Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database: Leeward Islands, 1800-2016

Historical trade data for the Leeward Islands from 1800 to 2016, compiled by economists Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito. The dataset is part of a larger project to outline changes in world trade over more than two centuries. It was last updated in May 2024 via the e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term trade dependency based on historical flows mentioned in the description
• Analyzing economic integration of Caribbean territories based on trade data
• Studying the impact of global events on island economies based on the 1800-2016 time range

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time range from 1800 to 2016
• Developed by named academic economists from European universities
• Part of a structured project to outline changes in world trade

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Project developed to outline changes in world trade; specific methodology not detailed.

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:01:42

Geography

Leeward Islands