Recentes debates na literatura sobre a identificacao e o papel de setores-chave em nivel nacional e regional destacam as dificuldades de um consenso com respeito a terminologia, ao metodo de medicao e a interpretacao economica a serem usados. Neste trabalho, novas perspectivas sao apresentadas...

Using a set of interregional input-output tables built by Guilhoto (1998) for 1995 for two Brazilian regions (Northeast and rest of the economy), the methodology developed by Sonis et al. (1997) is applied in the construction of a series of linkages such that it is possible to examine, through...

Recent exchanges in the literature on the identification and role of key sectors in national and regional economies have highlighted the difficulties of consensus regarding terminology, appropriate measurement as well as economic interpretation. In this paper, some new perspectives are advanced...