East Asia and Solar Energy Trade Network Patterns

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ID7464159
AuthorsYu Yang (0000-0001-9283-0068, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Jennie Poon (0000-0001-7449-4064, University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Jessie P Poon (Department of Geography, University at Buffalo‐SUNY, Buffalo, New York, 14261), Wen Dong (0000-0001-8923-2227, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Year2015
Volume107
Issue2
Pages276-295
Publication date2015-12-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1931-0846.2015.12155.x
OpenAlexW2214997516
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

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

Ancient history · China · Development economics · East Asia · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Hierarchy · Political science · Southeast asia · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Global trade and economics · History · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

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