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

The Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database provides historical trade data for Montserrat from 1948 to 2020. The project was developed by Christopher Absell, Giovanni Federico, and Antonio Tena Junguito from the University of Gothenburg, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. The dataset was last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling historical trade flows for Montserrat based on the 72-year time series.
• Analyzing economic development and external dependencies based on trade data.
• Conducting comparative studies of small island economies within the broader world trade database.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1948 to 2020.
• Developed by a named academic team from multiple institutions.
• Part of a larger, established world trade historical 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

Project by Christopher Absell (University of Gothenburg), Giovanni Federico (NYU Abu Dhabi), Antonio Tena Junguito (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical trade records and official statistics.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:57:07; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Montserrat