The dynamics of the world trade web

• Grant number: 14/02946-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 15, 2014
• End date: April 14, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Aparecido Rodrigues
• Grantee: Livia Akemi Hotta
• Supervisor: Celso Grebogi
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Aberdeen, Scotland
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/11997-6 - Analysis of the structure of world trade, BP.IC

Abstract

In this project, we propose the analysis of the World Trade Web by concepts and methods of non-linear dynamics and chaos. Tipping points will be identified and related to historical events, such as the creation of trade blocks, or international crisis. Financial crisis will be studies in terms of synchronization models. Methods to control the effect of financial crisis in different countries will also be developed. These investigations complement the initial project developed in the first six months of the undergraduate studies. (AU)