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This guide lists internet sites for doing research on the sources of economics. Other sources can be found by searching the Aladin Catalog for books and the Aladin databases for journal articles. If you need more help in finding information, please contact a reference librarian.
General
Economic Sites
- American
Economic Association - The AEA encourages
economic research, especially the historical and
statistical study of the actual conditions of
industrial life and issues publications on economic
subjects.
- Bureau
of Economic Analysis Regional Facts (BEARFACTS)
- "...consists of computer-generated narratives
for States and counties. The narratives describe
an area's personal income using current estimates,
growth rates, and a breakdown of the sources of
personal income."
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics Economy at a Glance -
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal
fact-finding agency for the Federal Government
in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
- County
Business Patterns - This database provides
county, state, and national level business data
for 1988 to the most recent year available..
- The
Dismal Scientist - Real-time analysis of major
economic events around the globe.
- EcEdWeb - The Economic Education Website (EcEdWeb) was
created by the Center for Economic Education at
the University of Nebraska, Omaha. The aim of
the site is to provide support for economic education
from K-12 through college.
- Economic
Freedom of the World
- Economic
Growth Resources - A resource for researchers
studying economic growth
- The
Economic Literacy Project - The Economic Literacy
Project, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis,
aims to educate Americans about their need to
understand economics, basic knowledge that FRB
Minneapolis believes many Americans lack.
- Economic
Report of the President - Reports from 1995
to the current year.
- Economics Dictionary
- Economists
with Web Pages - Maintained by John S. Irons
at MIT.
- Fed
in Print - An Index to Federal Reserve Economic
Research.
- Federal
Reserve Banks- List of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks.
- FINWeb - Provides a variety of sites and links to resources
related to economics and financial information.
- Forum
on Economic Freedom - The Forum on Economic
Freedom web site was developed by the Center for
International Private Enterprise (CIPE) to build
and strengthen democracy around the world through
promoting private enterprise.
- FreeLunch.com - "Economy.com's FreeLunch provides you with
FREE access to over 1,000,000 economic and financial
data series."
- InfoSurf:
Economics - Hosted by UCSB.
- Inomics - Inomics offers the economist a single stop on
the Internet to find most of the information needed
for the profession.
- Internet
Economist - A self-guided tutorial which offers
a very basic lesson in Helping economists develop
Internet information skills.
- Liber8 - Research Library of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Monthly
Consumer Price Indexes - From the Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- National
Bureau of Economic Research - Founded in 1920,
the National Bureau of Economic Research is a
private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization
dedicated to promoting a greater understanding
of how the economy works. The NBER is committed
to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic
research among public policymakers, business professionals,
and the academic community.
- Occupational
Outlook Handbook - Information about specific
occupations.
- Office
of Trade and Economic Analysis
- The
On-line Books Page - A list of full-text online
books in the Economics, Trade, Transportation
and Communication subject areas.
- Online
Glossary for Research Economics - A searchable
glossary of research economics terms.
- Resources
for Economists on the Internet - A collection
of economics resources updated monthly by the
sites sysop. Browse the resources or do a sensitive
keyword search using their private search engine.
- United
States Office of Management and Budget
- WebEc - WebEc is an effort to categorize free information
in economics on the WWW
International
Economic Sites
- OECD/Centre
for Co-operation with Non-Members - The Centre
for Co-operation with Non-Members (CCNM) was created
by the Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) to serve as the "focal
point for the development of policy dialogue between
OECD and non-member economies."
- Centre
for Economic Policy Research - A European
Economic Research organization.
- Center
for Economic Research (Uzbekistan)
- Central
American Bank of Economic Integration
- CIFP - Country Indicators for Foreign Policy. This
database represents an on-going effort to identify
and assemble statistical information conveying
the key features of the economic, political, social
and cultural environments of countries around
the world.
- Doing
Business - From the World Bank, measures of business regulations
for 130 economies.
- Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC)
- Economics
Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in
the World - Included are economics departments
research centers and institutes in universities,
as well as finance ministries, statistical offices,
central banks, think tanks, and other non-profit
institutions where mainly economics are working.
A listing of economics associations and societies
has recently been added.
- ESDS
Online - Latin America and the Caribbean:
Selected Economic and Social Data.
- Euro
Economic Sources and Economic Policies in the
EMU - Focusing on online resources that examine
the European Monetary Union and the Euro, this
Website offers a comprehensive collection of research
papers, readings, chronologies, news, and conferences.
- Interactive
Index of Economic Freedom - A reference guide
to the economies of 161 countries.
- Inter-American
Development Bank - The Inter-American Bank
is an international financial institution that
aids in the economic development of member countries
in Latin America and the Caribbean. Explore the
"Latin America and the Caribbean in Numbers" section
to access economic and demographic information
for countries in this region.
- International
Monetary Fund
- Internet
Resources for International Economics and Business - This Website is designed to Help the Internet
community (students studying International Economics
or Business, teachers, and business people) with
essential informations on international trade,
finance, business, law and others.
- Internet
Resources on Global Problems and the Culture of
Capitalism - This expansive site is a gateway
to Internet resources on the social, cultural,
political, and economic implications of capitalism
around the world.
- London
School of Economics and Political Science
- Penn
World Tables
- Social
Capital Resources
- World
Bank Research Website
- World
Economic Forum - World Economic Forum is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to economic growth
and social progress.
- World
Economic Outlook - Published by the International
Monetary Fund, this is a semi-annual examination
of recent world economic developments and future
prospects.
- World
Trade Organization
History
of Economics
- Economic
and Monetary Unions of the Past
- EH.Net - EH.Net operates the Economic History Services
fileserver and several electronic discussion lists
to provide resources and promote communication
among scholars in economic history and related
fields.
- History
of Economic Thought - Consists of short biographical
sketches and bibliographies of more than 300 economists
from the 17th century to the present as well as
surveys on value theory, capital theory, growth
theory, monetary theory, and business cycle theory.
- History
of Economic Thought - McMaster University
Archive. The History of Thought Archive represents
an attempt to gather all material for the study
of the history of economics at one site. This
includes both primary texts, studies of those
texts and of their authors.
Statistics
and Other Data
- BeigeBook - The Summary of Commentary on Current Economic
Conditions by Federal Reserve District, issued
by the Federal Reserve Board.
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for
the Federal Government in the broad field of labor
economics and statistics.
- CESSDA - Council of European Social Science Data Archives
- EconData - Your guide to regional economic activity on
the Web. There are more than 400 links to socioeconomic
data sources, arranged by subject and provider,
pointers to the Web's premiere data collections,
and a list of the ten best sites for finding regional
economic data.
- Economagic - Economagic consists of over 100,000 time series,
each including data and charts.
- Economic
Policy Institute - Current statistics, analysis
and commentary including information on the GDP
(gross domestic product), personal incomes, CPI
(consumer price index), federal budget and interest
rates.
- Economic
Statistics Briefing Room - The purpose of
this service is to provide easy access to current
Federal economic indicators.
- EH.net - EH.Net provides an on-line location for researchers in economic history to make
their data series available to other professionals and interested scholars.
- Federal
Reserve Economic Data
- The
Inflation Calculator - Calculates inflation
rates from 1800-1999
- Macroeconomic
Time Series Data Source Locator - from the
University of Chicago
- National
Center for Charitable Statistics - The National
Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the
national repository of data on the nonprofit sector
in the United States.
- The
New Economy Index - A new set of of economic
indicators gathered from existing private and
public data.
- Official
Statistics on the Web - Provided by the University
of Auckland Library
- Panel
Study of Income Dynamics -The Panel Study
of Income Dynamics (PSID) is an ongoing longitudinal
survey of 8,700 core households designed to illuminate
the economic behavior of individuals in relation
to their families as a whole.
- REIS
- Regional Economic Information System - The
REIS database provides local area economic data
for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for
1969-1998. Statistics in the data base include:
personal income and earning variables, full and
part employment variables, transfer payments variables,
and farm income and expenses variables.
- Social
Sciences Data Center (UCSD) - A collection
of links to various data sources for the social
sciences including economics, politics, demographics
and international information from the World Bank.
- Ted
Bos's Economic Time Series Page - An excellent
compilation of Fed Economic Time Series Data from
various sources. All the data is easily searchable
or browsable.
- U.S.
Economic Indicators - This site provides information
about international trade, retail sales, housing,
durable goods and manufacturing.
- Yahoo's
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