Global networks of trade and bits

Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-56

  Riccaboni, Massimo ^a,b   Rossi, Alessandro ^c   Schiavo, Stefano ^c,d  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

Distance; Hypergeometric; International trade; Internet; Network analysis; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875520861     PISSN: 1860711X     EISSN: 18607128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11403-012-0101-x     Document Type: Article

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