Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database: Exchange Rates 1800-2016

Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito developed this historical database tracking changes in world trade. The World Exchange Rates Series provides data spanning over two centuries, from 1800 to 2016. The dataset was last updated on the DataSalon platform in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term currency volatility based on the historical exchange rate series.
• Analyzing the impact of trade policies on exchange rates over the 1800-2016 period.
• Training time-series forecasting models for economic indicators using the multi-century data.
• Conducting comparative studies of global economic integration through exchange rate convergence.

Strengths

• Covers a significant 216-year time range from 1800 to 2016.
• Created by established academic researchers Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito.
• Metadata indicates a recent platform update on 2024-05 05.

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

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 compilation method not detailed.

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:06:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

World coverage implied by 'world trade' and 'world exchange rates'.