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Chang, C-Y, Chou, H-Y and Wang, M-T (2006) Characterizing the corporate governance of UK listed construction companies. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 647-56.

Duncan, K, Philips, P and Prus, M (2006) Prevailing wage legislation and public school construction efficiency: a stochastic frontier approach1. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 625-34.

Hartmann, A (2006) The context of innovation management in construction firms. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 567-78.

Hyari, K and El-Rayes, K (2006) Field experiments to evaluate lighting performance in nighttime highway construction. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 591-601.

Navon, R and Berkovich, O (2006) An automated model for materials management and control. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 635-46.

Phua, F T T (2006) When is construction partnering likely to happen? An empirical examination of the role of institutional norms. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 615-24.

Soetanto, R, Dainty, A R J, Glass, J and Price, A D F (2006) Towards an explicit design decision process: the case of the structural frame. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 603-14.

Song, Y, Liu, C and Langston, C (2006) Linkage measures of the construction sector using the hypothetical extraction method. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 579-89.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Input-output analysis; hypothetical extraction method; construction sector; linkage
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500435358
  • Abstract:

    The hypothetical extraction method (HEM) is used to extract a sector hypothetically from an economic system and examine the influence of this extraction on other sectors in the economy. Linkage measures based on the HEM become increasingly prominent. However, little construction linkage research applies the HEM. Using the recently published Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development input-output database at constant prices, this research applies the HEM to the construction sector in order to explore the role of this sector in national economies and the quantitative interdependence between the construction sector and the remaining sectors. The output differences before and after the hypothetical extraction reflect the linkages of the construction sector. Empirical results show a declining trend of the total, backward and forward linkages, which confirms the decreasing role of the construction sector with economic maturity over the examined period from a new angle. Analytical results reveal that the unique nature of the construction sector and multifold external factors are the main reasons for the linkage difference between countries. Moreover, hypothesis-testing results consider statistically that the extraction structures employed in this research are appropriate to analyse the linkages of the construction sector.