Economics Department Working Paper Series
Working Paper Number
2022-14
Publication Date
2022
Abstract
Recent developments in the theory of production networks offer interesting applications and revival of input-output analysis. Some recent papers have studied the propagation of a temporary, negative shock through an input-output network. Such analyses of shock propagation relies on eigendecomposition of relevant input-output matrices. It is well known that only diagonizable matrices can be eigendecomposed; those that are not diagonalizable, are known as defective matrices. In this paper, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for diagonalizability of any square matrix using its rank and eigenvalues. To apply our results, we offer examples of input-output tables from India in the 1950s that were not diagonalizable and were hence, defective.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/pkv2-jm10
License
UMass Amherst Open Access Policy
Recommended Citation
Arora, Mohit and Basu, Deepankar, "Input-Output Tables and Some Theory of Defective Matrices" (2022). Economics Department Working Paper Series. 331.
https://doi.org/10.7275/pkv2-jm10