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Giorgio Fagiolo1, Javier Reyes, Stefano Schiavo

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Global trade networks show stable connectivity and centrality over 20 years, while link weights shift towards a power law distribution. This research offers insights into international trade dynamics.

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Area of Science:

  • Economic Complexity
  • Network Science
  • International Trade Analysis

Background:

  • Understanding the structure and evolution of global trade networks is crucial for economic analysis.
  • Previous studies have explored trade patterns, but a comprehensive statistical analysis of network properties over time is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To statistically analyze the properties of the international trade network using a weighted-network approach.
  • To investigate the temporal evolution of key network statistics, including connectivity, assortativity, clustering, and centrality.
  • To examine the dynamics of link weight distributions and network-statistics growth rates.

Main Methods:

  • Weighted-network analysis of import-export relationships among world countries.
  • Analysis of network statistics (connectivity, assortativity, clustering, centrality) over a 20-year period.
  • Characterization of autoregressive properties and growth rate distributions of network statistics.

Main Results:

  • Network statistics and their correlation structure remained stable over the past 20 years.
  • The distribution of link weights is evolving from log-normal towards a power law.
  • Network-statistics growth rates are well-approximated by fat-tailed densities (Laplace, asymmetric exponential power).

Conclusions:

  • International trade network topology is remarkably stable, suggesting underlying robust economic mechanisms.
  • The shift in link weight distribution indicates changes in trade flow concentration.
  • The findings provide a robust statistical framework for understanding global trade dynamics.