The following is a list of publicly available data that is useful for research on international trade and economic growth. If you plan on working on your thesis under my supervision, you should definitely check these out!
–International trade data flows (UNCOMTRADE)
–International trade data flows (Feenstra)
–International trade in Value Added (OECD)
–International trade data including NTMs
–Data for gravity estimations (CEPII)
–Data for gravity estimations including domestic flows (US ITC)
–Temporary Trade Barriers Database (WB)
–Historical trade flows (RICardo Project)
-Historical trade flows (TRADHIST)
–Trade interventions since 2008 (Global Trade Alert)
–Industry Classifications and Concordance Tables
–Data on bilateral trade, production and consumption for 121 countries and 65 sectors (GTAP)
–Data on production, inputs and other macro variables (PWT)
–World Economic Outlook (IMF)
–World Development Indicators (WB)
–World Input-Output Database (WIOD)
–World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES)
–Economic Transformations database
–Business environment and performance indicators (WB)
–International Financial Statistics (IMF)
–Macro data (Education, Environment, Health, Innovation) (OECD)
–US activity by county
–US macro data
–US labor market data
–EU data at country and regional level
–Caloric Suitability Index
–Economic Complexity