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Using Forest Plots To Present Meta-Analysis Results, Luca De Benedictis
Using Forest Plots To Present Meta-Analysis Results, Luca De Benedictis
Luca De Benedictis
This is figure 1 of the paper with Massimiliano Bratti and Gianluca Santoni, On the Pro-Trade effect of Immigrants. It uses a Forest Plot to present point elasticities and standard errors of different papers dealing with the effect of immigrants on trade flows. R code will follow.
The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis, Lucia Tajoli
The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis, Lucia Tajoli
Luca De Benedictis
This paper uses the tools of network analysis and graph theory to graphically and analytically represent the characteristics of world trade. The structure of the World Trade Network is compared over time, detecting and interpreting patterns of trade ties among countries. In particular, we assess whether the entrance of a number of new important players into the world trading system in recent years has changed the main characteristics of the existing structure of world trade, or whether the existing network was simply extended to a new group of countries. We also analyze whether the observed changes in international trade flow …
The Gravity Model In International Trade, Luca De Benedictis, Daria Taglioni
The Gravity Model In International Trade, Luca De Benedictis, Daria Taglioni
Luca De Benedictis
This is a beautiful survey of the Gravity model in international trade. It is more empirically oriented than other beautiful surveys (see Anderson 2011 or Bergstrand and Egger 2010), it takes Jan Tinbergen's contribution as a reference point, and it highlights the possible new directions that the literature on gravity should or may take.
Economists' View About The Economy. Evidence From A Survey Of Italian Economists, Luca De Benedictis, Michele Di Maio
Economists' View About The Economy. Evidence From A Survey Of Italian Economists, Luca De Benedictis, Michele Di Maio
Luca De Benedictis
This paper is about economists, their views and their level of consensus on economic policy. Surveying a representative sample of Italian academic economists we show that: (1) economists substantially disagree on both the causes of the Italian economic slowdown and on the most effective policies for a recovery; (2) in spite of the low level of consensus, they do not express polar views; (3) they are largely positive on policies but not on the causes of the Italian economic difficulties. Then we regress individual’s economic policy opinions on a set of covariates: individual characteristics, individual specific information about the Italian …
African Choropleth Maps, Luca De Benedictis
African Choropleth Maps, Luca De Benedictis
Luca De Benedictis
The figure represents three choropleths of Africa (2007.1-2008.3; 2008.4-2009.1; 2009.2-2009.3) describing with different colors the rate of growth of exports and imports for each country during the three phases. The different nuances of green indicates positive rates of growth; red nuances indicate negative rates. R code will follow.