?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2192%2F&rft.title=The+rise+of+China+in+the+international+trade+network%3A+a+community+core+detection+approach&rft.creator=Zhu%2C+Zhen&rft.creator=Cerina%2C+Federica&rft.creator=Chessa%2C+Alessandro&rft.creator=Caldarelli%2C+Guido&rft.creator=Riccaboni%2C+Massimo&rft.subject=DS+Asia&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=HF+Commerce&rft.description=Theory+of+complex+networks+proved+successful+in+the+description+of+a+variety+of+static+networks+ranging+from+biology+to+computer+and+social+sciences+and+to+economics+and%0D%0Afinance.+Here+we+use+network+models+to+describe+the+evolution+of+a+particular+economic+system%2C+namely+the+International+Trade+Network+(ITN).+Previous+studies+often+assume+that+globalization+and+regionalization+in+international+trade+are+contradictory+to+each+other.+We+re-examine+the+relationship+between+globalization+and+regionalization+by+viewing+the+international+trade+system+as+an+interdependent+complex+network.+We+use+the+modularity+optimization+method+to+detect+communities+and+community+cores+in+the+ITN+during+the+years+1995-2011.+We+find+rich+dynamics+over+time+both+inter-+and+intra-communities.+Most+importantly%2C+we+have+a+multilevel+description+of+the%0D%0Aevolution+where+the+global+dynamics+(i.e.%2C+communities+disappear+or+reemerge)+tend+to+be+correlated+with+the+regional+dynamics+(i.e.%2C+community+core+changes+between%0D%0Acommunity+members).+In+particular%2C+the+Asia-Oceania+community+disappeared+and+reemerged+over+time+along+with+a+switch+in+leadership+from+Japan+to+China.+Moreover%2C%0D%0Asimulation+results+show+that+the+global+dynamics+can+be+generated+by+a+preferential+attachment+mechanism+both+inter-+and+intra-+communities.+&rft.publisher=IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft.date=2014-04&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2192%2F1%2FEIC_WP_4_2014.pdf&rft.identifier=++Zhu%2C+Zhen+and+Cerina%2C+Federica+and+Chessa%2C+Alessandro+and+Caldarelli%2C+Guido+and+Riccaboni%2C+Massimo++The+rise+of+China+in+the+international+trade+network%3A+a+community+core+detection+approach.++EIC+working+paper+series++%234%2F2014++++IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca+++++++++