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Dataset for the paper:
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Cieslik and Gurshev (2022): "Friends with or without benefits? An empirical evaluation of bilateral trade and economic integration between some of the post-Soviet economies"
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Author information (ORCID IDs):
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Andrzej Cieślik: 0000-0002-7834-7384
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Oleg Gurshev: 0000-0003-4532-7819
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Legend
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year
- Year of observation
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reporter
- Reporting economy
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partner
- Partner economy
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imp
- Total value of imports (current $US million)
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exp
- Total value of exports (current $US million)
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y
- Total value of trade (imp + exp)
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k_diff
- Labor adjusted physical capital difference between reported and partner ($US million)
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k_sum
- Labor adjusted physical capital sum between reported and partner ($US million)
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gdp_sum
- Sum of Real GDPs (constant 2010 $US million)
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disp
- Helpman’s (1987) GDP similarity index based on Real GDPs (constant 2010 $US million)
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dist
- Geographical distance between partner economies (capital cities, in km)
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cont
- Dummy variable, unity if both trading partners share a common land border
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comlag
- Dummy variable, unity if both trading partners were part of the USSR
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cu
- Dummy variable, unity if both trading partners are members of the EUEA
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fta_no_eu
- Dummy variable, unity if both trading partners have signed preferential/free trade treaty (excluding EU billateral agreements)
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cis
- Dummy variable, unity if both trading partners are members of the CIS trade treaty
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vm
- Dummy variable, unity if both trading partners are members of the EUEA-Vietnam treaty
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Data sources
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CEPII (2021), GeoDist database, Retrieved July, 2021, from http://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/presentation.asp?id=6
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Feenstra, R. C., Inklaar, R., & Timmer, M. P. (2015). The next generation of the Penn World Table. American Economic Review, 105(10), 3150-82. doi: 10.1257/aer.20130954
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United Nations (2021). COMTRADE database, Retrieved July, 2021, from https://comtrade.un.org/data/
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World Trade Organization (2021). Regional trade agreements database, Retrieved July, 2021, from https://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicMaintainRTAHome.aspx
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Contact details
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oleggurshev@gmail.com
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License
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CC-BY
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