A sub-national economic complexity analysis of Australia's states and territories. Issue 5 (4th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reynolds, Christian; Agrawal, Manju; Lee, Ivan; Zhan, Chen; Li, Jiuyong; Taylor, Phillip; Mares, Tim; Morison, Julian; Angelakis, Nicholas; Roos, Göran
• Is Part Of: Regional studies. Volume 52:Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 715
• Page End: 726
• Publication Date: 2018-05-04
• Subjects: economic complexity -- implied comparative advantage -- Australia -- input–output -- sub-national -- regional; 经济复杂性 -- 内含的比较优势 -- 澳大利亚 -- 投入—产出 -- 次国家 -- 区域; complexité économique -- avantages comparatifs implicites -- Australie -- entrée-sortie -- intra-national -- régional; ökonomische Komplexität -- impliziter komparativer Vorteil -- Australien -- Input–Output -- subnational -- regional; complejidad económica -- ventaja comparativa implicada -- Australia -- entrada y salida -- subnacional -- regional; H70 -- O41 -- O47 -- O56; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 307.14
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2017.1283012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-3404

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A sub-national economic complexity analysis of Australia's states and territories. Regional Studies . This paper applies economic complexity analysis to the Australian sub-national economy (nine regions with 506 exported goods and services). Using a 2009 Australian multi-regional input–output table for base data, we determine the number of export goods or services in which each state and territory has a revealed comparative advantage, and visualize the complexity of Australia's interstate and international exports. We find that small differences in industrial capability and knowledge are crucial to relative complexity. The majority of states (especially Western Australia) export primarily resource-intensive goods, yet interstate trade has many complex products that are not currently internationally exported.