Trade Networks

Food Connections: Data and Simulation Tools

Project resources on international trade, food and nutrition security, including entry points to data, simulation code and an early-warning application.

Regionalisation and cross-region integration. Twin dynamics in the automotive international trade networks

The paper analyses the changes that occurred over 25 years in the geography of trade in automotive parts and components. Using the Infomap multilayer clustering algorithm, we …

The rise and fall of countries in the global value chains

Countries become global leaders by controlling international and domestic transactions connecting geographically dispersed production stages. We model global trade as a multi-layer …

Insights into countries’ exposure and vulnerability to food trade shocks from network-based simulations

In the context of a global food system, the dynamics associated to international food trade have become key determinants of food security. In this paper, we resort to a diffusion …

The Changing Shape of the World Automobile Industry: A Multilayer Network Analysis of International Trade in Components and Parts

Automotive Value Chains in a Brave New World

(Unintended) Consequences of export restrictions on medical goods during the Covid-19 pandemic

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic led several governments to impose restrictions on the export of medical supplies. Despite being at odds with the canonical prescriptions of …

The nested structural organization of the worldwide trade multi-layer network

Nestedness has traditionally been used to detect assembly patterns in meta-communities and networks of interacting species. Attempts have also been made to uncover nested …

Unfolding the Complexity of the Global Value Chain: Strength and Entropy in the Single-Layer, Multiplex, and Multi-Layer International Trade Networks

The worldwide trade network has been widely studied through different data sets and network representations with a view to better understanding interactions among countries and …

Identifying the community structure of the food-trade international multi-network

Achieving international food security requires improved understanding of how international trade networks connect countries around the world through the import-export flows of food …