Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/67490 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2012-59
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The exploration of the structural features and sectoral interdependences of and in an economy is fundamental for the understanding of its modes of functioning and of its transformations over time. Input-output analysis is largely used to fulfill this objective. Furthermore, information provided by the Leontief inverse matrix is useful for the identification of key sectors. This identification may guide policy makers in setting an adequate industrial strategy. In this paper, the classification of productive sectors is performed by using the unweighted Rassmussen approach. The ordering of sectors depends on the intensity of their links with other sectors. Two results ought to be highlighted. First, key sectors of the Moroccan economy reduced to two sectors in 2007 instead of four sectors in 1998. Second, the ordering of sectors is highly sensitive to the precision of the data and to the year in which the classification is realized.
Subjects: 
input-output analysis
backward linkage
forward linkage
unweighted Rassmussen approach
Morocco
JEL: 
C67
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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