Historical Trade Data for the Dutch West Indies and Netherlands Antilles, 1800-2016

A historical trade database developed by Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito outlines changes in world trade from 1800 to 2016. This specific dataset focuses on the Dutch West Indies and Netherlands Antilles. The data was harvested from Dataverse and last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term trade volume trends for the Dutch West Indies and Netherlands Antilles based on the 1800-2016 time range.
• Studying the economic impact of colonial trade policies based on the historical nature of the data.
• Modeling trade flow changes over two centuries based on the dataset's temporal coverage.
• Comparing trade patterns of specific Caribbean territories based on the geographic focus.

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time range from 1800 to 2016.
• Created by named academic researchers Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito.
• Part of a larger project outlining changes in world trade, suggesting a structured collection.

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 Giovanni Federico (Università di Pisa) and Antonio Tena Junguito (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).

Collection Method

Harvested from Dataverse by e-cienciaDatos.

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 07:32:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dutch West Indies, Netherlands Antilles