@TechReport{CEPII:2014-26,
author={Charlotte Emlinger and Sophie Piton},
title={World Trade Flows Characterization: Unit Values, Trade Types and Price Ranges},
year=2014,
month=December,
institution={CEPII},
type={Working Papers},
url={https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/fr/publications/wp/abstract.asp?NoDoc=7577},
number={2014-26},
abstract={We provide a systematic decomposition of world trade using a new database built on an harmonized version of Trade Unit Values, CEPII's database providing a world trade matrix of unit values for more than 230 countries and 5 100 products over the period 2000-2012. The decomposition allows to associate each flow with a trade type (one-way trade, intra-industry trade in similar products or in differentiated products) and a price range (low, middle or high range).
We show that world trade is still mainly inter-industry and concerns more and more middle-market products.},
keywords={Unit Values ; Trade Prices ; Trade Types ; Price Ranges}
}