Santos, Susana2019-01-242019-01-242011-04Santos, Susana (2011). The underlying database of an instrument for economic and social policy analysis for the azores: application and extension to 2005, “Working Paper Series” nº 14/11, 52 pp.. Ponta Delgada: Universidade dos Açores, CEEAplA-A.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13652http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4965In 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.engCGE Models' DatabasesNational AccountsRegional AccountsSocial Accounting Matrixworking paper