Before revision:  Our results highlight that any topological property representing only partial information (e.g., degree sequences) cannot in general be obtained from the corresponding weighted property (e.g., strength sequences). Therefore the expectation that weighted structural properties offer a more complete description than purely topological ones is misleading. Our analysis of the ITN detects indirect effects that are not captured by traditional macroeconomic analyses focused only on weighted first-order country-specific properties, and highlights the limitations of models and theories that overemphasize the need to reproduce and explain such properties .
After revision:  Our two papers show that traditional macroeconomic approaches systematically fail to capture the key properties of the ITN detects indirect effects that are not captured by traditional macroeconomic analyses focused only on weighted first-order country-specific properties, and highlights the limitations of models and theories that overemphasize the need to reproduce and explain such properties .