Affinities and Network Attributes in Sweden's Trade with Europe

• A combined time series and cross-section data set is used in order to estimate network properties in the Swedish export to Europe. These properties are related to product cycle phenomena, and to a classification of commodities into product and price competitive. The estimated models combine a characterization of the nodes in the trade network with a representation of link attributes in order to explain the direction and amount of trade for different commodities.The study supports the assumption that differences in market perfornance is associated with differences in the demand for links with specific attributes. It also shows that trade patterns are influenced by economic and cultural affinities between pairs of countries.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

International trade

network

affinities

product cycle

cultural affinities

nationalekonomi

Economics

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

rap (subject category)