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Interpreting economic complexity

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Two network measures known as the economic complexity index (ECI) and product complexity index (PCI) have provided important insights into patterns of economic development. We show that the ECI and PCI are equivalent to a spectral clustering algorithm that partitions a similarity graph into two parts. The measures are also closely related to various dimensionality reduction methods, such as diffusion maps and correspondence analysis. Our results shed new light on the ECI's empirical success i...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1126/sciadv.aau1705

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-2729-3037
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS Division
Department:
Mathematical Institute
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-7871-073X
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Smith School
Oxford college:
St Catherine's College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science Publisher's website
Journal:
Science Advances Journal website
Volume:
5
Issue:
1
Pages:
eaau1705
Publication date:
2019-01-09
Acceptance date:
2018-12-03
DOI:
EISSN:
2375-2548
Pmid:
30662945
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:965602
UUID:
uuid:24475b9a-34a1-4c6a-ba73-f7e19d400032
Local pid:
pubs:965602
Source identifiers:
965602
Deposit date:
2019-01-28

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