02 Feb '12 19:13>1 edit
Given the matrix
D = [.07, .20, .31, .19, .27; .35, .24, .16, .13, .05; .09, .25, .21, .29, .23; .26, .25, .06, .24, .15; .22, .14, .18, .08, .21]
Using the Leontief Input - Output Model
with idustries
1. Auto
2. Steel
3. Electricity
4. Coal
5. Chemical
How would you decipher the following question.
Determine the industry on which the steel industry is most dependent.
That is to say, will steel be the input or output?
The way I am reading it it could be either or.
I read it as
Steel is most dependent on Electricity for its production, and/or is most dependent on Auto for its consumption.
To answer the question as it is stated should I then compare it its 2 largest dependencies against each other...
That is to say Steel is most dependent on Auto, because Auto > Electricity ( .35>.25) ?
P.s This is also posted in the science, but I think it will get a better response in here
D = [.07, .20, .31, .19, .27; .35, .24, .16, .13, .05; .09, .25, .21, .29, .23; .26, .25, .06, .24, .15; .22, .14, .18, .08, .21]
Using the Leontief Input - Output Model
with idustries
1. Auto
2. Steel
3. Electricity
4. Coal
5. Chemical
How would you decipher the following question.
Determine the industry on which the steel industry is most dependent.
That is to say, will steel be the input or output?
The way I am reading it it could be either or.
I read it as
Steel is most dependent on Electricity for its production, and/or is most dependent on Auto for its consumption.
To answer the question as it is stated should I then compare it its 2 largest dependencies against each other...
That is to say Steel is most dependent on Auto, because Auto > Electricity ( .35>.25) ?
P.s This is also posted in the science, but I think it will get a better response in here