The topology of African exports: Emerging patterns on spanning trees

Tanya Araújo and Manuel Ennes Ferreira

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2016, vol. 462, issue C, 962-976

Abstract: This paper is a contribution to interweaving two lines of research that have progressed in separate ways: network analysis of international trade and the literature on African trade and development. Gathering empirical data on African countries has important limitations and so does the space occupied by African countries in the analysis of trade networks. Here, these limitations are dealt with by the definition of two independent bipartite networks: a destination share network and a commodity share network.

Keywords: Trade networks; African exports; Spanning trees; Bipartite graphs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.06.044

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