Candi Clouse, PhD
Articles
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Household Income
Household Income represents the income received by people for their participation in production, from government and business transfer payments, and from returns on capital (e.g., interest payments...
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Groups
In IMPLAN, Groups pair Regions and Events, which can be mixed-and-matched on the Impacts screen. Groups also set both the Data Year, the Dollar Year, and provide scaling options. Several Events can...
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Getting Started
INTRODUCTION Before logging into IMPLAN, users must first have valid and active credentials. Valid IMPLAN credentials consist of two components: a username and a password, both of which are exclusi...
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Construction: Building the Analysis
INTRODUCTION There are a few special considerations for modeling construction impacts. Not only are all projects different, they need to be carefully considered in IMPLAN. Construction Industries d...
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Data Year
Data Year is the year of the dataset that you are utilizing. For more information, check out the article Which Year Is It Anyway?
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Dollar Year
Dollar Year is the year represented by the values in your Event. This is usually (but not always) the same as the year in which your event occurred or is expected to occur. On the Impacts screen,...
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How IMPLAN Works
INTRODUCTION IMPLAN is the leading provider of economic impact data and analytical software. The company began in 1972 working with the U.S. Forest Service and has grown to a current user base of a...
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Opportunity Cost
An Opportunity Cost is the benefit that is lost when one choice is made over another. Learn more at Key Assumptions of IMPLAN & Input-Output Analysis.
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Net Analysis
A Net Analysis reports a holistic look at the effects resulting from a change in production or spending in the economy by considering both the positive and negative effects of a given scenario. Vi...
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Social Accounting Matrix (SAM)
SAMs expand upon the traditional I-O tables to also include transactions between Industries and Institutions and between Institutions themselves, thereby capturing all monetary market transactions ...