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Discussion
Papers - CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research)
CEPR's research is conducted by a network of over 600 researchers who retain their academic bases. The Centre helps its Fellows and Affiliates develop and obtain funding for research, administer and execute these projects and disseminate the results of the research. Over 3000 Discussion Paper Abstracts are currently available online and all Discussion Papers published since the beginning of 1999 (i.e. from No2050) are available as electronic PDF files.
Econlit
Produced
by the American Economic Association, EconLit is the fundamental
research tool in economics. The database covers the international
literature on economics since 1969 and provides bibliographic
citations, with selected abstracts, of journal articles,
books, dissertations and working papers, as well as articles
in collective works, such as conference proceedings, collected
essay volumes and full text book reviews. Topics include
economic development, forecasting, and history; fiscal
and monetary theory; business and public finance; international,
health care, regional and urban economics, and more.
OmniFile
Full Text Mega
OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Wilson Business Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, and Readers' Guide Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text.
Full-text coverage from 1995.
RePec
Database
of research in economics with citations and full-text to
85,000 working papers, 35,000 journal articles, 650 software
components, 1,300 author contact listings and 5,700 institutional
contact listings.
Social
Sciences Abstracts
Indexes
over 400 English-language journals in the fields of anthropology,
economics, geography, international relations, political
science, psychology, sociology, and related subjects. Includes
abstracts since 1994.
Social
Science Research Network
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.
The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 98,700 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 71,700 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
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Statistics
County
Business Patterns
County
Business Patterns is an annual series that provides subnational
economic data by industry. Data are provided by industry
in the following economic divisions: agricultural services,
forestry, and fishing; mining; construction; manufacturing;
transportation and public utilities; wholesale trade; retail
trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
Data are tabulated by industry as defined in the Standard
Industrial Classification Manual: 1987.
CPI
Detailed Report
The most comprehensive report of the Consumer Price Index which is a measure of the average change over time in
the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and
services.
Dismal
Scientist
Timely
data for more than 30 major government and industry releases
with analysis of their context and ramifications. Consolidated
location for facts and figures about metro and state economies
and national industries. Current and archived articles
from leading authorities about contemporary economic issues.
Historical data and forecasts for consumption, interest
rates, GDP, income, labor, prices, producers and real estate.
Tools and utilities for an interactive view of the economy
and an exploration of current issues.
Dr.
Ed Yardeni's Economics Network
Dr. Ed Yardeni is the Chief Investment Strategist at Oak Associates, ltd. In his widely-read publications, he explores trends in the economy and financial markets which are vital to a broad spectrum of investment decision makers. Many of the world's top institutional investors subscribe to Dr. Yardeni's
investment strategy service.
EconData
A
guide to regional economic activity. It has nearly 600
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.
Economic
Census Link to the Economic
Census on the Web
Data
derived from the following U.S. Economic Censuses which
are conducted every five years: retail & wholesale
trade, services, manufacturing, mining and construction.
Economagic:
Economic Time Series Page
This
page is a site of free, easily accessible economic time
series data useful for economic research. At this time,
there are more than 100,000 time series for which data
and custom charts can be retrieved. Though the greatest
utility of this site is the vast number of economic time
series, and the easily modified charts of that same data,
an overlooked facility of great utility is the availability
of Excel files for all series. The majority of the data
is USA data. The core data sets involve US macroeconomic
data (that is, for the whole US), but the bulk of the data
is employment data by local area--state, county, MSA, and
many cities and towns.
Economic
Indicators Monthly: Council of Economic Advisors
The
Economic Indicators are prepared for the Joint Economic
Committee by the Council of Economic advisors and is published
and updated monthly.
Economic
Report of the President
Most
recent copy of the Economic Report of the President.
Available in spreadsheet, ASCII, and PDF formats.
Federal
Reserve Economic Data
The
FRED system provides historical U.S. economic and financial
data in 12 broad categories: business/fiscal data, daily/weekly
U.S. financial data, exchange rate/balance of payments
data, GDP, monthly commercial banking data, monthly CPI,
monthly employment and population data, monthly interest
rates, monthly monetary data, monthly PPI, monthly reserves
data and regional data (for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee). The site
is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
International
Financial Statistics (IFS)
Data gathered by the IMF on exchange rates, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government finance and national accounts for most countries.
STAT
USA
STAT-USA is a primary point for access to government business-related statistics of all kinds, including the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB). The section entitled "Frequently Requested Statistical Releases" includes all types of economic data from GDP figures and interest rates to housing starts and retail sales. A searchable version of Commerce Business Daily is available here as well as the Survey of Current Business since 1994. Most of the applications on this site require Adobe-Acrobat software which can be downloaded for free. To gain access to this database, an ID and password are required or use the Internet PCs in the Management & Economics Library. Consult the Reference Staff in your library to gain access.
Statistical
Abstract of the U.S.
The Statistical
Abstract of the U.S. is a collection of statistics
on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected
international data are also included. The complete Statistical
Abstract of the U. S. in PDF format for 1995-1997
(at present) is available at this site. The data is listed
by Table Number, so you must know which table you need
before using this source. However, the index is also
available in PDF format.
USA Counties
USA Counties 1998 features over 5,000 data items for the United States, States, counties and equivalent areas. Information is derived from the following general topics: age, agriculture, ancestry, banking, building permits, business patterns, crime, earnings, education, elections, government, health, households, housing, income, labor force and employment, manufactures, population, poverty, retail trade, services industries, social programs, veterans, vital statistics, and wholesale trade.
US
Building Permits Data
This
application provides building permit statistics on new
residential and nonresidential construction; additions,
alterations and conversions; and demolitions. Data items
include number of buildings, units, and construction cost
for monthly new privately-owned residential Building Permits
and are updated monthly.
U.S.
Government Budget
Current
fiscal year budget for the U.S. government
World
Development Indicators
World
Bank data from publications such as Social Indicators
of Development, World Debt Tables, and World Tables.
ZIP
Code Business Patterns
ZIP
Code Business Patterns provides data on total number of
establishments and number of establishments by employment-size
classes by detailed industry. Data on mid-March employment,
first quarter payroll, and annual payroll are summarized
by Zip Code without industry detail. Data is collected
annually.
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AmosWeb:
GLOSS*arama (Economics Glossary)
The AmosWEB GLOSS*arama is a searchable database of 1800 economic terms and concepts.
Guide
to Economics Indicators
History
of Money
This
site traces the history of the function of money in society
and outlines important monetary policies over the course
of time. It is based on an outline of a book entitled A
History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day (University
of Wales, 1996) by Glen Davies.
Resources
for Economists on the Internet
This
site lists more than 700 annotated resources on the Internet
that are of interest to academic and practicing economists.
It is authored by Bill Goffe of the Department of Economics
and International Business at the University of Southern
Mississippi.
Working
Papers Catalog(received
at M&E Library)
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Best
Of the Web-Resources In Economics
Beige
Book
United
States Bureau of Economic Analysis
United
States Congress- Economic Indicators Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation Regional Economic Conditions
International
Data
Penn
World Table
Collections
Of Links
FreeLunch.com
Calculators & Converters
CPI
Converter
Put
together by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, this
program will calculate how much something in one year would
cost if bought in another year. The converter covers 1913
to the present.
Inflation
Calculator
Adjusts
any given amount of money for inflation, according to the
Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 1997. (Don't use
any commas in the numbers.)
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