Analysis and models of bilateral investment treaties using a social networks approach

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3661-3673

  Saban, Daniela ^a   Bonomo, Flavia ^a,b   Stier Moses, Nicolás E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral investment treaties; Complex networks; Network growth models; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TOPOLOGY;

ANALYSIS AND MODELS; NETWORK GROWTH MODELS; PAKISTAN; TOPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 77953683741     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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