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In this chapter, estimates of the network properties of Swedish exports of commodities to Europe are presented. The standard classical trade models and those generated by Heckscher-Ohlin indicate the direction of trade at the borders of nations but they do not generally tell us with whom a nation trades or the quantity of the flows. The two important factors of destination and quantity are not readily explained in the above models as trade patterns are not revealed by a characterization of the nodes in the trade network alone. It has to be augmented by a representation of link attributes and thus of spatial accessibility. The standard international trade models assume away friction, inertia and barriers in space and thus may not explain bilateral patterns of flows in a network although they do suggest factors in the nodes which are of importance for the creation of inter-industrial trade in homogeneous commodities.
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Johansson, B., Westin, L. (1994). Revealing Network Properties of Sweden’s Trade with Europe. In: Johansson, B., Karlsson, C., Westin, L. (eds) Patterns of a Network Economy. Advances in Spatial and Network Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78898-7_9
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