?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2230%2F&rft.title=World+input-output+network&rft.creator=Cerina%2C+Federica&rft.creator=Zhu%2C+Zhen&rft.creator=Chessa%2C+Alessandro&rft.creator=Riccaboni%2C+Massimo&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=HT+Communities.+Classes.+Races&rft.description=Economic+systems%2C+traditionally+analyzed+as+almost+independent+national+systems%2C+are+increasingly+connected+on+a+global+scale.+Only+recently+becoming+available%2C+the+World+Input-Output+Database+(WIOD)+is+one+of+the+first+efforts+to+construct+the+multi-regional+input-output+(MRIO)+tables+at+the+global+level.+By+viewing+the+world+input-output+system+as+an+interdependent+network+where+the+nodes+are+the+individual+industries+in+different+economies+and+the+edges+are+the+monetary+goods+flows+between+industries%2C+we+study+the+network+properties+of+the+so-called+world+input-output+network+(WION)+and+document+its+evolution+over+time.+We+are+able+to+quantify+not+only+some+global+network+properties+such+as+assortativity%2C+clustering+coefficient%2C+and+degree+and+strength+distributions%2C+but+also+its+subgraph+structure+and+dynamics+by+using+community+detection+techniques.+Over+time%2C+we+detect+a+marked+increase+in+cross-country+connectivity+of+the+production+system%2C+only+temporarily+interrupted+by+the+2008-2009+crisis.+Moreover%2C+we+find+a+growing+input-output+regional+community+in+Europe+led+by+Germany+and+the+rise+of+China+in+the+global+production+system.+Finally%2C+we+use+the+network-based+PageRank+centrality+and+community+coreness+measure+to+identify+the+key+industries+and+economies+in+the+WION+and+the+results+are+different+from+the+one+obtained+by+the+traditional+final-demand-weighted+backward+linkage+measure.+&rft.publisher=IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft.date=2014-07&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2230%2F1%2FEIC_WP_6_2014.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cerina%2C+Federica+and+Zhu%2C+Zhen+and+Chessa%2C+Alessandro+and+Riccaboni%2C+Massimo++World+input-output+network.++EIC+working+paper+series++%236%2F2014++++IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++++