Midmore P., Munday M. and Roberts A. (2006) Assessing industry linkages using regional Input-Output tables, Regional Studies 40, 329-343. The regional policy literature has shown renewed interest in the promotion of industries with the potential to embed themselves into regional economies....

Using input-output analysis to model the effects of changes in industry final demands is fraught with problems, many of which relate to the fundamental limitations of the concomitant linear framework. A further issue concerns the accuracy of the results, a consequence of the uncertainty...