This paper studies the risk spreading ability of cryptocurrencies and their contribution to the systemic risk during the period from 2018 to 2022. Three different network centrality approaches are employed to measure the risk spreading ability of cryptocurrencies both in breadth and depth, and...

Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Preface_ Globalisation and global logistics -- Part One: General introduction -- 1: Introduction to global container shipping market -- Abstract -- Introduction: Containerisation and global logistics -- Economic growth and...

This paper revisits the classical issue of port-city relationships by applying for the first time network analytical methods to maritime flows connecting cities of the world, over the period 1950–1990. A global matrix of interurban vessel flows was elaborated for about 600 cities using data...

Over 90 % of the world trade volumes is being carried by sea nowadays. This figure shows the massive importance of the maritime trade routes for the world economy. However, the evolution of their structure over time is a white spot in the modern literature. In this paper we characterise and...