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Table 5 Correlation coefficients between the rank of 154 countries in full 154-country network and reduced 154-country network [part (a)], and correlation coefficients between the rank of 102 countries in reduced 154-country network and the 102-country network [part (b)] based on centrality measures in export sector

From: Quantitative analysis of trade networks: data and robustness

Commodity group

CC (out-degree)

CC (PageRank)

CC (hub)

(a): Correlation coefficients (CC) of Comparing Matrix D in Eq. (5) with \(P=102\) versus Matrix B in Eq. (5) with \(N=154\) and \(P=102\)

0

0.99

0.99

1.00

1

0.98

0.92

1.00

2

1.00

1.00

1.00

3

1.00

1.00

1.00

4

0.98

0.99

1.00

5

1.00

0.99

1.00

6

1.00

1.00

1.00

7

0.99

1.00

1.00

8

0.99

0.99

1.00

9

1.00

1.00

1.00

(b): Correlation coefficients (CC) of Comparing Matrix B in Eq. (5) with \(N=154\) and \(P=102\) versus Matrix A in Eq. (5) with \(N=154\)

0

1.00

0.97

1.00

1

1.00

0.95

1.00

2

1.00

0.98

1.00

3

1.00

0.90

1.00

4

1.00

0.94

1.00

5

1.00

0.97

1.00

6

1.00

0.95

1.00

7

1.00

0.95

1.00

8

1.00

0.97

1.00

9

1.00

0.99

1.00

  1. The first column lists the 10 commodity groups. The second, third, and fourth columns describe the correlation coefficients for different pairs of networks mentioned in part (a) and (b), based on out-degree, PageRank, and hub, respectively