Port Multipliers for Singapore: Impact on Income, Output, and Employment

This article examines the contribution of the activities of the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), a government-owned statutory board which operates almost all of the port related activities in Singapore, to the prosperity of the entire country, by way of multiplier analysis. Input-output analysis i...

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Main Authors: TOH, Rex S., PHANG, Sock-Yong, KHAN, Habibullah
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soe_research-14622017-07-24T07:16:18Z Port Multipliers for Singapore: Impact on Income, Output, and Employment TOH, Rex S. PHANG, Sock-Yong KHAN, Habibullah This article examines the contribution of the activities of the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), a government-owned statutory board which operates almost all of the port related activities in Singapore, to the prosperity of the entire country, by way of multiplier analysis. Input-output analysis is used to compute the income, output, and employment multipliers of port activities, broken down into direct, indirect, and induced effects. The policy implications on port investment and maritime policy follow. 1995-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/463 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/1462/viewcontent/Phang_Port_Multipliers_JAB95.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Economics eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Economics Transportation
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
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language English
topic Asian Studies
Economics
Transportation
spellingShingle Asian Studies
Economics
Transportation
TOH, Rex S.
PHANG, Sock-Yong
KHAN, Habibullah
Port Multipliers for Singapore: Impact on Income, Output, and Employment
description This article examines the contribution of the activities of the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), a government-owned statutory board which operates almost all of the port related activities in Singapore, to the prosperity of the entire country, by way of multiplier analysis. Input-output analysis is used to compute the income, output, and employment multipliers of port activities, broken down into direct, indirect, and induced effects. The policy implications on port investment and maritime policy follow.
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author TOH, Rex S.
PHANG, Sock-Yong
KHAN, Habibullah
author_facet TOH, Rex S.
PHANG, Sock-Yong
KHAN, Habibullah
author_sort TOH, Rex S.
title Port Multipliers for Singapore: Impact on Income, Output, and Employment
title_short Port Multipliers for Singapore: Impact on Income, Output, and Employment
title_full Port Multipliers for Singapore: Impact on Income, Output, and Employment
title_fullStr Port Multipliers for Singapore: Impact on Income, Output, and Employment
title_full_unstemmed Port Multipliers for Singapore: Impact on Income, Output, and Employment
title_sort port multipliers for singapore: impact on income, output, and employment
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 1995
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/463
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/1462/viewcontent/Phang_Port_Multipliers_JAB95.pdf
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