A Forgotten Effects Approach to the Analysis of Complex Economic Systems: Identifying Indirect Effects on Trade Networks

datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationMATHEMATICS,Vol.11,,2023
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.3390/math11030531
datacite.creatorChavez Bustamante, Felipe
datacite.creatorMardones Arias, Elliott
datacite.creatorRojas Mora, Julio
datacite.creatorTijmes Ihl, Jaime
datacite.date2023
datacite.subject.englishtrade networks
datacite.subject.englishforgotten effects
datacite.subject.englishindirect incidences
datacite.subject.englishhub-and-spoke
datacite.titleA Forgotten Effects Approach to the Analysis of Complex Economic Systems: Identifying Indirect Effects on Trade Networks
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T15:48:17Z
dc.date.available2023-06-08T15:48:17Z
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to identify the emergence of indirect trade flows prompted by the export interaction of the world's economies. Using data on exports from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for the period 2016-2021, we construct an international trade network which is analyzed through the 'forgotten effects theory' that identifies tuples of countries with an origin, intermediary countries, and a destination. This approach intends to spotlight something beyond the analysis of the direct trade network by the identification of second and third-order paths. The analysis using both network analyses, as well as the forgotten effect approaches, which show that the international trade network presents a hub-and-spoke behavior in contrast to most extant research finding a core-periphery structure. The structure is then comprised of three almost separated trade networks and a hub country that bridges commerce between those networks. The contribution of this article is to move the analysis forward from other works that utilize trade networks, including those of econometric nature-such as the ones based on gravity models-by incorporating indirect relationships between countries, which could provide distinctive and novel insights into the study of economic networks.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/5332
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.sourceMATHEMATICS
oaire.resourceTypeArticle
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