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SAMs are square (columns equal rows) in the sense that all institutional agents (Firms,Households, Government and Foreign sector) are both buyers and sellers. Columns represent buyers (expenditures) and rows represent sellers (receipts).

References

1. Pyatt and Round, "Social Accounting Matrices: A Basis for Planning", The World Bank, 1985.