Bilateral Trade Flows in Europe, 1857-1875 A new dataset

Markus Lampe

No 8002, Working Papers from Economic History Society

Abstract: "This study constructs a large, internationally comparative set of foreign trade data for the period 1857 to 1875. The dataset is constructed using information at the commodity group- level and contains import and export values for the UK, France, the Zollverein, the Nether- lands, Belgium, Austria-Hungary and the United States, itemised by trade partner. The study tackles three basic problems related to the heterogeneity in national statistics of the period: different definitions of aggregates, inadequate ‘official’ pricing, and the ‘proximity bias’, i.e. the misleading practice of crediting imports to bordering countries from where they physically entered, but where they did not originate. After passing successfully a consistency test, the re- sulting dataset contains harmonised and country of origin-corrected bilateral trade values for 7 central importers, 10 points in time and 21 commodity groups, along with ad valorem tariff rates for all commodity groups and countries. They offer new detailed insights into the com- position and evolution of trade and tariffs in the third quarter of the 19th century."

Keywords: "foreign trade statistics; bilateral trade flows; proximity bias; tariffs" (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C82 F14 N73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-03
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