Replication data for: When Britain Turned Inward: The Impact of Interwar British Protection
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alan de Bromhead; Alan Fernihough; Markus Lampe; Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke
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Project Citation:
de Bromhead, Alan, Fernihough, Alan, Lampe, Markus, and O’Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj. Replication data for: When Britain Turned Inward: The Impact of Interwar British Protection. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113204V1
Project Description
Summary:
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International trade collapsed, and also became much less multilateral, during the 1930s. Previous studies, looking at aggregate trade flows, have argued that trade policies had relatively little to do with either phenomenon. Using a new dataset incorporating highly disaggregated information on the United Kingdom's imports and trade policies, we find that while conventional wisdom is correct regarding the impact of trade policy on the total value of British imports, discriminatory trade policies can explain the majority of Britain's shift toward Imperial imports in the 1930s.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Disaggregated Import Data;
Historical Trade Statistics;
Disaggregated Tariff Data
JEL Classification:
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F13 Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
F54 Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism
N74 Economic History: Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: Europe: 1913-
F13 Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
F54 Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism
N74 Economic History: Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: Europe: 1913-
Geographic Coverage:
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United Kingdom trade partners,
United Kingdom
Time Period(s):
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1924 – 1938
Universe:
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Sample of 258 consistently defined goods that fall into 38 SITC (1951 version) 3-digit categories from 42 trade partners of the United Kingdom
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data;
aggregate data
Collection Notes:
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The data collection process initially involved collecting information on 847 individual items falling within 38 3-digit SITC categories over the period1924-38. However, a number of series which existed in the first years of the sample were discontinued or reclassified in subsequent years. Likewise new categories were created over time, as imports of particular products werereported in a more disaggregated fashion. Consequently not all series wereconsistently observed over the entire sample period. Our aim was to create the most disaggregated dataset possible, given the changing classifications in the data. This required tracking these changing classifications over time, and figuring out the minimum level of aggregation required to produce series for categories of goods that were consistently defined over time. This had to be done "manually" rather than algorithmically, in the sense that the classifications in every year had to be read by us, anddecisions about aggregation made on that basis." (Quote from data description appendix, pp. 1-2)
Methodology
Data Source:
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hand-digitalized and processed from historical UK Trade Statistics, i.e., Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with British Countries and Foreign Countries, edited by Statistical Office, H. M. Customs and Excise Department, published London: H. M. Stationery Office (editions for 1928, 1933, 1938)
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Year,
Country,
Products/Goods,
Imports,
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