World Export Data (WED), 1948-1983

This database supplies comprehensive annual tabulations of exports among nearly all nations of the world. Encompassing data on 164 nations, the WED database augments empirical research into bilateral and multilateral flows of exports and trade patterns over time. The data are unique in that they are not restricted to member states of a particular organization such as the International Monetary Fund or the United Nations, and they also contain information on all nations with centrally planned economies. The first two variables in the file represent the nations from which and to which the exports are sent, and the remaining variables represent 36 annual figures on the value of the exports in millions of United States dollars at current prices beginning in 1948 and ending in 1983.

本数据库提供了全球几乎所有国家间出口的年度全面汇总。涵盖164个国家的数据，WED数据库丰富了关于双边和多边出口流动以及贸易模式随时间变化的实证研究。这些数据独特之处在于，它们不仅不限于某一特定组织（如国际货币基金组织或联合国）的成员国，而且还包含所有实行中央计划经济的国家的信息。文件中的前两个变量表示出口的来源国和目的地国，其余变量则代表自1948年起至1983年止，以当前价格计算的、以百万美元为单位的价值出口年度数据，共计36项。