Research Article

Understanding the Role of Humanistic Factors in Trade Network Evolution across the Belt and Road Initiative Countries Using the Exponential Random Graph Model

Table 4

The estimated results of the temporal ERGM by MCMC MLE.

M(7)M(8)M(9)M(10)M(11)

Edges−3.3927 (0.0164)−3.4223 (0.0161)−3.5163 (0.0154)−3.3588 (0.0159)−3.2989 (0.0157)
Mutual2.5622 (0.0065)2.5394 (0.0066)2.5747 (0.0066)2.5821 (0.0068)2.5978 (0.0066)
Main(tradefree)0.0017 (0.0007)0.0017 (0.0006)0.0017 (0.0007)0.0012 (0.0007)0.0012 (0.0002)
Main(invfree)0.0010 (0.0008)0.0009 (0.0006)0.0013 (0.0005)0.0013 (0.0005)0.0008 (0.0001)
Maim(finfree)0.0006 (0.0002)0.0009 (0.0003)0.0012 (0.0005)0.0010 (0.0006)0.0005 (0.0001)
Diff(popd)0.0000 (0.0000)0.0000 (0.0000)0.0000 (0.0000)0.0000 (0.0000)0.0000 (0.0000)
Diff(gdpd)0.0007 (0.0001)0.0007 (0.0001)0.0007 (0.0000)0.0007 (0.0001)0.0007 (0.0001)
Diff(entry_cost)−0.0006 (0.0005)−0.0007 (0.0005)−0.0005 (0.0005)−0.0006 (0.0005)−0.0006 (0.0005)
Homo(gdphigh)0.0955 (0.0056)0.1043 (0.0054)0.0988 (0.0055)0.0982 (0.0056)0.0814 (0.0056)
Homo(pophigh)0.0612 (0.0053)0.0827 (0.0053)0.0685 (0.0052)0.0621 (0.0054)0.0675 (0.0053)
Send(gdphigh)1.1989 (0.0059)1.1825 (0.0059)1.2264 (0.0060)1.1906 (0.0061)1.2123 (0.0062)
Send(pophigh)0.0787 (0.0060)0.1060 (0.0058)0.0480 (0.0058)0.0444 (0.0062)0.0583 (0.0060)
Recv(gdphigh)0.1784 (0.0062)0.1583 (0.0061)0.1876 (0.0061)0.1658 (0.0062)0.2055 (0.0060)
Recv(pophigh)0.3159 (0.0060)0.3305 (0.0060)0.3197 (0.0058)0.3141 (0.0059)0.2862 (0.0059)
Netc(comlang_off)0.7088 (0.0100)
Netc(comlang_ethno)0.6073 (0.0082)
Netc(comleg)0.2176 (0.0043)
Netc(comrelig)0.2041 (0.0072)
Netc(sibling_ever)0.2824 (0.0052)
Num. obs.1062010620106201062010620

Note.;; ; the values in parentheses are standard errors.