D.Com. (Economics) / For years the South African Economy emphasised the importance of the agricultural industry in the country. Only relatively recently it seems to have begun to acknowledge the importance of the industrial and manufacturing sectors. A part of the manufacturing sector is made up of the motor and related industries. It is the aim of this thesis to investigate the importance of this sector by developing regional input-output models for the South African motor vehicle and related industries. "The gap between elegant, but non-operational, theory and inadequately structured empirical research has always been serious in economics. Leontief's conception of input-output analysis proposed to eliminate this gap." It is therefore imperative that input-output analysis will be used. This thesis firstly explores input-output analysis and the theory behind it as developed by Polish economist Wassily Leontief; it then researches the current situation in the South African motor vehicle industry using data depicted in graphs and the elaboration of these graphs. Thirdly a comprehensive study of the South African motor vehicle industry follows exploring both its historical origin and recent developments in the field...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:13221 |
| Date | 09 February 2015 |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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