02106cas a2200325 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011284 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781463902964 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Massara, Alexander. Assessing Systemic Trade Interconnectedness : An Empirical Approach / Alexander Massara, Luca Errico. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper focuses on systemically important jurisdictions in the global trade network, complementing recent IMF work on systemically important financial sectors. Using the IMF's Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) database and network analysis, the paper develops a framework for ranking jurisdictions based on trade size and trade interconnectedness indicators using data for 2000 and 2010. The results show a near perfect overlap between the top 25 systemically important trade and financial jurisdictions, suggesting that these ought to be the focus of risk-based surveillance on cross-border spillovers and contagion. In addition, a number of extensions to the approach are developed that can provide a better understanding of trade dynamics at the bilateral, regional, and global levels. Mode of access: Internet Interconnectedness Ranking imf Jurisdiction imf Trade Sector imf Trade imf WP imf China, People's Republic of imf Errico, Luca. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/214 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2011/214/001.2011.issue-214-en.xml IMF e-Library