Preliminary Study of Indirect Social and Economic Impacts of SST Operations on 21st Century

The social and economic impacts resulting from SST operation were examined and a quantitative analysis was performed to determine the stimulation potential to the Japanese and world economy around 2020 when the aircraft will operate. The indirect boosting in output of three industrial sectors of manufacturing, trade business and tourism related industry was estimated to be roughly 1 - 1.5% of the country's and world's GDP.