former colonies of the same empire erodes as much as trade with the metropole, whereas trade with third countries exhibits …The majority of independent nations today were part of empires in 1945. Using bilateral trade data from 1948 to 2006 …, we examine the effect of independence on post-colonial trade. On average, there is little short run effect of trade with …

Trade Network, we then define and describe the topology of the network, both in its binary version and in its weighted … can be studied using Network Analysis and International Trade data, both at the aggregated and sectoral level. The … the appendix, and can be used as an handson tutorial. Moreover,the World Trade Network local and global centrality …

(RCA). However, being computed on observed trade flows, it mixes up all the factors influencing trade flows. In particular … spirit of the traditional trade model. Furthermore, Balassa Index suffers some empirical distribution weaknesses, mainly time …