T. Matthew Ciolek compiles a set of spatial data on historical trade routes in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Downloadable at
http://www.ciolek.com/owtrad.html
Nunn and Wantchekon (2010) use the Saharan trade route data to calculate the distance to trade opportunities as a control variable.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Old World Trade Routes Project
Labels:
cross-country,
GIS,
history,
infrastructure,
subnational data,
trade
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