The input-output structural analysis is a valuable tool when designing economic policies since it allows us to know which are the most important linkages and sectors of an economic system. The coefficients' sensitivity analysis is one of the major approaches of the structural analysis. With it...

Many authors stress the importance of relationships between sectors for the economic growth. Therefore the concept of linkage appears in the definition of two of the most traditional concepts in the input-output analysis: the “key sector” and cluster. In this paper, key products and...

The ‘cluster theory’ has become one of the main concepts promoting regional competitiveness, innovation, and growth. As most studies focus on measures of concentration of one industrial branch in order to identify regional clusters, the appropriate analysis of specific vertical relations...

The Input-Output model has made extensive use of graph and network theory, methods and conclusions, in order to carry out structural analysis; such extensions have yielded powerful insights on the relationships existing between industries in an economic system. It is customary in the field to...

This paper investigates the role of economic structures as determinants of FDI inflows. We expand on the existing literature by focusing on advanced economies, using a newly available measure of FDI which cleans the data from statistical artefacts, such as financial round tripping, and by...

Well-functioning economic structures are key for resilient and prospering euro area economies. The global financial and sovereign debt crises exposed the limited resilience of the euro area's economic structures. Economic growth was masking underlying weaknesses in several euro area countries....

In this paper we investigate the impact of the euro integration process on the drivers of FDI inflows. We show theoretically and empirically that the single currency alters the drivers of FDI inflows across its Member States. Estimating bilateral gravity models of FDI inflows into euro area...

Der im Zuge der Corona-Krise von der schleswig-holsteinischen Landesregierung verordnete wirtschaftliche Stillstand ("Corona-Erlass") betrifft fast ausschließlich den Dienstleistungssektor in den Bereichen "Handel" und "konsumnahe Dienstleistungen". Die Autoren stellen fest, dass in Werten von...

In der Studie, die im Rahmen des gemeinsamen Projekts 'Norddeutschland und die Corona-Krise: Wirtschaftliche Folgen und wirtschaftspolitischer Handlungsbedarf' des Instituts für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) und der NORDAKADEMIE Hochschule der Wirtschaft erstellt wurde, wird eine Zwischenbilanz der...