Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2015
In order to adequately appraise a district's potential for economic growth and development, it is important to know as much as possible about the economic structure of the particular district under analysis. Recent input-output analysis research conducted for the state of Oklahoma provided an examination of the economic base of the state, but this examination proved inadequate when considering the economic structure of the districts within the state.
The Oklahoma model provided an “average” or “aggregate” description of the various economic structures found in the state.