ECONOMICS& DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Thispage is intended to serve as a Gateway to Internet Resources in Economics & Development Studies for the academic staff, students and researchers at the Universiti Sains Malaysia.  All attempts have been made to ensure that quality sites are listed.  If you have comments and suggestions, please send them to Mohd. Idris H. Ali at idris@notes.usm.my  .
Last updated November 2004.



GENERAL
| Gateways/ Virtual Libraries  |  Academic andResearch Institutions  |  Bibliographies  |
| Conferences |  Dictionaries ElectronicJournals  |  Full-text Documents |
| GovernmentResources  |  Mailing Lists and Newsgroups |  Organisations   |
| ProfessionalBodies and Associations  | Statistical Data |

SPECIAL SUBJECTS
| InternationalEconomics  Macroeconomics  Mathematicaland Statistical Methods  |
| Microeconomics | MonetaryEconomics  |


GATEWAYS/ VIRTUAL LIBRARIES ToTop

Barnett’sRecommendations
http://econwpa.wustl.edu:80/~barnett/
Developer: William Barnett, Washington University
A Professor at the University of Washington in St. Louis put together this well-thought-out site of economics resources online, with his own star ratings. His selection is international in scope and well-described.

BillGoff’s Resources for Economists List
http://economics.wustl.edu/
Developer: Washington University
This site collects together many links-mostly academic-to economic data, files, papers and tools.

BUBLLink : 330 Economics
http://link.bubl.ac.uk/economics/
Developer : BUBL Information Service
An excellent site to start searching for economic resources on the Internet.

Economics
http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat
/Business___Employment/economics?kywd++
Developer: Argus Associates, Inc.
Internet resources divided under the following headings : Econometrics, Economic development, Economic policy, Economics, Economics resources, Economists and Macroeconomics.

EconomicsWWW Page at Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/
Developer: Lauri Saarinen
Extensive list of economics resources. Some of the link categories are International trade, Newsgroups, Software, Libraries, Lists of Economic journals, Publications and Publishers.

FINWEB
http://www.finweb.com/
Developer:  James R.Garven
FINWeb is a financial economicsweb site managed by James R. Garven, Ph.D. The primary objective of FINWebis to list Internet resources providing substantive information concerningeconomics and finance-related topics. 

SOSIG(Social Sciences InformationGateway)
http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/
Developer:  Institute for Learning and Research Technology, University of Bristol
SOSIG is an online catalogue of hundreds of high quality Internet resources relevant to social science education and research. Every resource has been selected and described by a librarian or subject specialist. Use the buttons at the top of each SOSIG page to search or browse the catalogue.

WUSTLResources for Economists on the Internet
http://rfe.wustl.edu/EconFAQ.html
Developer: Dept. of Economics and International Business, University of Southern Mississippi
Lists the many resources on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics.

WWWVirtual Library in Economics
http://www.hkkk.fi/EconVLib.html/
Developer: Bill Goffe andLauri Saarinen
Contains two databases :Resources for Economists on the Internet (by Bill Goffe) and WWW Resources in Economics ( by Lauri Saarinen). Excellent source of Internet resources. Highly recommended.

Yahoo!Social Science : Economics
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Economics/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
 


ACADEMICAND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ToTop

AcademicInstitutions Specialising in Health Economics in Europe
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~econ21/Europe.htm
Health Economic Resources on the Internet Academic Institutions Specialising in Health Economics in Europe Summary List To choose location simply click the mouse. Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment CREDES - Centre for Health Economics

BerkeleyRoundtable on Economics
http://brie.berkeley.edu/~briewww/
Developer: University of California at Berkeley
BRIE is a think tank that pursues focused research in areas ranging from international trade and investment to technology development and conversion.

BrookingsInstitution
http://server.scpol.unina.it/economia/EconFAQ/OrgsAssoc/NonAcaResOrg/
BrookingsInstitution.html
Developer: Brookings Institution
USA's oldest think tank, conducting research in economics, governmental studies, foreign policy, and the social sciences generally.

EconomicInstitutes and Research Organizations on the Web
http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/institutes.htm
Developer: John Kane
Economic institutes and research organizations. The listing of economic institutes and research organizations provides a description of the work done by these organizations. Many of these sites contain data sources and information about current research projects.
 


CONFERENCES ToTop

Conferenceson the Net
http://www.eur.nl/few/ei/links/#conferences
Developer: Royal Economic Society

WorkingPaper Series in Economics and Finance
http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/Ecofin/workingpapers.html
Developer: RMIT University

Yahoo!Business and Economy : International Economy : Conferences 
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/International_Economy/Conferences/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
Announcements of and information on conferences about the International Economy.

Yahoo!Business and Economy : Trade : Conferences
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Trade/Conferences/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.

Yahoo!Social Science : Economics : Conferences
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Economics/Conferences/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
Information about conferences on Economics.
 


DICTIONARIES ToTop

AmosWorld Economic Glossary
http://www.amosweb.com/gls/
Developer:  AmosWorld
This is a searchable glossary of economic terms, containing over 500 economic terms and concepts. This is a searchable, cross-referenced database of economic information. Spend a little time browsing around the glossary and see how useful it can be.

DIRECTORIES ToTop

DowJones Business Directory
http://bd.dowjones.com/category.asp?CatID=6&gif=industries&CatName=Industries
Developer: 2000 Dow Jones & Company Inc.
This is a Dow Jones Business Directory with reviews in different areas of Industries including areassuch as Airlines, Computer Industry, Health Care and Utilities.

Econometricians’Addresses and WWW
http://www.eur.nl/few/ei/links/#links
Developer: Royal Economic Society

EmergingMarkets Directory
http://www.emdirectory.com/index.htm
Developer: Emerging Markets Directory
The Emerging Markets Directory from GlobeScape TectonicsTM provides selected links for those interested in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Every effort is made to include sites that will be of the most interest to the greatest number of people. If you know of an appropriate site that is not listed here, feel free to suggest its inclusion.

Yahoo!: Business and Economy : Companies : Trade : Directories
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Trade/Directories/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
 


ELECTRONICJOURNALS ToTop

Directories

EconomicJournals 
http://www.economics.harvard.edu/journ_wp.html
Developer: Economics Department, Harvard University

EconomicJournals on the Net
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/WebEc.html
Developer: Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
A huge archive of online economic journals, from A (Agricultural Economics) to T (Theory and decision). This archive is invaluable for any student of economics and economic theory, as well as those interested in how economics impact the political and social worlds.

Journalson the Net
http://www.eur.nl/few/ei/links/#journals
Developer: Marius Ooms, of the Econometric Institute of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam

Yahoo!Business & Economy :International Economy : Development : Journals
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/International_Economy
/Development/Journals/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.

Yahoo!Business and Economy : Trade : Journals
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Trade/Journals/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.

Yahoo!Social Science : Economics : Journals
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Economics/Journals/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.

IndividualJournals, A-Z

AsiaPacific Economic Review
http://132.239.91.42/newjour/a/msg01630.html
Developer: Zencor Inc.
US based magazine’s online covers all of the economies of Asia and the Pacific Rim, including California and the Pacific Northwest in the US with an eye toward providing trend tips and forecasts for overseas investors.
 


FULL-TEXTDOCUMENTS ToTop

EconomicGrowth Research Publishes Articles
http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/articles.htm
Developer: World Bank Group

EconomicWorking Paper Archive
http://econwpa.wustl.edu/
Developer:  Economics Department of Washington University 
Provides access to working papers on all areas of economics that have been posted online. Subjects range from game theory to international trade, it also includes crunch able data sets and economics software. The archive is searchable by keyword, author and title and has links to other economics resources.

Ideas
http://ideas.uqam.ca/
Developer:  University of Quebec at Montreal
If you are interested in Economics working papers, have look at this new and free dissemination service! Already over 40,000 working papers from hundreds of series are available.

MacMasterUniversity Archive of the History of Economic Thought
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca:80/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html
Developer: McMaster University
A virtual library of partial or complete works of people who have influenced economics. The site currently covers nearly 80 people, including George Berkeley, David Hume, Thomas Malthus, Alfred Marshall, Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, David Ricardo, AdamSmith, and Thorstein Veblen, among others. These are large, text files.

APedestrain’s Guide to the Economy
http://www.amosweb.com/pdg/
Developer: Orley M. Amos, Jr., Oklahoma State University
A second resource is the newly expanded AmosWorld Reading Room containing three complete books: A Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy, Extra Credit: A Lesson in Economics, and Growth Pole Cycles. The information in these books can be viewed onscreen or printed off for further study. Other books will be added overtime.

Yahoo!Social Science : Economics : Papers
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Economics/Papers/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
 


GOVERNMENTRESOURCES ToTop

F ederal,State, and Local Government Sites on the Web 
http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/govsites.htm
Developer: John Kane
This provides links to an extensive list of U.S. federal and state government agencies. Information about current economic and social statistics, ongoing research, government publications, and data sources can be found at many of these sites. (CD-ROMS containing many large data sets can be purchased online from the GPO.)

GovernmentResources World - Economics Net Links (NEW)
http://economics.about.com/finance/economics/msubgovworld.htm
Developer: About.com, Inc.
 


MAILINGLISTS AND NEWSGROUPS ToTop

EconomicGrowth Mailing List
http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/Economics/Growth/mailing.htm
Developer: Institute of Economics and Statistics, Oxford University
This page gives details of the Economic Growth mailing list.

EconomicsMailing Lists
http://www.eur.nl/few/ei/links/#mailing
Developer: Royal Economic Society

Newsgroupsand Listserv Groups for Economists
http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/usenet.htm
Developer: John Kane
These newsgroups can be used to find information on statistical packages, data sources, and related information.

StatisticsResources on the Web (NEW)
http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/cti/links_stats/lists.html
Statistics Resources on the WebMailing Lists Newsgroups If you have a query or an announcement, it is important to find the correct forum for it - after all, that is why lists covering various topics have been created
 


ORGANISATIONS ToTop

InternationalAgencies on the WWW
http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/international.htm
Develop: John Kane
Links to many international agencies can be used to locate information about current research, current international statistics, and online data sources.

TradeAssociations and Professional Bodies of the UK
http://www.instantaccess.co.uk/books/aapbotuk.htm
Developer: Amazon.com.
This directory provides information on over 3500 trade associations and professional bodies in the UK in the following sectors: trade, business and commercial; environmental and agricultural; legal, vernment, public administration and military; educational; health and medical; and more.
 


PROFESSIONALBODIES AND ASSOCIATIONS ToTop

AmericanEconomic Association
gopher://gopher.eco.utexas.edu/11/aea
Developer: University of Texas
From this site you can find the results of a survey of the research interest of the organizations members economic dept. by country.

EconomicAssociations on the Web
http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/associations.htm
Developer: John Kane 
A growing number of economic associations are on the internet. Use these sites to find information about professional meetings, information about journals published by these associations, and links to other economics sites.
 


STATISTICALDATA ToTop

DataSets
http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/Economics/Growth/datasets.htm
Developer: Jonathan Temple, Nuffield College, Oxford 
This page gives details of how to obtain several of the major growth data sets, and in some cases includes direct links to the data, including the Penn World Tables.

DataSources
Developer:  John Kane
http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/data.htm
Data sources. A wide variety of links to online data sources are available. Choose this option to find links to data sites (listed by type of data).

EconomicGrowth Research Data Sets
http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/growth_t.htm
Developer: World Bank Group
This site contains the datasets related to some of the published articles and working papers listed on this Web page. Users can freely download any or all the data sets. Please, note that all files are compressed, self-extracting archives.

EconomicStatistics Briefing Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
Developer;  Web Development Team
Latest U.S. Economic statistics: Output; Income; Employment, Unemployment, and Earnings; Production and Business Activity; Prices; Money, Credit, and Securities Markets; Transportation, and International Statistics.

ECONOMICSDATA SOURCES
http://econ.ucsc.edu/LINKS/datalinks.htm
Developer: FedWorld Information Network
The U.S. Government online information source, introduced by National Technical Information Service (NTIS). According to its description, it provides a comprehensive central access point for locating & acquiring government information. The goal of NTIS FedWorld is to provide a one-stop location for the public to locate, order & have delivered to them U.S. Government Information

PennWorld Economic Tables
http://cansim.epas.utoronto.ca:5680/pwt/pwt.html
Developer: Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) at the University of Toronto
The Penn World Tables are currently comprised of data for 152 countries and 29 subjects. It has fundamental and invaluable data for students, researchers, and writers, as well as those with a casual interest in economics. World coverage.

Resourcesfor Economists on the Internet
http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm
Developer: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer price indices.

SocialScience Data Center and Geographic Information System Laboratory http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/
Developer: Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
University of Virginia lab has developed a forms interface for access to data from the Regional Economic Information System (REIS). You can analyze data from the US or specific region, states, counties or MSAs or select variables from REIS income and employment data and specify years to be displayed.

USCensus Bureau : the Official Statistics
http://www.census.gov/
Developer: United States Department of Commerce
This site offers considerable information about the census Bureau, press releases, and links to other census sites on the Internet through its Gopher.




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