rpulkrabek
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Your opinion on multi-year analysis study area
We're conducting 12 year historical analysis on a 15 state study area. For simplicity and consistency, we've used the 15 state study area for each of the 12 years. But we're starting to question th...
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Sector 31 employment multipliers
I notice that my employment multipliers for sector 31 (electric generation, transmission, and distribution) are huge - 3 to 4. In most other analysis I see 1.3 to sometimes over 2. Why would this s...
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Production Function terms and exporting
Hello, I wanted to make sure I'm understanding the "Edit Industry Production Function" screen. Specifically, what does the Total Absorption Value refer to? I'd thought it was the commodity % spent ...
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Jobs vs FTE
I've been reporting my results as IMPLAN jobs (not converting to FTEs). It seems more straightforward and meaningful (its still a full year's job, even if less than 2080 hours). I notice a majority...
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Benchmark I-O tables
Hello, I've been reading through your good knowledge base descriptions of IMPLAN's data sources, and how you combine them to make useful data. It sounds like the base production functions derive fr...