Determining the economic driver sectors Of Kermanshah province with regional input-output approach and based on MFLQ index

Abstract

The allocation of limited economic resources, especially in the Less developed regions that face a relative lack of production facilities, has caused the unbalanced growth strategy to be defined and applied instead of a balanced growth strategy. One of the methods used by economists for regional and inter-regional analysis is the Input-Output approach, which has been well-received by regional planners. The use of Input-Output templates requires access to the Input-Output table at the regional level; and the superiority of the Input-Output technique is that the preparation of this table for one year provides the possibility of using it for medium-term and short-term planning for at least three to five years. This study attempts to use the production and added value data of the economic sectors of Kermanshah province based on the national Input-Output table, and convert its coefficients into regional; the backward and forward links between sectors as well as the economic driving sectors are identified for the province based on the Hirschman-Rasmonsen index.

Keywords

• kermanshah province
• input-output table
• backward and forward linkage
• hirschman-rasmoonsen index
• economic drivers.