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Global Analysis (6)

Top 15 Countries by Data Coverage · Data Coverage by Source Type
Top 15 Countries by Data Coverage · Data Coverage by Source Type
Top 15 Countries by GDP (Latest Available Year)
Top 15 Countries by GDP (Latest Available Year)
Data Coverage by Region · Country Count by Region
Data Coverage by Region · Country Count by Region
Regional GDP Comparison (Latest Available Year)
Regional GDP Comparison (Latest Available Year)
Global Economics Data Platform - Summary Dashboard
Global Economics Data Platform - Summary Dashboard
Data Coverage Over Time · Country Coverage Over Time · Coverage by Data Source Over Time
Data Coverage Over Time · Country Coverage Over Time · Coverage by Data Source Over Time

Value Transfer & Unequal Exchange (67)

Aid-in-Reverse: Periphery Outflows vs Inflows
Aid-in-Reverse: Periphery Outflows vs Inflows
Structural Breaks in International Transfer of Value
Structural Breaks in International Transfer of Value
Counterfactual: Periphery GDP per Capita Without Value Drain
Counterfactual: Periphery GDP per Capita Without Value Drain
Top Countries by International Transfer of Value
Top Countries by International Transfer of Value
Shaikh profit rate
Shaikh profit rate
Debt Drain (% GDP): Volcker Regime Shift · Periphery ITV Components: Pre/Post Volcker
Debt Drain (% GDP): Volcker Regime Shift · Periphery ITV Components: Pre/Post Volcker
Export Composition vs Value Transfer · ITV by Exporter Type
Export Composition vs Value Transfer · ITV by Exporter Type
International Transfer of Value — Comprehensive Dashboard
International Transfer of Value — Comprehensive Dashboard
Key Finding: Unequal Exchange is Driven by Wage Levels, Not What Countries Export
Key Finding: Unequal Exchange is Driven by Wage Levels, Not What Countries Export
Sector-Level Unequal Exchange: Primary vs Manufactured
Sector-Level Unequal Exchange: Primary vs Manufactured
Dynamic Shaikh: Rising Wages Should Reduce Unequal Exchange
Dynamic Shaikh: Rising Wages Should Reduce Unequal Exchange
International: Wage Deciles vs Value Transfer
International: Wage Deciles vs Value Transfer
ASEAN Anomaly: High ITV Drain Despite Manufactured Exports
ASEAN Anomaly: High ITV Drain Despite Manufactured Exports
ITV → Growth → Wages Feedback Loop (Periphery Countries)
ITV → Growth → Wages Feedback Loop (Periphery Countries)
Wage Share Trajectories: 8 Countries
Wage Share Trajectories: 8 Countries
Global Race to the Bottom: Declining Wage Share
Global Race to the Bottom: Declining Wage Share
International Profit Rate Equalization (Shaikh)
International Profit Rate Equalization (Shaikh)
Decomposing Unequal Exchange: Wage Share vs Productivity
Decomposing Unequal Exchange: Wage Share vs Productivity
Does Wage Squeeze Amplify Value Drain?
Does Wage Squeeze Amplify Value Drain?
Functional Distribution: Wage Share and Development
Functional Distribution: Wage Share and Development
Capital Flows Chase Profit Rates (Shaikh)
Capital Flows Chase Profit Rates (Shaikh)
Correlation Matrix: Shaikh Causal Chain
Correlation Matrix: Shaikh Causal Chain
200 Years of Global Divergence
200 Years of Global Divergence
150 Years of Unequal Exchange (JST-18 + Modern Panel)
150 Years of Unequal Exchange (JST-18 + Modern Panel)
Historical Profit Rate: Evidence for Secular Decline
Historical Profit Rate: Evidence for Secular Decline
Financial Crises and International Value Transfer
Financial Crises and International Value Transfer
Bilateral Unequal Exchange Network
Bilateral Unequal Exchange Network
Global Value Chain Position and Unequal Exchange
Global Value Chain Position and Unequal Exchange
Spatial Analysis of International Value Transfer
Spatial Analysis of International Value Transfer
Profit Rate Equalization Across Scales
Profit Rate Equalization Across Scales
Financialization and International Value Transfer
Financialization and International Value Transfer
Terms of Trade: Prebisch-Singer and Value Transfer
Terms of Trade: Prebisch-Singer and Value Transfer
Causal Estimation: ITV → Growth (OLS vs FE vs IV-GMM)
Causal Estimation: ITV → Growth (OLS vs FE vs IV-GMM)
China's UE Reversal: Reform → WTO → Convergence
China's UE Reversal: Reform → WTO → Convergence
BRICS+ vs G7: International Value Transfer
BRICS+ vs G7: International Value Transfer
Post-Soviet Transition: Unequal Exchange After USSR Collapse
Post-Soviet Transition: Unequal Exchange After USSR Collapse
Sub-Saharan Africa: Decomposing the Drain
Sub-Saharan Africa: Decomposing the Drain
Latin America: Dependency Theory vs Shaikh
Latin America: Dependency Theory vs Shaikh
ASEAN Flying Geese: Production Network UE
ASEAN Flying Geese: Production Network UE
Oil Exporters: Resource Curse Through Shaikh's Lens
Oil Exporters: Resource Curse Through Shaikh's Lens
Commodity Supercycle: Price Boom vs Wage Mechanism
Commodity Supercycle: Price Boom vs Wage Mechanism
Trade Agreements and Unequal Exchange
Trade Agreements and Unequal Exchange
South-South Unequal Exchange
South-South Unequal Exchange
Intra-EU Core-Periphery Dynamics
Intra-EU Core-Periphery Dynamics
Exchange Rate Regimes and Unequal Exchange
Exchange Rate Regimes and Unequal Exchange
Remittances as Counter-Flow to Unequal Exchange
Remittances as Counter-Flow to Unequal Exchange
FDI Profit Repatriation: Development Finance Through Shaikh's Lens
FDI Profit Repatriation: Development Finance Through Shaikh's Lens
The Debt Spiral: Cumulative Value Transfer Through Debt
The Debt Spiral: Cumulative Value Transfer Through Debt
Technology Rents and IP Drain
Technology Rents and IP Drain
ITV Persistence: Path Dependence in the World System
ITV Persistence: Path Dependence in the World System
Decolonization and Unequal Exchange
Decolonization and Unequal Exchange
Crisis Propagation Through the UE Network
Crisis Propagation Through the UE Network
Convergence Clubs and Unequal Exchange
Convergence Clubs and Unequal Exchange
ITV Composition by Country
ITV Composition by Country
Current account (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Current account (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Composite value transfer (USD): Core vs Periphery
Composite value transfer (USD): Core vs Periphery
Composite value transfer (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Composite value transfer (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Debt drain (USD): Core vs Periphery
Debt drain (USD): Core vs Periphery
Debt drain (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Debt drain (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
GDP per capita: Core vs Periphery
GDP per capita: Core vs Periphery
Income drain (USD): Core vs Periphery
Income drain (USD): Core vs Periphery
Income drain (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Income drain (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Trade (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Trade (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Unequal exchange, Köhler (USD): Core vs Periphery
Unequal exchange, Köhler (USD): Core vs Periphery
Unequal exchange, Köhler (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Unequal exchange, Köhler (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
International Transfer of Value Dashboard
International Transfer of Value Dashboard
Value Transfer vs Development Level (2010+)
Value Transfer vs Development Level (2010+)

Regional (5)

Regional Analysis: Continent
Regional Analysis: Continent
Regional Analysis: Income
Regional Analysis: Income
Regional Analysis: Political Blocs
Regional Analysis: Political Blocs
Regional Analysis: Subcontinent
Regional Analysis: Subcontinent
Regional Analysis: Trade Blocs
Regional Analysis: Trade Blocs

Teaching (4)

Current account (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Current account (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Composite value transfer (USD): Core vs Periphery
Composite value transfer (USD): Core vs Periphery
GDP per capita: Core vs Periphery
GDP per capita: Core vs Periphery
Unequal exchange, Köhler (USD): Core vs Periphery
Unequal exchange, Köhler (USD): Core vs Periphery

Trade & Balance of Payments (11)

BOP Components: Core vs Periphery
BOP Components: Core vs Periphery
Total Exports by Core/Periphery (Trillions USD)
Total Exports by Core/Periphery (Trillions USD)
Value Transfer by Region — Continent
Value Transfer by Region — Continent
Value Transfer by Region — Income
Value Transfer by Region — Income
Value Transfer by Region — Subcontinent
Value Transfer by Region — Subcontinent
Trade by Region (continent) · Value Transfer by Region (continent)
Trade by Region (continent) · Value Transfer by Region (continent)
Trade by Region (income) · Value Transfer by Region (income)
Trade by Region (income) · Value Transfer by Region (income)
Trade by Region (political blocs) · Value Transfer by Region (political blocs)
Trade by Region (political blocs) · Value Transfer by Region (political blocs)
Trade by Region (subcontinent) · Value Transfer by Region (subcontinent)
Trade by Region (subcontinent) · Value Transfer by Region (subcontinent)
Trade by Region (trade blocs) · Value Transfer by Region (trade blocs)
Trade by Region (trade blocs) · Value Transfer by Region (trade blocs)
US BOP Decomposition (BEA ITA)
US BOP Decomposition (BEA ITA)

Other (55)

Current Account (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Current Account (% GDP): Core vs Periphery
Unequal Exchange: Core vs Periphery
Unequal Exchange: Core vs Periphery
Terms of Trade Transfer: Core vs Periphery
Terms of Trade Transfer: Core vs Periphery
ITV Decomposition: China
ITV Decomposition: China
ITV Decomposition: Congo
ITV Decomposition: Congo
ITV Decomposition: Germany
ITV Decomposition: Germany
ITV Decomposition: EAP (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: EAP (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: ECS (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: ECS (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: Guyana
ITV Decomposition: Guyana
ITV Decomposition: South Korea
ITV Decomposition: South Korea
ITV Decomposition: LMY (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: LMY (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: LTE (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: LTE (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: MIC (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: MIC (World Bank regional/income aggregate)
ITV Decomposition: Malaysia
ITV Decomposition: Malaysia
ITV Decomposition: Singapore
ITV Decomposition: Singapore
ITV Decomposition: United States
ITV Decomposition: United States
ITV Decomposition: Vietnam
ITV Decomposition: Vietnam
GDP per capita — Selected Countries
GDP per capita — Selected Countries
Current account versus financial account balances
Current account versus financial account balances
Current account versus financial account balances — Germany and the United States
Current account versus financial account balances — Germany and the United States
Germany balance of payments — complete overview
Germany balance of payments — complete overview
Germany balance of payments — complete overview — early iteration 1
Germany balance of payments — complete overview — early iteration 1
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002)
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002)
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 2
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 2
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 3
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 3
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 4
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 4
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 5
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 5
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 7
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 7
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 9
Germany balance of payments — Maastricht to the euro (1992–2002) — early iteration 9
Germany balance of payments — reunification (1989–1995)
Germany balance of payments — reunification (1989–1995)
Germany balance of payments — reunification (1989–1995) — early iteration 1
Germany balance of payments — reunification (1989–1995) — early iteration 1
Germany balance of payments — reunification (1989–1995) — early iteration
Germany balance of payments — reunification (1989–1995) — early iteration
Germany balance of payments — reunification (1989–1995) — trade components
Germany balance of payments — reunification (1989–1995) — trade components
Global International Economics Dashboard
Global International Economics Dashboard
Current Account vs Financial Account Relationship
Current Account vs Financial Account Relationship
Foreign Holdings of US Assets
Foreign Holdings of US Assets
Germany Balance of Payments: Maastricht to Euro (1991-2005)
Germany Balance of Payments: Maastricht to Euro (1991-2005)
Germany Balance of Payments: Reunification Era (1991-2000)
Germany Balance of Payments: Reunification Era (1991-2000)
US Treasury Securities Ownership by Sector (Sample)
US Treasury Securities Ownership by Sector (Sample)
US Balance of Payments: NAFTA Era (1985-2015)
US Balance of Payments: NAFTA Era (1985-2015)
US Balance of Payments: Nixon Shock Era (1960-1980)
US Balance of Payments: Nixon Shock Era (1960-1980)
US Assets Abroad (by Component) · Foreign Assets in US (by Component)
US Assets Abroad (by Component) · Foreign Assets in US (by Component)
US Net International Investment Position
US Net International Investment Position
U.S. balance of payments — complete overview
U.S. balance of payments — complete overview
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980)
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980)
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980) — early iteration
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980) — early iteration
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980) — early iteration 2
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980) — early iteration 2
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980) — early iteration 3
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980) — early iteration 3
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980) — early iteration 4
U.S. balance of payments — Nixon Shock era (1960–1980) — early iteration 4
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 1
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 1
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 2
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 2
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 3
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 3
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 4
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 4
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 5
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 5
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 4
U.S. balance of payments — NAFTA era (1985–2015) — early iteration 4