The gradual evolution of buyer-seller networks and their role in aggregate fluctuations

Ryohei Hisano, Tsutomu Watanabe, Takayuki Mizuno, Takaaki Ohnishi and Didier Sornette
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Ryohei Hisano: The University of Tokyo
Tsutomu Watanabe: The University of Tokyo
Takayuki Mizuno: National Institute of Informatics
Takaaki Ohnishi: The University of Tokyo
Didier Sornette: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

No CARF-F-389, CARF F-Series from Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo

Abstract: Buyer-seller relationships among firms can be regarded as a longi- tudinal network in which the connectivity pattern evolves as each firm receives productivity shocks. Based on a data set describing the evolu- tion of buyer-seller links among 55,608 firms over a decade and structural equation modeling, we find some evidence that interfirm networks evolve reflecting a firm's local decisions to mitigate adverse effects from neigh- bor firms through interfirm linkage, while enjoying positive effects from them. As a result, link renewal tends to have a positive impact on the growth rates of firms. We also investigate the role of networks in aggregate fluctuations.

Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2016-08
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