In this paper we compare the patterns of trade and financial integration by exploiting network analysis. Our results … show that, by combining binary and weighted network analysis, it is possible to deliver more precise and thorough insights … central ones and use them as hubs to access the rest of the network. -- International Trade ; International Financial Flows …

This paper employs a weighted network analysis to study the empirical properties of the world trade web and their … countries display more intense trade links and are more clustered. Finally, all network properties are remarkably stable across … the years and do not depend on the weighting procedure. -- Networks ; World trade web ; international trade ; weighted …

network) that are unrealistic for most economic networks like the World Trade Web (WTW). In this paper we study the evolution …In all empirical-network studies, the observed properties of economic networks are informative only if compared with a … of the WTW using a recently-proposed family of null network models. The method allows to analytically obtain the expected …

This paper provides new estimates of the effects of ethnic network on U.S. exports. In line with recent research, our …, both of which show that previous estimates of the ethnic-network elasticity of trade are sensitive to the restrictions … to remove the restriction that the network effect is the same for all ethnicities. We find that ethnic-network effects …

effects of transport-infrastructure improvements. In this paper, we combine highly disaggregated records of export flows with … detailed geo-referenced information of the Colombian transport network, including its road quality, as well as real measures of …

In this paper we highlight a new complementary channel to the business and social network effect à la Rauch (2001 …) through which immigrants generate increased export flows from the regions in which they settle to their countries of origin … relationship going from diasporas and immigrant entrepreneurs towards export flows. Both the size of the diaspora and the number of …

In this paper we highlight a new complementary channel to the business and social network effect à la Rauch (2001 …) through which immigrants generate increased export flows from the regions in which they settle to their countries of origin … relationship going from diasporas and immigrant entrepreneurs towards export flows. Both the size of the diaspora and the number of …