This paper examines major linkage measures in the literature from different perspectives and attempts to clarify some of the controversies over them. The examination and clarification suggest more refined backward and forward linkage measures for linkage indices construction. The measures are...

Mining boom has created various impacts in the regions of Queensland, Australia. However, it is not clear how to increase positive impacts from mining within the regions. Mining industry may be the dominant industry in the local community and in the region in terms of providing local employment...

An extension of the hypothetical extraction method to a general equilibrium setting is considered. This has the advantage of re-interpreting output changes as efficiency gains or losses, which may be of use in identifying “key” sectors in an interconnected economy. The categorization may be...

Garcia Muniz A. S., Morillas Raya A. and Ramos Carvajal C. Key sectors: a new proposal from network theory, Regional Studies. There is a long tradition of studies in the input-output field for determining key sectors. Their analysis allows the identification of those sectors that affect the...

The paper assesses the sustainability of investment in various economic sectors, with the aim of minimizing resource use and generation of emissions. The broad development focus of the paper and the potential for the proposed methodology to be applied in many different countries make it a useful...

The challenges facing Sanliurfa are not unique, they are the same challenges found in rural areas all around the world. Agriculture is still the most important sector in Sanliurfa, but it is generating fewer and fewer jobs. New approaches used in regional development shift from a focus on...

<b>RESUMEN:</b><br> <br> El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la evolución de la estructura de la economía andaluza durante los períodos 1995, 2000 y 2005 mediante la metodología Input-Output. Identificando los sectores clave, la intensidad de relaciones intersectoriales, los multiplicadores de empleo y...

The goal of this work is to analyse the possible effects of the crisis on Andalusian economic structure during the period 2005–2010 using Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs). SAMs describe the circular flow of income and provide a statistical database for the analysis of the key sectors in the...

In this paper, we present a hybrid regional input–output model that enables us to compute the intensity measures of CO2 emissions in the state of Minas Gerais. The analysis uses a 2005 input–output matrix and presents the disaggregated data for 35 sectors. The results suggest that the...

Using input-output analysis this paper presents for 1980 a comparative analysis of the Sugar and Alcohol Sectors for the State of Minas Gerais and Brazil. To do so, it was used: the concepts of pure linkages indexes, as well as the Hisrchman / Rasmussen indexes, to define key sectors; the notion...