Condensed version of the OECD foreign trade by commodities tapes

Bianchi, Carlo and Calzolari, Giorgio (1979): Condensed version of the OECD foreign trade by commodities tapes. Published in: IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin , Vol. 22, No. 5 (October 1979): pp. 1944-1946.

Abstract

Bilateral import prices are assumed to be the main explanatory variables in an import allocation model. Since official statistics are not available, the construction of these indices has been undertaken, using the data on bilateral trade by commodities supplied by OECD. Data are stored in 126 magnetic tapes, that had to be first of all compressed to become more manageable.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Bilateral import prices; OECD statistics; compressed data; magnetic tapes
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology ; Computer Programs > C87 - Econometric Software

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