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Special issue: geography of inequality in asia

East Asia and Solar Energy Trade Network Patterns

(Associate Professor) , (Professor) & (Associate Professor)
Pages 276-295 | Received 30 Dec 2015, Accepted 30 Dec 2015, Published online: 04 Nov 2019
 

Abstract

The extent to which core‐periphery hierarchical trade patterns have significantly changed with the emergence of Asia remains debated. This paper addresses the debate by examining the spatial patterns and mobility of Asian countries in global solar energy trade. Based on network analysis from 1990 to 2013, it shows that Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia emerged as core countries as early as 1990. The Asian core expanded to six countries by 2013, including Japan, South Korea, China, and Singapore. China in particular moved steeply upward in the spatial hierarchy. The United States also experienced considerable vertical mobility, but Germany is the most stable core. The rise of East and Southeast Asia, however, did not decrease economic inequality internationally. Rather, new patterns of network inequality may be observed both within Asia and globally. Less developed Southeast and South Asia—Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Pakistan—experienced no or marginal mobility.

Support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 41401132, No. 41371141 and No. 41430636 is acknowledged. The authors also acknowledge financial support from the China Scholarship Council.

Support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 41401132, No. 41371141 and No. 41430636 is acknowledged. The authors also acknowledge financial support from the China Scholarship Council.

Notes

Support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 41401132, No. 41371141 and No. 41430636 is acknowledged. The authors also acknowledge financial support from the China Scholarship Council.

1. Zones of regional interactions in Asia, North America, and Europe may be mapped using community structure statistics, but lack of space prevents their presentation here. The maps are available upon request.

2. Austria, Czech Republic, and Poland also experienced similar mobility.

3. The Gini coefficient that is applied here is expressed as: Gini=1201Lxdx L(x) is the simulation of Lorenz curve. Gini∈[0,1] such that 0 indicates perfect equality and 1 indicates perfect inequality.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China

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