Sectors 
27.15    Adjusting Values to Constant Dollars 
27.2     Direct and Indirect Changes in Government Expenditures 
27.21    Forest Service Expenditures 
27.22    Purchaser-Credit Roads 
27.23    Shared Receipts 

28       ESTIMATING ECONOMIC IMPACTS
28.1     Economic Impact Calculations 
28.2     Extensions of Economic Impact Analysis 
28.21    Supply-Constrained Industries 
28.22    Structural Change 
28.23    Labor Force Utilization 

29       REFERENCES