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From Innovation to Diversification: A Simple Competitive Model

Saracco, Fabio and Di Clemente, Riccardo and Gabrielli, Andrea and Pietronero, Luciano From Innovation to Diversification: A Simple Competitive Model. PloS One, 10 (11). e0140420. ISSN 1932-6203 (2015)

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Abstract

<p>Few attempts have been proposed in order to describe the statistical features and historical evolution of the export bipartite matrix countries/products. An important standpoint is the introduction of a products network, namely a hierarchical forest of products that models the formation and the evolution of commodities. In the present article, we propose a simple dynamical model where countries compete with each other to acquire the ability to produce and export new products. Countries will have two possibilities to expand their export: innovating, i.e. introducing new goods, namely new nodes in the product networks, or copying the productive process of others, i.e. occupying a node already present in the same network. In this way, the topology of the products network and the country-product matrix evolve simultaneously, driven by the countries push toward innovation.</p>

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: 10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0140420
Uncontrolled Keywords: Network motifs, Simulation and modeling, Economics, Economic growth
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Q Science > QA Mathematics
Research Area: Economics and Institutional Change
Depositing User: Caterina Tangheroni
Date Deposited: 16 Nov 2015 15:32
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2015 15:32
URI: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/2902

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