Santos, Susana2017-05-152017-05-152011-04Santos, Susana (2011). "The Underlying Database of an Instrument for Economic and Social Policy Analysis for the Azores. Application and Extension to 2005". University of Azores and Madeira. Centro de Estudos de Economia Aplicada do Atlântico - CEEAplA WP No. 14/2011http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13652In this paper a conceptual reflection is carried out and a practical and methodological guide is provided to the work undertaken with the aim of updating for 2005 a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) constructed for 2001 as a database for a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for the Azores. The construction of a similar SAM to support an application of the same model for Portugal is also part of that same work. A top-down approach is adopted, and the study adheres to the principle that databases for national and regional models (namely SAMs) should be consistent with national and regional accounts.engSocial Accounting MatrixCGE models’ databasesNational AccountsRegional Accountsworking paper