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Modeling supply-chain networks with firm-to-firm wire transfers

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Author(s):
Silva, Thiago Christiano [1, 2] ; Amancio, Diego Raphael [3] ; Tabak, Benjamin Miranda [4]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Catolica Brasilia, Brasilia, DF - Brazil
[2] Banco Cent Brasil, Res Dept, Brasilia, DF - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] Getulio Vargas Fdn, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sch Publ Policy & Govt, FGV EPPG Escola Polit Publ & Governo, Brasilia, DF - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS; v. 190, MAR 15 2022.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

We study a novel economic network (supply chain) comprised of wire transfers (electronic payment transac-tions) among the universe of firms in Brazil (6.2 million firms). We construct a directed and weighted network in which vertices represent cities and edges connote pairwise economic dependence between cities. Cities (vertices) represent the collection of all firms in that location, and links denote intercity wire transfers. We find a high degree of economic integration among cities in the trade network, consistent with the high degree of specialization across Brazilian cities. We identify cities with a dominant role as customers and suppliers to the entire supply chain using centrality network measures. The supply-chain network has a disassortative mixing pattern, which is explained by the heterogeneity in the size of Brazilian municipalities. We find that the supply-chain network becomes more disassortative during adverse times, such as the Brazilian recession in 2014 and the global financial crisis. We use entrepreneurship data and show that one potential driver of this change is the death of small firms, leading to a greater concentration of economic flows in larger centers. Our results suggest that adverse events significantly impact the supply-chain network with meaningful and heterogeneous economic consequences across municipalities. We run econometric exercises and find that courts' efficiency plays a dual role. From the customer perspective, it may reduce contractual frictions and increase economic transactions between cities. From the supplier perspective, cities that are central suppliers to the supply chain may use courts' inefficiency as a lawsuit barrier from their customers. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 16/19069-9 - Using semantical information to classify texts modelled as complex networks
Grantee:Diego Raphael Amancio
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants