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General

Reference Works

• AmosWorld Economic Gloss*arama
  Searchable database of economics terms and concepts; over 1000 entries.
• Archive for the History of Economic Thought
  Attempts to gather all material needed for the study of the history of economics in one site; with primary texts, and studies of those texts and their authors, alphabetical by author.
• Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
  From the university of Ghent, Belgium, surveys the law and economic literature and provides Bibliographies, Reviews and some Sources on the Web.
• JEL Classification System
  Used by the American Economic Association Journal of Economic Literature to organize economic literature; used by some Web sites as well.
• Journalist's Guide to Economic Terms
  From FACSNET; 213 economics terms most encountered by journalists; short (1-2 sentence) definitions.
• Macroeconomics Glossary for Students
  From the text Principles of Macroeconomics, 2^nd edition by John B Taylor, Director of Stanford University Introductory Economic Studies Center; an alphabetical listing.
• Online Glossary of Research Economics
  From Peter Meyer, Economics Department, Northwestern University; over 1000 definitions; searchable.

Sites

• Ag Econ Search
  From the University of Minnesota Agricultural Network Information Center; concentrates on agricultural and applied economic resources on the Internet.
• Econolink
  Billed as the best web sites that have anything to do with Economics; sites are chosen for Content, Research, Journalists, Activists, Students and Innovation. Small but unusual, eclectic list of sites.
• EH.NET
  Sponsored by a variety of organizations including the Economic History Association, Economic History Society and the History of Economics Society. Contains two parts: Economic History Services and History of Economics; deals with both economic history and the history of economics.
• Global Macroeconomics and Financial Policy Site
  From Roubini, Stern School of Business, New York University; comprehensive coverage of this sub-area of economics; includes interesting readings, hop topics, current news, and special topics like the Asian Crisis.
• Archive for the History of Economic Thought
  From McMaster University, Canada significant full text of books in the history of economic thought with representative texts of all major thinkers and schools of though.
• Internet Resources for Economists
  Compiled by Steve Hackett, Humboldt State University, California; Concentrates on environmental economics, natural resources and ecological economics; alphabetical listing under 13 categories such as Energy Economics, Green Business and Global Warming.
• Law and Economics Resources
  From FindLaw, searchable including working papers, bibliographies, sites, directories, consultants and outlines.
• Virtual International Business and Economic Sources (VIBES)
  Compiled by the Business Librarian at UNC Charlotte; includes only English language and free sites; includes links to articles, statistics and meta sites; searchable by entire world, region (including NAFTA) and country; official government agency sites are so identified by the country flag.

Metasites

• Economics
  From About.com; searchable site or use assigned subjects, includes recent articles, a newsstand, glossary, discussions and links; has a nice section for beginners.
• Economics: World Wide Web Virtual Library
  Searches both RFE and WebEc; the premier metasites for economics.
• Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE)
  Edited by Bill Goffe, Department of Economics, SUNY Oswego, lists many resources on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics selected by editors; sponsored by American Economics Association.
• WebEc: WWW Resources in Economics
  With emphasis on free access materials; by Lauri Saarinen, Helsinki School of Economics; comprehensive listing; affiliated with NetEc.
• Inomics
  Associated with Amazon.com; a broad site includes job openings, conference announcements, a subject arranged guide and EconSearch, a search engine for web sites related to economics.
• Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) - Economics
  Part of the UK Resource Discovery Network, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council; very international, selective listing; arranged by topic and within topic by type (not the usual approach) such as articles, databases, books, educational materials, journals, organizations, resource guides; longer than usual descriptions of sites.

Working Papers

• Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
  Access all CEPR publications: discussion papers, policy papers, reports, books, bulletins, newsletters, etc.
• Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
  Source for theory and research in international affairs; 1991-; working papers, journals, books and policy briefs.
• Economics Working Paper Archive (EconWPA)
  From the Economic Department of Washington University; with 22 subject areas as well as test posting, meetings, programs and data; uses JEL categories; searches several of the sites listed here.
• Federal Reserve Board Working Papers
  Finance and Economics Discussion Series, International Finance Discussion Papers and Occasional Staff Studies.
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) Working Papers
  IMF full text of working papers; arranged by year and accession number making it difficult to locate any particular paper; to search go to the Publications Page.
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Papers
  Search or browse all papers by topic or JEL classification.
• OECD Economic Working Papers
  Arranged by year and accession number.
• RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  A database of over 120,000 of working papers, journal articles and other research materials. All material is free. Access to the database is available in a variety of ways.
• IDEAS: Internet Documents in Economics Access Service
  Complete RePEc database of working papers, journal articles, software components, author information.
• NEP: New Economics Papers
  Free email notification of new working papers
• WoPEc
  Full text downloadable working papers and journal articles.
• BibEc
  Bibliographic information on non-downloadable working papers and journal articles.
• Inomics
  Downloadable working papers integrated with information on conferences, job information and Internet searching.
• Social Science Research Network
  Search, browse, and download by JEL classification or topic; abstracts and full text papers in fields of law, economics, finance, accounting and management.
• Universities
  Look at the web pages of Economics Departments of individual research universities; often they will archive and make available their faculty research papers (i.e. Harvard , Stanford , Rutgers ).

Analysis/Outlook

• B of A Economic Analysis and Research
  Bank of American reports on macroeconomics, specific industries and financial markets; includes a weekly U.S. Economics Calendar, and monthly Economic and Financial Perspectives.
• Economic Report of the President
  Transmitted to Congress in February of each year; read, download or search; also includes the special report Changing America; 1996 to date, with statistical data available to export 1997 to date.
• Global Economics Forum
  Daily analysis of current conditions from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.; requires registration.
• Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2006
  The World Bank assessment of current economic conditions and the outlook by region for 2006.

Selected Government Agencies with Economic Data

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Census Bureau - Economic Briefing Room

Council of Economic Advisers - Economic Indicators

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

Joint Economic Committee

White House

• Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
• Social Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR)

Statistical Software

Guides

• Econometric Software
  From SUNY Oswega, an annotated alphabetical list of econometric software available for free and purchase.
• Software
  The software page from RFE (Resources For Economists on the Internet)

Sample Software Sites

• Eonometrics Laboratory Software Archive
• E-views: MicroTSP
• GAUSS matrix
• Mathematica
• SAS
• Shazam
• Stata
• TSP International

Consumer Price Indexes/Cost Of Living

• BLS Handbook of Methods
  Explanation of how the Bureau of Labor Statistics obtains and prepares economic data including consumer price index, producer price index, international price index and consumer expenditures; 1997 edition.

Consumer Price Index

• Consumer Price Indexes
  CPI Home Page from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; includes the CPI Inflation Converter which converts from 1980-2000; historical data from 1913; explanations under FAQ Frequency Asked Questions.
• Cost of Living Calculator
  Computes cost of living changes from 1913 to the present based on the US CPI.
• Historic Consumer Price Index, 1800-1998
  From the University of Michigan Documents Center, annual CPI from 1800-1912 from Historical Statistics of the United States, 1913-1998 from BLS.
• Inflation Calculator
  Input a dollar amount and select years from 1800 to 2000 and it will calculate the value based on the Consumer Price Index.
• Inflation Conversion Factors
  From Robert Sahr, Oregon State, with factors for converting the value of a dollar at each year since 1800 into current dollars.
• What is a Dollar Worth?
  From the Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis to calculate value of dollar between any given year with annual consumer price index back to 1913.

Comparative Cost of Living

• AACRA Cost of Living Index
  From AACRA only national organization representing community research professions; compares cities.
• Cost of Living Comparison Calculator
  One of several calculators from Bankrate.
• Salary Calculator
  Compares cost of living in U.S. and international cities; from Homefair.

Associations/Organizations

Directories

• EDIRC: directory of economics institutes and research centers
  From Christian Zimmerman, University of Connecticut; links to 5613 in 196 countries; international including the U.S.; by country but can also search by keyword.
• Resources of Scholarly Societies - Economics
  University of Waterloo Library project; alphabetical list with society name and acronym; interesting feature gives URL stability index of each site.
• University Economics Department, Faculties and Centres - Non - U.S.A.
  From David Giles, University of Victoria, links to non US sites; alphabetical list by country.

Associations

• American Economics Association (AEA)
• Econometric Society
• Economists for Peace and Security (EPS)
• European Economic Association (EEA)
• Financial Management Association International
• National Association for Business Economics (NABE)
• National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE)
• Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics
• Western Economic Association International (WEA)

Organizations/Agencies

• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
• Economics Research Network (ERN)
• European Union
• Export Import Bank of the US
• InterAmerican Development Bank (IADB)
• International Labor Organization (ILO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Political Economy Network (IPEnet)
• Institute for International Economics (IIE)
• Kiel Institute of World Economics
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD )
• United Nations
• World Bank Group
• World Trade Organization (WTO)