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Luca De Benedictis

2010

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Slides - Africa In The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis Sep 2010

Slides - Africa In The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis

Luca De Benedictis

Here you find the slides of the presentation of the paper Africa in the World Trade Network held in Lausanne University at ETSG 2010, September 10th 2010

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Africa In The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis Aug 2010

Africa In The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis

Luca De Benedictis

This paper contributes to the analysis of the effect of the global financial crisis (Claessens et al., 2010) on African coutries (IMF, 2009) inspecting the effect of the crises on bilateral trade flows. The empirical analysis makes intensive use of network analysis techniques, describing the international trade of SSA countries as part of the world trade network. The paper analyzes the change in the topology of the trade network during the crisis. Single SSA countries participation to the network is reported in terms of link strength and centrality, showing if some specific countries were more radically disconnected from the giant …

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Comparing Sectoral International Trade Networks, Luca De Benedictis, Lucia Tajoli Mar 2010

Comparing Sectoral International Trade Networks, Luca De Benedictis, Lucia Tajoli

Luca De Benedictis

How is the structure of trade flows for a given good organized? Is it a dense, widespread network with many links, or is it a centered network, organized around a hub that centrally coordinates the flows? Does it have a regional structure or a world-wide coverage? These questions might have very different answers according to the type of goods that are traded. The existing trade models suggest that for standardized goods potential partners can be many, but eventually only one (the one offering the best price) should be selected, therefore relatively few (unidirectional) trade links will appear between countries. Instead, …

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Patterns In Trade Partners, Luca De Benedictis, Lucia Tajoli Dec 2009

Patterns In Trade Partners, Luca De Benedictis, Lucia Tajoli

Luca De Benedictis

No abstract provided.

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Multiple Kernel Densities, Luca De Benedictis Dec 2009

Multiple Kernel Densities, Luca De Benedictis

Luca De Benedictis

This is a simple multiple kernel density plot, from a paper with Lucia Tajoli, Patterns in Trade Partners. R code will follow.

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