Determining differential sectoral impacts of investment

Investment facilities economic growth not only by adding to the capital stock, but also by stimulating final demand. In this paper, a method is presented to estimate investment impacts across the Greek economy. Direct and indirect output, income, and employment effects due to both gross fixed investment and final demand were computed to assess the significance and the contribution of agricultural investment to the Greek economy. The results underline the important role of agricultural investment for generating output in the Greek economy. Moreover, nonagricultural sectors considerably benefit from investment in agriculture mainly due to the particular structure of the Greek economy. Copyright 1990 by Oxford University Press.