Databases

The CGPA team has participated in the development and testing of several datasets, including The Global Sanctions DataBase (GSDB), The International Trade and Production Database for Estimation (ITPD-E), and The International Trade and Production Database for Simulation (ITPD-S). These databases are free public goods.

The Global Sanctions DataBase (GSDB)

The Global Sanctions Database (GSDB) is the flagship dataset of the CGPA, and it was developed in close collaboration with colleagues from WIFO (Austria) and HWTG (Germany). According to the New York Times, “The Global Sanctions Database … has become the most comprehensive tally of its kind.” The current release of the data (GSDB-R4) covers all publicly traceable sanctions in the world over the period 1950-2023, and contains 1,547 sanction cases. The GSDB-R4 comes in two versions, a case-specific and a dyadic one. The sanctions in the GSDB-R4 are classified along three dimensions: by objective, by success, and by type. The GSDB has been requested more than 4,000 times by universities, governments, international organizations, and think tanks, and has been used in hundreds of academic papers and policy applications. For further details on the GSDB and to access the data, please visit the Global Sanctions DataBase.

The International Trade and Production Database for Estimation (ITPD-E)

The ITPD-E contains consistent data on international and domestic trade at the industry level covering agriculture, mining, energy, manufacturing, and services. There have been two releases of the ITPD-E, and the most current version covers 20 years (2000-2019), 265 countries, and 170 industries. The ITPD-E is constructed using reported administrative data and intentionally does not include information estimated by statistical techniques, which makes the ITPD-E well suited for estimation of economic models, such as the gravity model of trade. For further details on the ITPD-E and to access the data, please visit the International Trade and Production Database for Estimation.

The International Trade and Production Database for Simulation (ITPD-S)

The ITPD-S contains consistent data on international and domestic trade at the industry level covering agriculture, mining, energy, manufacturing, and services. The ITPD-S covers 170 industries in all broad sectors of the economy in 265 countries for the years 1986-2019. It contains 292,408,351 observations, most of which are from administrative data sources while others are estimated using a variety of methods, which are described in the technical

documentation. The ITPD-S has two key advantages. First, it is perfectly balanced, so that it is appropriate for counterfactual analysis. Second, the ITPD-S has a counterpart, the ITPD-E, which has the same dimensions and is appropriate for estimations. Thus, in combination, the ITPD-E and the ITPD-S offer a unique opportunity to perform estimations and simulations with consistently constructed data. For further details on the ITPD-S and to access the data, please visit the International Trade and Production Database for Simulation.