Abstract
We estimated the economic repercussions of using local wood products in public buildings in Kyoto. We used input-output analysis for this estimation. When the final demand for wood products was 8.132 million yen, the induced production value was 12.110 million yen, for a ratio of production value to final demand of 1.49. Next, we investigated two scenarios: The route with log and lumber production and consumption in Kyoto prefecture (Scenario 1) and the route via log and lumber production in other prefectures but consumption in Kyoto (Scenario 2). We estimated the economic repercussions for Kyoto under each scenario. For Scenario 1, this estimation indicated an induced production value of 22.021 million yen for a ratio of 2.71 per payment for the wood products. For Scenario 2, the estimation showed an induced production value of 4.560 million yen for a ratio 0.56 per payment for the wood products. It was found that under Scenario 2 economic repercussions for forestry and the wood industry were only minor.
