Groenewold, N; Hagger, A J; Madden, J R - In: The Annals of Regional Science 27 (1993) 2, pp. 175-82
The focus of this paper is an empirical examination of the importance of an industry in terms of its contribution to regional employment. It uses a closed input-output model. Four alternative measures of importance are presented and explored in the framework of a 58-industry input-output model...