ADB MRIO processing scripts

The scripts in this repo process the ADB MRIO Excel files and implement various indicators from the input–output and global value chain literature. Download the tables here and save each version in a seperate folder under data/raw. Run the scripts in the order listed below. All outputs are saved in data in parquet format.

Script	Description
Preprocessing 01-preprocess-mrios.py	Converts raw Excel files into machine-readable format.
Summary tables 02-summary.py	Tabulates key aggregates for each country-sector.
Flows 03-flows.py	Computes intermediates, final goods, and value added flows between each country-sector.
Borin–Mancini decomposition 04-exports-decomposition.py	Performs the Borin and Mancini (2019) exports decomposition at the sector level.
GVC participation 05-gvc-participation.py	Computes the trade-based and production-based GVC participation rates as defined in ADB (2021).
Production lengths 06-production-lengths.py	Computes production lengths following the methodology of Wang, Wei, Yu, and Zhu (2017).
Revealed comparative advantage 07-revealed-comparative-advantage.py	Computes revealed comparative advantage indices as defined in ADB (2021).
Regional concentration 08-regional-concentration.py	Computes a measure of regional trade concentration inspired by Frankel (1997).
Deflators 09-preprocess-deflators.py	Converts raw Excel files into machine-readable format.
Real effective exchange rate weights 10-reer-weights.py	Computes real effective exchange rate weights matrices using the Bems and Johnson (2017) and Patel, Wang, and Wei (2019) methodologies.
Real effective exchange rate indices 11-reer.py	Computes the weights matrix and the real effective exchange rate index using the Bems and Johnson (2017) and Patel, Wang, and Wei (2019) methodologies.

About the MRIO

The Asian Development Bank Multiregional Input–Output Tables are a time series of intercountry input–output tables disaggregated into 35 sectors. Final demand are disaggregated into five categories. The following is a schematic of an MRIO table.

Three versions of the tables are currently available:

1. ADB MRIO 72 countries. Available for 2017–2022.
2. ADB MRIO 62 countries. Available for 2000 and 2007–2022.
3. ADB MRIO 62 countries constant price. Values pegged to 2010 prices. Available for 2007–2022.

References

• Asian Development Bank. 2021. "An analytical framework for studying global value chains." In Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2021. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank.
• Rudolfs Bems and Robert C. Johnson, R. C. (2017). "Demand for value added and value-added exchange rates." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 9(4), 45–90.
• Alessandro Borin and Michele Mancini. 2019. “Measuring what matters in global value chains and value-added trade.” Policy Research Working Paper No. 8804.
• Jeffrey A. Frankel. 1997. Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics.
• Nikhil Patel, Zhi Wang, and Shang-Jin Wei, S. (2019). "Global value chains and effective exchange rates at the country- sector level." Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 51(1), 7–42.
• Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei, Xinding Yu, and Kunfu Zhu. 2017a. “Characterizing global value chains: production length and upstreamness.” NBER Working Paper No. 23261.

Citation

@misc{ksreyes2023adbmrioscripts,
    title = {{ADB MRIO processing scripts}},
    author = {{Kenneth S. Reyes}},
    url = {https://github.com/ksreyes/adb-mrio},
    year = {2023},
}

Disclaimer

The contents of this repository are not endorsed by the Asian Development Bank or the authors of cited works. All errors are my own.