1. Abhay Sagar, Alex Collins, Henry Liu
World TRADE WEB
Abhay Sagar, Alex Collins, Henry Liu

2. Data
World Trade Web (
Import and export numbers
196 countries
(184 actual countries)
Density = 0.55
Problems with data

3. Data
Thresholding

4. Data
Power Law Degree Distribution

5. Regional Trade Agreements (RTA)
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
ASEAN (Associations of SouthEast Asian Nations)
CAIS (Central American Integration System)
ACU (Arab Customs Union)
ACN (Andean Community of Nations)
CC (Caribbean Community)
ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States)
ECA (East African Community)
ECC (Eurasian Economic Community)
CCASG (Cooperation Council for Arab States of the Gulf)
MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market)
SACU (Southern African Customs Union)
ECWAS (Economic Community of West African States)
EU (European Union)
ACNMERCOSUR (Andean Community of Nations – Cooperation Agreement with MERCOSUR)

6. Clustering Coefficient

7. Clustering Coefficient

8. % Imports / Exports in RTA vs Random

9. Stratified Sampling Covariates Import and Export GDP
Import and Export GDP per capita
Import and Export GDPppp
Import and Export Region

10. Stratified Sampling - Successful

11. Stratified Sampling-Unsuccessful

12. Summary Table

13. Collaboration with Others
Jeff – Bipartite Graphs
Dan and Mark – ERGMs

14. Conclusions RTAs affect trade noticeably
Cohesiveness and effectiveness of RTAs still a mystery
Further exploration:
Community detection
Different thresholding
RTA analysis over time