Complexity of International Trade and Currency Networks

In the dissertation, a local currency and trade networks in Asian Pacific Region have been constructed based on the real data. The topology and dynamics are studied, based upon which the impacts of US financial crisis on the structural and behavior pattern of the regional trade web; the synchronization of the currency network are then investigated. Furthermore the regional service trade barriers are measured and their impacts are estimated. Finally the behavior of foreign banking in China are examined using the most recent data.