Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database: Thailand from 1800 to 2016

From 1800 to 2016, this dataset outlines changes in world trade for Siam-Thailand. It is part of a project developed by Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito to create a historical database of global trade. The dataset was last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling Thailand's long-term economic integration based on historical trade data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing shifts in trade policy and globalization effects over two centuries for a specific country
• Benchmarking economic growth models against a consistent historical trade series
• Conducting comparative studies of Southeast Asian economies using a standardized historical dataset

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time range from 1800 to 2016, providing long-term perspective
• Part of a coordinated project by named academic researchers from European universities
• Explicitly focuses on a single country, Siam-Thailand, for detailed analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling
• Data may reflect temporal and source bias inherent to historical reconstructions

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 statistical reconstructions.

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:46:39; freshness should be verified

Geography

Siam - Thailand