Regional Science Groningen

Current research projects

A full list of the EUIOS-related projects is here

EXIOPOL ("A new environmental accounting framework using EXternality data and Input-Output tools for POLicy analysis")

The project has three principal objectives: (1) To synthesize and develop comprehensive estimates of the external costs for Europe of a broad set of economic activities; (2) To set up a detailed environmentally extended (EE) Input-Output (I-O) framework, with links to other socio-economic models, in which as many of these estimates as possible are included. This will allow for the estimation of environmental impacts and external costs of different economic sector activities, final consumption activities and resource consumption for countries in the EU; and (3)To apply the results of the external cost estimates and EE I-O analysis for the analysis of policy questions of importance, as well as to evaluate the impact of past research on external costs on policy-making in the EU.

Researchers involved: Maaike Bouwmeester, Jan Oosterhaven and Dirk Stelder

Duration: 3 years (March 2007 - March 2010)

Funded by: European Commision, DG Research (under the 6th Framework Programme, Priority 6.3 Global Change and Ecosystems)

Environmentally extended Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables for the Aggregated EU27 ("Statistical services in support to environmental data centers on natural resources and products: processing data towards an environmentally extended supply, use, input-output framework")

The main objective of this project is to develop data processing routines that (1) prepare and integrate Environmental Accounts data with National Account's Supply, Use, and Input-Output Tables (ESA95 SUIOTs); (2) perform integrated environmental and economic modelling (environmentally extended Input- Output Analyses); and (3) organise and present resulting data.

Researchers involved: Maaike Bouwmeester, Jan Oosterhaven (coordinator) and Dirk Stelder

Duration: almost 2 years (February 2010 - December 2011)

Funded by: Eurostat (Unit E.3 –Environmental statistics and accounts)

WIOD

System of Regional Models 2009-2011, a project for the EU cohesion policy together with the VU Amsterdam and TNO Delft. Link

Past research projects

IASON (Integrated Assessment of Spatial Economic and Network Effects of Transport Investments and Policies), financed by the EU (2001-2003)