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Sectoral and Spatial Linkages in the EC Production Structure
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Hypothetical Extraction MethodInternational EconomicsTradeRegional Economic RestructuringLawGlobal Production NetworkProduction StructureIndustrial OrganizationInput-output AnalysisProductivityEastern European Economic HistoryEconomic AnalysisEvolutionary Economic GeographyInternational BusinessEconomicsEuropean CommunityRegional EconomicsEc Production StructureSector StructureNational EconomiesBusinessEconometrics
The study describes interdependencies in the European Community production structure and introduces a new variant of the hypothetical extraction method to measure them. The method distinguishes backward and forward linkages, applying a new variant of the hypothetical extraction technique to the 1980 intercountry input‑output table of seven EC countries to analyze sectoral and spatial interdependencies. The data are intercountry input‑output tables from 1980 covering seven EC countries.
This paper provides a description of the interdependencies in the production structure of the European Community (EC). For the measurement of these interdependencies, a new variant of the hypothetical extraction method is introduced. In contrast to earlier adaptations of this method, our approach allows for a natural distinction of the interdependencies into backward and forward linkages. The empirical results are based on the 1980 intercountry input‐output table for seven countries of the EC. The nature of this type of data (viz. country‐specific sectors) enables us to focus on the sectoral as well as the spatial dimension of the interdependencies.