In general terms, key sectors analysis aims at identifying and quantifying the economic impact of a sector in a given economy. For a sector, we mean here either an industry or a region, or even a cluster of them. Quite a few measures and methodologies of varied complexity have been proposed in...

This advanced textbook provides a straightforward but comprehensive introduction to applied general equilibrium modeling. General equilibrium is the backbone of modern economic analysis, which is why generation after generation of economics students have been introduced to it. As an analytical...

Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Overview of General Equilibrium Theory -- 3 A simple General Equilibrium Model -- 4 A General Equilibrium Model with a Government Sector -- 5 Further Extension of the Model: External Sector, Labor Market and Consumption Technology -- 6 Data Base and Model...

Partiendo de la Matriz de Contabilidad Social de Andalucía del año 2008 (MCSAN-08), elaborada para el Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía, con gran cantidad de información desagregada y con un elevado grado de fiabilidad, es posible realizar análisis suficientemente...

During the period 2014--2020 it will be the first time since Spain joined the European Economic Community that the Southern region of Andalusia will not be considered as one of the Objective 1 priority areas for the European Regional Policy. This paper analyses the economic impact of the...