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Geographical effects on the accuracy of textile trade data:an international approach for 1913

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  • Anna Carreras

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Foreign trade statistics are the main data source to the study of international trade. However its accuracy has been under suspicion since Morgernstern published his famous work in 1963. Federico and Tena (1991) have resumed the question arguing that they can be useful in an adequate level of aggregation. But the geographical assignment problem remains unsolved. This article focuses on the spatial variable through the analysis of the reliability of textile international data for 1913. A geographical bias arises between export and import series, but because of its quantitative importance it can be negligible in an international scale.

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  • Anna Carreras, 2005. "Geographical effects on the accuracy of textile trade data:an international approach for 1913," Economics Working Papers 821, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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    1. Yehuda Don, 1968. "Comparability of International Trade Statistics: Great Britain and Austria-Hungary before World War I," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 21(1), pages 78-91, April.
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    Keywords

    Economic geography; Statistical accuracy; Economic textile history;
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    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
    • N01 - Economic History - - General - - - Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods
    • N73 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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