Analysis of Industrial Linkages of Macau Gaming Industry

6th Annual 2018 International Conference on Geo-Spatial Knowledge and Intelligence

Chen, Xinke^1 ; Song, Yu^2

National University of Singapore, Department of Economics, 21 Lower Kent Ridge RD, Singapore^1

Macau University of Science and Technology, School of Business, Avenida Wai Long, China^2

关键词: A pillars;    Correlation effect;    Economic diversification;    Input-output;    Input-output table;    Pushing effect;    Speed up;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/234/1/012024/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/234/1/012024

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The issue of Macau's moderate economic diversification has drawn much attention from the SAR government and scholars. Gaming is the most important industry of Macau, with great influence to Macau's economy. It is of great significance to study the effect of the industrial linkages in Macau for the promotion of moderate diversification of economy. The study attempted to complete the Input-Output Tables of Macau firstly, then based on the Input-Output analyzed the industry-correlation effects of the gaming industry in Macau. The conclusion is that the industry-correlation effects of gaming industry is very low, has weak pulling and pushing effects to other industries. It does not make any contribution it should make as a pillar industry. However, the gaming industry has a great impact on the growth of the total economy of Macau. Therefore, it is necessary to continue the modest development of the gaming industry, increase the policies and funds supports to the other industries to promote the development of other industries and speed up the process of moderate economic diversification.