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type: software
license: MIT
title: 'tradeIndices: International Trade Intensity, Openness and Diversification
  Measures'
version: 0.1.0
abstract: Calculates commonly used indicators for empirical international trade analysis
  from user-supplied data. Measures include trade openness, bilateral export and import
  intensity, the Herfindahl-Hirschman concentration index, normalized and entropy-based
  diversification, structural diversification relative to a benchmark, export similarity,
  trade complementarity, revealed comparative advantage, and intra-industry trade.
  Functions are vectorized where appropriate, validate economically meaningful inputs,
  and require no external data service. The definition of trade openness follows the
  World Bank indicator metadata <https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS>.
  Methodological background for several trade indicators is provided by the World
  Bank's World Integrated Trade Solution <https://wits.worldbank.org/wits/wits/witshelp/Content/Utilities/e1.trade_indicators.htm>
  and the World Trade Organization (2012, ISBN:9789287038128).
authors:
- family-names: Mazumder
  given-names: Chiranjit
  email: majumder.chira@icar.org.in
- family-names: R.
  given-names: Renjini V.
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'tradeIndices: International Trade Intensity, Openness and Diversification
    Measures'
  authors:
  - family-names: Mazumder
    given-names: Chiranjit
    email: majumder.chira@icar.org.in
  - family-names: R.
    given-names: Renjini V.
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package version 0.1.0
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
commit: a18b590b0230ff5760aabb851a27877085eb0fb3
date-released: '2026-09-21'
contact:
- family-names: Mazumder
  given-names: Chiranjit
  email: majumder.chira@icar.org.in