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An Interdependent Multi-Layer Model: Resilience of International Networks

Caschili, S; Medda, FR; Wilson, A; (2015) An Interdependent Multi-Layer Model: Resilience of International Networks. Networks and Spatial Economics , 15 (2) pp. 313-335. 10.1007/s11067-014-9274-2. Green open access

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Abstract

Trade flows are characterised by interdependent economic networks such as the global supply chain, international bilateral agreements, trans-national credit, and foreign direct investments, as well as non-economic components (i.e. infrastructures, cultural ties and spatial barriers). We construct an Interdependent Multi-layer Model (IMM), which is rooted in the theoretical concept of spatial interaction, in order to identify the links within these networks and trace their impacts on trade flows. In our aim to investigate horizontal and vertical interdependency among networks we calibrate the interaction model (IMM) for a set of 40 countries, and thereafter examine the influence of shocks such as economic downturns upon the interdependent networks, which in our model are represented as economic, socio-cultural and physical layers. Most importantly, the model allows us to understand the propagation of cascading effects (both positive and negative) at national and global scales.

Type: Article
Title: An Interdependent Multi-Layer Model: Resilience of International Networks
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-014-9274-2
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-014-9274-2
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2015 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
Keywords: Trade, Multi-layer network, Complexity, Spatial interaction models
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1464041
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