Reducing Trade Inequality: A Network-Based Assessment

<div>Empirical and synthetic trade matrices for year 2017. Normalized weight matrices <span class="nowrap"><svg height="15.5493pt" id="M8" style="vertical-align:-5.86298pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.68632 66.9407 15.5493" width="66.9407pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M969 650H734V615C815 608 819 591 805 531C791 472 750 316 712 193H709C654 339 597 492 541 644H493C447 490 397 339 349 197H347C313 307 279 424 246 541C232 592 233 606 308 615V650H13V615C72 607 89 593 113 515C169 337 218 169 273 -11H325C373 133 424 282 475 433H477C533 281 586 138 641 -11H693C777 269 836 443 858 508C886 591 902 605 969 615V650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,12.727,3.132)"><path d="M615 650H141L132 618C223 612 227 607 212 526L136 123C122 42 112 38 27 32L18 0H522C539 33 580 135 592 166L558 179C536 139 512 100 486 75C454 48 420 41 345 41C287 41 252 42 237 55C221 68 220 100 231 158L261 316H357C455 316 455 309 455 235H489L529 437H494C468 366 460 360 369 360H269L305 565C315 609 316 611 357 611H450C525 611 535 599 548 578C559 556 561 526 560 482L595 486L615 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,18.15,3.132)"><path d="M418 650H141L133 618C225 611 232 604 218 531L141 120C126 45 119 37 33 32L24 0H301L308 32C220 37 214 44 227 120L305 531C319 605 325 611 411 618L418 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,22.633,0)"><path d="M368 703H309L44 -163H104L368 703Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,27.994,.007)"><path d="M697 -46L668 -39C637 -126 611 -142 545 -142H163L474 298L206 694H483C558 694 584 688 600 668C615 651 627 625 639 580L667 585L655 739H70V714L378 254L53 -203V-228H655L697 -46Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,37.781,3.466)"><path d="M250 606C250 634 233 656 203 656C168 656 146 618 146 593C146 564 169 545 192 545C227 545 250 573 250 606ZM227 95L212 119C187 98 152 71 135 71C129 71 128 78 134 102L207 373C219 418 217 451 194 451C165 451 92 411 30 351L44 326C77 353 106 371 114 371C124 371 121 357 117 341L55 97C32 5 46 -12 70 -12C108 -12 191 51 227 95Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,39.662,3.466)"><path d="M400 606C400 634 383 656 353 656C316 656 294 620 294 593C294 564 317 545 343 545C375 545 400 573 400 606ZM366 351C379 413 381 451 356 451C323 451 251 408 183 341L199 313C223 335 267 365 277 365C285 365 284 354 277 312C245 132 222 27 193 -100C182 -148 160 -188 131 -188C113 -188 90 -178 75 -170C64 -164 55 -168 48 -175C38 -185 24 -203 24 -222S48 -257 71 -257C89 -257 131 -241 186 -192C243 -141 286 -46 310 74L366 351Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,44.097,0)"><path d="M969 650H734V615C815 608 819 591 805 531C791 472 750 316 712 193H709C654 339 597 492 541 644H493C447 490 397 339 349 197H347C313 307 279 424 246 541C232 592 233 606 308 615V650H13V615C72 607 89 593 113 515C169 337 218 169 273 -11H325C373 133 424 282 475 433H477C533 281 586 138 641 -11H693C777 269 836 443 858 508C886 591 902 605 969 615V650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,56.824,3.132)"><path d="M615 650H141L132 618C223 612 227 607 212 526L136 123C122 42 112 38 27 32L18 0H522C539 33 580 135 592 166L558 179C536 139 512 100 486 75C454 48 420 41 345 41C287 41 252 42 237 55C221 68 220 100 231 158L261 316H357C455 316 455 309 455 235H489L529 437H494C468 366 460 360 369 360H269L305 565C315 609 316 611 357 611H450C525 611 535 599 548 578C559 556 561 526 560 482L595 486L615 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,62.247,3.132)"><path d="M418 650H141L133 618C225 611 232 604 218 531L141 120C126 45 119 37 33 32L24 0H301L308 32C220 37 214 44 227 120L305 531C319 605 325 611 411 618L418 650Z"></path></g></svg>:</span> (a) empirical and (b) synthetic. Color is assigned according to the normalized weight of that particular yearly trade volume. The synthetic matrix is the result of running a particular experiment. Both matrices have equal number of nodes and links.</div>

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Reducing Trade Inequality: A Network-Based Assessment

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