The evolution of world trade from 1995 to 2014 : a network approach

Número: 
985
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
F10, F14, D85
Palabras clave: 
World Trade, Network Analysis, Graph, minimal spanning tree

This paper employs network analysis to study world trade from 1995 to 2014. We focus on the main connective features of the world trade network (WTN) and their dynamics. Results suggest that countries’ efforts to attain the benefits of trade have resulted