In this paper we explore the BACI-CEPII database using Network Analysis. Starting from the visualization of the World Trade Network, we then define and describe the topology of the network, both in its binary version and in its weighted version, calculating and discussing some of the commonly...

This paper provides evidence on the long-term impact of market potential on economic development. It derives from the New Economic Geography literature a structural stimation where the level of factors’ income of a country is related to its export capacity, labeled Market Access (MA) by...

This paper evaluates the role of economic geography in explaining regional wages in China. It investigates the extent to which market proximity can explain the evolution of wages, and through which channels. We construct a complete indicator of market access at the provincial level from data on...