The Geography of Trade on eBay and MercadoLibre

Hortaçsu, Ali; Martínez-Jerez, F. Asís; Douglas, Jason

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“…In addition, it has been found that Internet relationships are also constrained by distance (Blum & Goldfarb 2006, Mok et al 2007, Hortaçsu et al 2009).…”

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Global networks of trade and bits

Riccaboni

Rossi

Schiavo

2012

J Econ Interact Coord

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Considerable efforts have been made in recent years to produce detailed topologies of the Internet. Although Internet topology data have been brought to the attention of a wide and somewhat diverse audience of scholars, so far they have been overlooked by economists. In this paper, we suggest that such data could be effectively treated as a proxy to characterize the size of the "digital economy" at country level and outsourcing: thus, we analyse the topological structure of the network of trade in digital services (trade in bits) and compare it with that of the more traditional flow of manufactured goods across countries. To perform meaningful comparisons across networks with different characteristics, we define a stochastic benchmark for the number of connections among each country-pair, based on hypergeometric distribution. Original data are thus filtered by means of different thresholds, so that we only focus on the strongest links, i.e., statistically significant links. We find that trade in bits displays a sparser and less hierarchical network structure, which is more similar to trade in high-skill manufactured goods than total trade. Lastly, distance plays a more prominent role in shaping the network of international trade in physical goods than trade in digital services.JEL Codes: F14, L86, O33

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“…In addition, it has been found that Internet relationships are also constrained by distance (Blum & Goldfarb 2006, Mok et al 2007, Hortaçsu et al 2009).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global networks of trade and bits

Riccaboni

Rossi

Schiavo

2012

J Econ Interact Coord

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“…Moreover, it has been found that Internet relationships are also constrained by distance (Blum & Goldfarb 2006, Mok et al 2007, Hortaçsu et al 2009). …”

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Global Networks of Trade and Bits

Rossi

Riccaboni²,

Schiavo

2011

SSRN Journal

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Considerable efforts have been made in the recent years to produce detailed topologies of the Internet. While Internet topology data have brought to the attention of a wide and somehow diverse audience of scholars they have been so far overlooked by economic analyses. In this paper we suggest that such data could be effectively treated as a proxy to characterize the size of the "digital economy" activities at national country level: we therefore analyze the topological structure of the network of trade in digital services (trade in bits) and compare it with that of the more traditional flow of manufactured goods across countries. To perform a meaningful comparison across networks with different characteristics we define a common null model for the number of connections among each country-pair, based on the hypergeometric distribution. Original data are thus filtered using different thresholds so that we focus our attention on the strongest links only, i.e., on links the represent a significant departure from the stochastic benchmark. We find that trade in bits displays a more sparse and less hierarchical network structure, which is more similar to trade in high-skill manufactured goods than total trade. Last, distance plays a more prominent role in shaping the network of international trade in physical goods than trade in digital services. JEL Codes: F14, L86, O33Keywords: Internet, hypergeometric, international trade, network analysis, distanceThe authors thank participants to the Trade NetWorkShop 3.0 held in Trento in December 2010 for insightful comments on an earlier draft of the paper. They blame each other for all remaining mistakes.

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Junk Jaunt Geography: Buying and Selling America’s Cultural Past in Central Nebraska

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Burger²

2014

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This project builds on previous material culture research by providing a detailed examination of material diffusion at central Nebraska’s Junk Jaunt. What began in 2003 and is now in its 10th year, the Junk Jaunt annually attracts some 20,000 participants from across the United States and Canada. This article briefly defines material culture and reviews several traditional distribution methods—auctions, the Internet, and garage sales. It also introduces Nebraska’s Junk Jaunt as an example of the growing phenomenon of place-based antiques tourism as communities capitalize on local culture and sense of place. Junk Jaunt organizers provided multiple datasets including participant surveys, guest book registrations, vendor information, and sales of shopper guides. These data illustrate the immense drawing power of Nebraska’s perception as an authentic place, which is reflected in its material culture.

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The Geography of Trade on eBay and MercadoLibre

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Global networks of trade and bits

Global networks of trade and bits

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Junk Jaunt Geography: Buying and Selling America’s Cultural Past in Central Nebraska

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