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

The Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database for Oceania is a project developed by Christopher Absell, Giovanni Federico, and Antonio Tena Junguito. It provides historical international trade data for the Oceania region. The dataset was last updated on October 14, 2025.

Use Cases

• Modeling historical trade flows in Oceania based on the described international trade data.
• Analyzing economic integration and policy impacts over time based on the 1948-2020 time range.
• Conducting comparative regional trade studies using the Oceania-specific geographic focus.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1948 to 2020.
• Focuses on a specific geographic region, Oceania, for detailed analysis.
• Developed by a named academic team from multiple institutions.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Harvested via e-cienciaDatos from a Dataverse repository.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10 14 21:38:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Oceania