We estimate the economic consequences of electricity blackout scenarios on the automotive industry and the Slovak economy. Our estimates of inoperability of the automotive sector range from 2.9 % to 4.2 % across regions on the first day of the blackout, while the overall inoperability of the...

Critical minerals are central to industrial strategies in the Global South, but evidence on how such policies reshape domestic production is limited. This paper maps Indonesia's nickel ecosystem before and after the 2014 export ban using input-output multipliers and labor intensity from the...

Measuring the contributions of the bioeconomy depends on the concept and method used. The concept of bioeconomy linked to biomass is widely used, and estimating the bio-based share in sectors, activities, or products is a limitation and a challenge. Therefore, the present study aims to propose a...

The study of the linkages between regions to identify key economic regions generally uses the hypothetical extraction method proposed by Dietzenbacher et al. (Econ Syst Res 5(2):185-206, 1993). This approach assumes a partial hypothetical extraction (PHEM), as it excludes only intermediate input...