Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database for Europe, 1948-2020

The Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database for Europe is a project developed by Christopher Absell, Giovanni Federico, and Antonio Tena Junguito. It provides historical trade data for Europe covering the period from 1948 to 2020. The dataset is hosted on the dataverse platform and was last updated in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term trade flow trends based on the 1948-2020 time range
• Analyzing European economic integration and policy impacts based on historical trade data
• Conducting comparative economic studies across European nations based on trade statistics

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1948 to 2020
• Created by a named academic team from multiple universities
• Last updated on 2025 10 14, indicating recent maintenance

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Christopher Absell (University Gothenburg and Instituto Figuerola), Giovanni Federico (New York University Dubai), Antonio Tena Junguito (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Instituto Figuerola)

Collection Method

Project developed by the listed authors; specific data gathering method is not detailed in the provided metadata.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-14 21:53:53

Geography

Europe