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Academic Departments

Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World: United States

Links to web sites at top US departments of economics .

University at Albany, Department of Economics

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Associations

American Economic Association

Dedicated to the "encouragement of economic research, especially the historical and statistical study of the actual conditions of industrial life" .

Association for Social Economics

Formed to advance scholarly research and writing about the great questions of economics, human dignity, ethics, and philosophy .

Eastern Economic Association

Promotes educational and scholarly exchange on economic affairs.

Econometric Society

International scientific society for the advancement of economic theory in relation to statistics and mathematics, and the publisher of Econometrica.

Western Economic Association International

Dedicated to encouraging and communicating economic research and analysis, the Association is the publisher of Economic Inquiry and Contemporary Economic Policy .

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Currency Converters

The Currency Site

Current and historical (to 1990) exchange rates for over 150 currencies .

The Universal Currency Converter

Performs interactive foreign exchange rate conversion, from Xenon Laboratories, Inc.

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Federal Reserve

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Supervises and regulates the operations of the Federal Reserve Banks .

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Home of the FRED database, which provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, balance of payments. Also available on this site are ALFRED, a database that provides vintage versions of economic data that were available on specific dates in history, CASSIDI, a database that provides nationwide data on banking market structures and definitions, and FRASER, a service which links to scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Features manufacturing surveys, working papers, contents of the Economic Review and more .

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Offers current issues of several internal publications relating to the New England economy.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Information for academics, bankers, community groups, educators, consumers and the media.

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Features the text of press releases, speeches and current research publications .

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Highlights current issues of the Dallas Fed's quarterly research journal, Economic Review, several publications devoted to the financial industry, and local economic newsletters .

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Features manufacturing and agricultural surveys, regional economic indicators and more .

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Includes recent issues of fedgazette, The Region, and Quarterly Review; contains resources for economics educators and statistical data .

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Statistics, research and publications for the New York area .

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Regional research focusing on Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, the three states in the Third Federal Reserve District .

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Find research on macroeconomics, banking, and the payments system .

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Features include "Ask Dr. Econ," Pacific Basin working papers, and Fed In Print: An Index to Federal Reserve Economic Research .

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General Subject Collections

Dr. T's EconLinks.com

Portal to economics, business and finance sources .

Resources for Economists on the Internet

Bill Goffe's guide, sponsored by the American Economic Association, lists more than 1,600 resources on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists.

WebEc

An effort to categorize free economics information available on the Internet, WebEc has an extensive directory of annotated links covering many specialized areas of interest to economists, as well as electronic journals and general subject categories.

Game Theory, Experimental Economics, and Market Designnew resource

From Professor Al Roth at Harvard, this site provides a collection of papers, essays, bibliographies and more.

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International Organizations

Europa

The European Union's server features news and basic information about the EU and its institutions .

European Union in the United States

The Delegation of the European Commission to the United States site has a guide to the European Union for Americans which explains the legislative and decision making process, and contains good descriptions of EU information sources .

International Monetary Fund

Includes information about the purpose and functions of the IMF, news releases, fund rates and more .

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The OECD's purpose is to provide its member countries with a forum in which "governments can compare their experiences, discuss the problems they share and seek solutions which can then be applied within their own national contexts." For access to the University at Albany's subscription to SourceOECD, the organization's electronic service, use the Database Finder.

World Bank

Includes overviews of development projects, working papers, reports and more .

World Trade Organization

Presents an introduction to the WTO, press releases and official documents .

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Statistical Data

Bureau of Economic Analysis

An agency of the US Department of Commerce, the BEA produces national, international and regional economic data .

Bureau of Labor Statistics

An agency within the US Department of Labor, the BLS offers economic timeseries, publications and research papers, press releases and more .

Workforce and Industry Datanew resource

Industry and labor market information from the New York State Department of Labor.

Datazonenew resource

From the Economic Policy Institute, this site provides aggregate time series data documenting historical labor market trends, and historical employment and earnings data at the state level.

Econ Data & Links

Provides links to a variety of economic data and statistics, from Dr. John Shaw at CSU, Fresno.

Economagic

Includes over 200,000 time series, which may be displayed in tables or charts. Subscribers to the service can copy and paste data into spreadsheets .

Economic Statistics Briefing Room

Provides access to current Federal economic indicators produced by a number of US government agencies .

Fedstats

Maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, this site provides access to statistics and information produced by more than 100 government entities .

FreeLunch.com

Provides free access to over 100,000 economic and financial data series, although registration is required .

Search for Social Sciences Data on the Net

This site from the University of California, San Diego is useful for locating social science statistics and datasets .

Statistical Abstracts of the United States

This national data book presents a selection of federal statistics with source information for each table presented .

Stat-USAAccessible to University at Albany users only

Extensive collection of business, economic, social, and trade statistics [Available in the University Library only. Staff at the Reference Desk will assist you in accessing the site.]

US Census Bureau

Social, demographic and economic information .

US Macro and Regional Data

Links to data from Resources for Economists on the Internet .

USDA Economic Research Service

Economic analysis and information on agriculture, food, natural resources and rural America presented by the US Department of Agriculture.

Data on the Netnew resource

Searchable listing of listing of Internet sites containing Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more.

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Texts

EC 101 Macroeconomics Book

An online macroeconomics text available in either Adobe pdf or Microsoft Word format, by John Bouman .

Economics Net-TextBook

An on-line tutorial for students of economics classes of all levels, by Ted Black .

Encyclopedia of Law and Economics

From the University of Ghent, each topical entry contains a review of the literature followed an extensive bibliography .

Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text

By Roger A. McCain .

International Trade Theory & Policy Analysis

This site includes an electronic text on international trade, and problem sets, by Steven M. Suranovic .

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Think Tanks

The Brookings Institution

Supports research on domestic and international public policy issues, and operates the Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, to study "equity, inequality, and computer modeling of social and economic interaction" .

The Center for Trade Policy Studies

Sponsored by the Cato Institute, its mission is "to increase public understanding of the benefits of free trade and the costs of protectionism" .

The Conference Board

"The world's leading business membership and research organization, connecting senior executives from more than 2,900 enterprises in over 60 nations," this organization produces the Consumer Confidence Index and Leading Economic Indicators. For access to the University at Albany's subscription to the Conference Board's electronic publications, use the Database Finder.

Economic Policy Institute

This think tank "seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy," and the site contains commentary on media coverage of economics, data and analysis .

The Heritage Foundation

An organization whose mission is "to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense".

The Independent Institute

Seeks to "transcend the all-too-common politicization and superficiality of public policy research and debate, redefine the debate over public issues, and foster new and effective directions for government reform".

Institute for International Economics

"Private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy," whose site contains text of speeches, testimony, essays and position papers.

National Bureau of Economic Research

"Committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community," the NBER site contains working papers, datasets and program summaries.

National Center for Policy Analysis

The goals of this organization are "to sharpen thinking about society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important public choices".

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Working Papers

Archive of European Integration

Electronic repository and archive for research materials on the topic of European integration and unification.

IDEAS

A service which provides information about more than 120 archives containing economics working papers.

Institutional Working Paper Sites

Links to a number of institutional sites with collections of working papers .

NBER Working Papers

National Bureau of Economic Research depository of working papers.

Econ Papers

EconPapers use the RePEc bibliographic and author data, providing access to a large collection of online Economics working papers and journal articles.

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