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Web Resources
Resources
for Economists on the Internet
Bill Goffe maintains this guide, sponsored by the American Economic
Association, which lists more than 900 resources on the Internet
of interest to academic and practicing economists.
WebEc:
WWW Resources in Economics
A broader array of business and economic links.
Finance
Resources on the Web
Detailed directory to financial web sources maintained by Ian Giddy
of Stern School of Business, New York University.
Economics
departmental links
Links from the Bates Economics departmental page.
AnnualReports.com
Boasting the most complete and up-to-date listings of annual reports
on the internet. All free and in pdf format.
Eldis Gateway
to Development Information
Information on development issues, providing free and easy access
to wide range of high quality online resources.
Global
Development and Environment Institute (GDAE)
GDAE is a research institute at Tufts University dedicated to promoting
a better understanding of how societies can pursue their economic
and community goals in an environmentally and socially sustainable
manner.
Gund
Institute for Ecological Economics
Gund Institute from the University of Vermont includes many of their
publications for downloading from this site.
FindLaw:
Law and Economics
Links to working papers, journals, bibliographies, directories of
economists, associations, centers/academic programs (Japan, Germany,
U.S. ESLE), publishers, etc.
Hoovers
Contains links to thousands of corporate web sites and basic company
financial information.
Data
Online
International
Statistics
Liber8
An indispensable portal to economic information designed at the
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's Research Division includes
international, national and regional data.
Stat-USA
(Ask a Reference Librarian to log you in. It must be used in the
Library.)
U.S. Department of Commerce, "one stop" shopping for business, trade,
and economic information. Includes National Trade Data Bank (NTDB),
Survey of Current Business, and the Economic Bulletin Board (EBB)
FRASER:
federal reserve archival system for economic research
Historic statistical publications from the Federal Reserve.
Leading
Economic Indicators and Related Composites
Files and tables of statisical series from the Conference Board
including GNP, GDP, CPI, PPI, and other business cycle indicators.
Most series go back at least to the 1940's, many much earlier, and
are given in constant dollars for easy comparison.
Statistical Resources on the Web
Statistical files from a variety of primarily governmental sources:
federal, academic, foreign, etc.
B&E
DataLinks
The Business and Economic section of the American Statistical Association
provides this site with a searchable index of statistical data.
Each link is annotated, with the date last modified, and is rated
by the ASA. Browse by categories including finance, macroeconomics,
and labor and general economics, or use the site's keyword search.
Print
Global
Development Finance
HJ 8899 .W672 1999-, most recent edition available electronically
Employment, Hours and Earnings
Govt L 2.3:, 1909-, most recent in Govt Reference
National
Income and Product Accounts
Govt C 59.11/5:, 1929-, most recent in Govt Ref.
World Development Report
HC 59.7 .W659, 1978-, most recent edition available electronically.
Subject Guides at Bowdoin
and Colby
Colleges.
Reference Works
Oxford
Encyclopedia of Economic History
Reference HC15 .O94 2003, 4 vols.
New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics
Reference HB 61 .N49 1987, 4 vols.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law
Reference HB 61 .N49 1998, 3 vols.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance
Reference HG 151 .N48 1992, 3 vols.
Financial Times A-Z of international finance
Reference HG 3880 .M33 1997
Handbook of North American Industry
Reference HF 1746 .H37 1998
Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics
Reference HD 8051 .A63 1997
Economic Report of the President
PR 42.9: - Most recent in Govt. Ref. or from web site, older ones
in Govt. stacks.
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207-786-8324
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