Simultaneous modeling of initial conditions and time heterogeneity in dynamic networks: An application to Foreign Direct Investments

Network Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-77

  Koskinen, Johan ^a   Caimo, Alberto ^b   Lomi, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian data augmentation; continuous time Markov chains; dynamic networks; exchange sampler; foreign direct investment network; gravity model; longitudinal exponential random graph model; spatial processes; world trade network topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013822100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20501250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/nws.2015.3     Document Type: Article

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