Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database: Ottoman Empire and Turkey, 1800-2016

Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito developed the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database. This dataset outlines changes in world trade from 1800 to 2016, focusing on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. The data was harvested from e-cienciaDatos and last updated on May 5, 2024.

Use Cases

• Model long-term trade volume trends based on the 1800-2016 time series mentioned in the description.
• Analyze the economic integration of the Ottoman Empire/Turkey into global markets based on the historical trade data.
• Study structural changes in trade patterns across historical periods based on the dataset's coverage of over two centuries.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1800 to 2016.
• Created by academic researchers Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito.
• Part of a larger project outlining changes in world trade, suggesting a comparative framework.

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

Likely compiled from historical trade records and statistics.

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 07:35:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ottoman Empire and Turkey