Solvability of the Economic Input-Output Equation by Time Irreversibility

Shinji Miura

Independent, Gifu, Japan.

DOI: 10.4236/alamt.2014.43013                

Abstract

This paper reinterprets the economic input-output equation as a description of a realized situation without considering decision making. This paper uses the equation that the self-sufficiency rate is added to the Leontief type, and discusses its solvability. The equation has a unique solution if and only if each part of the relevant society satisfies the space-time openness condition. This condition means that commodities which a part of the relevant society possesses are not all inputted to its inside. Moreover, if the process of input and output is time irreversible, each part of the relevant society satisfies the space-time openness condition. Therefore, the solvability of the equation is guaranteed by time irreversibility. This proposition seems to be relevant to the grandfather paradox which is a type of time paradox.

Keywords

Input-Output Equation, Solvability, Time Irreversibility, Time Paradox

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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