Gravity Equation of Transaction Network from 800,000 Japanese Firms' Transaction Network Data

6 Pages Posted: 4 Nov 2008 Last revised: 10 Jul 2016

Date Written: November 2, 2008

Abstract

In International Economics, so-called gravity equation has been successful. In the present paper, we show that similar equation concerning transaction network holds well. The weight of transaction network among Japanese prefectures is explained by Sales-i*Sales-j/Distance-ij very well. The definitions of terms are as follows. Sales-i is the total sales of all the firms in prefecture-i. Distance-ij is the physical distance between prefecture i and j. Weight-ij is the number of transaction links between all the firms in prefecture-i and all the firms in prefecture-j. We also obtain power parameters of Sales and Distance. They are very close to 1 and -1. The estimated power parameters as well are in excellent agreement with the network gravity equation.

For this purpose we used Japanese firms' transaction network data which consists of 800,000 firms.

Keywords: Transaction Network, Gravity Equation, Geography, Network

JEL Classification: R3, R4, L14, L16

Suggested Citation

Konno, Tomohiko, Gravity Equation of Transaction Network from 800,000 Japanese Firms' Transaction Network Data (November 2, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1294065 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1294065

Tomohiko Konno (Contact Author)

Princeton University ( email )

22 Chambers Street
Princeton, NJ 08544-0708
United States

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