Estimating Budget Relationships With a Leontief Input-Output Model

Abstract

Forty years ago, the Office of the Secretary of Defense proposed using the Leontief input-output model to assess tradeoffs in the Department of Defense's (DoD) budget. We demonstrate that the Leontief input-output model can assess tradeoffs in the Air Force's budget. To increase one part of the Air Force's budget, we need to know the interrelationships between that budget area and the other areas. In this research, we look at different methods of how the functional areas might interact. We demonstrate our methodology on two data sets - DoD and the Air Force aggregate budget data. By looking at how the functional areas interact, we hope to be able to find a sound methodology that will provide assistance to Air Force leadership for determining appropriate levels of funding.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA391243

Entities

People

  • Guenever L. Shariff

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Budgets
  • Budgets
  • Combat Forces
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Systems
  • Economics
  • Input Output Models
  • Linear Programming
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Personnel
  • Models
  • Money
  • Procurement
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Theoretical Analysis.