Zahra Mosayyebi; Nooraddin Sharify
Abstract
Developing countries are faced with the scarcity of resources such as labor force, investment, energy, water, etc. Such scarcities have forced these countries into adopting the unbalanced growth theory and prioritizing their resources in the manufacturing sectors. In this study, the importance of the ...
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Developing countries are faced with the scarcity of resources such as labor force, investment, energy, water, etc. Such scarcities have forced these countries into adopting the unbalanced growth theory and prioritizing their resources in the manufacturing sectors. In this study, the importance of the banking sector in Iranian economy, as well as its effects on other economic sectors are taken into account. Total forward Linkages (Net and Gross) are used in order to specify the influence of the banking sector on other sectors, and also to compare it with them. The stimulation of the development of banking sector activities on the various economic sectors is also specified through total backward linkages (Net and Gross). The statistical data of this study have been provided from the input-output table (2012); the latest official updated input-output table of Iran, released by Iran’s Parliament Research Center. The position of this sector, both in terms of stimulatibility and stimulation in the manufacturing sectors, is lower than that of other sectors. The partial forward linkage index of the banking sector shows that 67.93% of the banking services are used as intermediate goods in the economy. Thus, the banking sector is the one which that is mostly at the service of the production sectors, and in this regard, it is ranked first among all service sectors. The chemical production, building and banking sectors respectively obtain the most benefits from banking services. The chemical production sector, the banking sector and the water, electricity and the natural gas distribution sectors, respectively, are the largest suppliers of the banking sector’s needs.
Esfandiar Jahangard; Alireza Naseriborocheni
Abstract
In this paper, we combine the input-output approach with fuzzy clustering using the input-output tables of 2011 and 2006 in order to identify the sectoral weights of the Iranian economy. The outliers were separately clustered in order to eliminate their undesirable effects on clustering. The results ...
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In this paper, we combine the input-output approach with fuzzy clustering using the input-output tables of 2011 and 2006 in order to identify the sectoral weights of the Iranian economy. The outliers were separately clustered in order to eliminate their undesirable effects on clustering. The results show that key economic sectors in the manufacturing and mining (non-metallic minerals, basic metals, machinery and equipment n.e.c., distribution of gaseous fuels through mains, other mining, coke and refined petroleum products and nuclear fuels), in Iran are outliers, hence, need to be separately clustered. Moreover, the key sectors are "crude petroleum and natural gas" - "wholesale and retail, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories, public administration, land transport and agriculture" for export promotion and job creation, respectively.
