英文摘要 |
Taiwan,s economy is highly dependent on international trade. In order to examine the linkage between the Taiwan ocean sector and the national economy, this paper employs an input-output and hierarchical cluster analysis to study the Taiwan ocean sector over the last two decades. The analysis explores the economic development changing trends of Taiwan's ocean sector, and the industrial interdependence and cluster in Taiwan. This paper found that as the ocean industries have a higher backward linkage effect and a lower forward linkage effect. From a long-term dynamic viewpoint, one can see that the marine transportation support service is considered as a key industry in the ocean sector. The shipbuilding industry and the domestic freight transportation industry are considered as one of the backward linkages oriented industries. It is noteworthy that the international freight transportation industry has the potential to be a backward linkage oriented industry because its output is the largest compared to the other industries of the ocean sector. The fishery related industry, such as aquaculture, deep-sea fisheries and coastal fisheries, are considered as weak linkages oriented industries and their importance of inter-industry linkage effect are on the decline with the times. This study also discusses production multipliers, earning effects and employment multipliers in the ocean sector, and it is found that employment multipliers have the greatest impact on the Taiwan economy. |