Austria's Historical World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

Austria's trade records from 1948 to 2020, part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database. The dataset was developed by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. It was last updated in the dataverse repository on May 5, —2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling Austria's trade integration over time based on the historical time series.
• Analyzing the impact of economic policies on Austrian trade flows based on the multi-decade coverage.
• Benchmarking Austria's trade performance against other countries using the standardized historical database framework.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1948 to 2020.
• Developed by a named academic team from multiple universities.
• Part of a larger, standardized world trade database project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Absell, Christopher; Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio

Collection Method

Part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database project.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 07:29:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Austria