EVALUATION OF INSERTION OF BRAZIL ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE BY TECHNOLOGICAL INTENSITY THROUGH NETWORK ANALYSIS

Abstract

The present paper explores the insertion of Brazil in world trade using network analysis methodology. The main purpose of the article was verify the position and the insertion of Brazil in the trade networks of different technological categories and its evolution from 2003 to 2012, using measures of centrality and presenting the country's position in different clusters of countries. At the same time, the paper aimed to demonstrate how a methodology that has been increasingly used in the social sciences, and also in economic studies of international trade, can be applied to the Brazilian case as a complementary tool to the traditional indicators and methodologies.