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    • Dynamic Gravity Dataset 1948-2016

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

    The gravity data describes country characteristics and relationships between two trading partners. This data covers a total of 285 countries between 1948 and 2016 and contains more than 60 variables describing macroeconomic indicators, geographic characteristics, trade facilitation measures, cultural relationships, and institutional stability measures. In order to accurately reflect the dynamic nature of the globe, the dataset follows the formation and dissolution of countries each year and features extensive time variation in corresponding variables.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://www.usitc.gov/data/gravity/frequently_asked_questions_faqs.htm
    https://www.usitc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/332/working_papers/gurevich_herman_2018_dynamic_gravity_dataset_201802a.pdf
    https://www.usitc.gov/sites/default/files/data/gravity/dynamic_gravity_technical_documentation_v1_00_1.pdf

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USITC Data.json Source

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Publisher Office of Economics
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.usitc.gov/data/gravity/dataset.htm
    Data First Published 2018-04-06
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2018-04-01
    Rights This dataset is a U.S. Government Work and is not covered by copyright in the United States of America
    Category gravity modeling of international trade
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 378:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id 31f2a653-eddf-4fc4-83b8-3bfd14f358d2
    Harvest Source Id 1555b6f0-f7f7-4936-bc8e-5803b8c692c3
    Harvest Source Title USITC Data.json Source
    Homepage URL https://www.usitc.gov/data/gravity/index.htm
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 000:000
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. International Trade Commission > Office of Economics
    Related Documents https://www.usitc.gov/data/gravity/frequently_asked_questions_faqs.htm, https://www.usitc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/332/working_papers/gurevich_herman_2018_dynamic_gravity_dataset_201802a.pdf, https://www.usitc.gov/sites/default/files/data/gravity/dynamic_gravity_technical_documentation_v1_00_1.pdf
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 6d36a435d7b04049bd43946c20805dc36a3db4c0
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial United States
    Temporal 1948/2016

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