Input Output Analysis of Agriculture and Food Sectors in Selected European Countries
Input Output Analysis of Agriculture and Food Sectors in Selected European Countries

Summary/Abstract: Input-output tables with input-output data represent a relatively simple but useful tool to analyse the structure of the economy or undergoing structural changes. These tables enable to quantify direct and indirect linkages within each economy, as well as to study demand or supply relationships between particular sectors. The aim of this paper is to present and compare the main characteristics of two sectors for selected EU countries, notably Slovakia, Austria, Germany and France. The focus is on the agriculture and food sector and their characteristics using the input output data and analysis. We compared basic input and output multipliers in order to verify the similarities in the position and the development of these sectors in selected countries. Other objectives were analysis of sectors’ backward and forward linkages, “measuring” of their strengths, identification of key industries and concentration of their impacts and verification of similarities between “old” and “new” EU member countries. With accordance to our previous research and general trends, we expected a certain decline of importance over the analysed period of 2000-2014.

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