The Local Structure of Globalization: The Network Dynamics of Foreign Direct Investments in the International Electricity Industry

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 523-548

  Koskinen, Johan ^a   Lomi, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic stochastic models for networks; Electricity industry; Ensemble; Foreign direct investments; Globalization; Gravity model; Longitudinal exponential random graph models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875584921     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-013-0732-x     Document Type: Article

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