Databases Economicsresearch V3 Aug2007

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Economics Research This is a short guide to some of the sources you can use when looking for publications in economics. The guide is in two sections. In the first part there are lists of sources based around some of the key areas of economics like money and banking. The second half is a collection of sources describing economics research activity. Note: if you want to find statistics sources, look at the Statistics Research Guide in this series

Part1 Research sources for areas of economics SECTION 1 MACROECONOMICS World Economy World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/ International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm OECD http://www.oecd.org World Economic Forum http://www.weforum.org Portal statistical databases Data Insight Datastream Bloomberg Economic & Social Data Service GMID Source OECD

National Economic Conditions CIA Factbook www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html Portal Country Risk Databases EIU Country Data EIU Market Indicators and Forecasts BSP CountryWatch surveys ISI Emerging Markets National economic statistics http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/data.htm http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/framec8d.html Economic Forecasting and modelling See BestofBiz>Research resource guides>Economic forecasting SECTION 2 BANKS AND MONEY Financial Sector Banks http://www.ebrd.com http://www.bankofengland.co.uk http://www.ecb.int http://www.federalreserve.gov see also SECTION 1

Portal international financial statistics Global Financial data International Financial Statistics

SECTION 3 GOVERNMENTS (UK, USA, EU) Economic departments and agencies International http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/

European Union http://europa.eu./index_en.htm United Kingdom http://www.direct.gov.uk United States http://www.firstgov.gov/ Regulatory agencies http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/psd/ifur/directory/ SECTION 4 CONSUMERS Microeconomic statistics Portal statistical databases GMID Mintel Frost & Sullivan

Part 2 Economics research as an activity SECTION 5 ECONOMICS NEWS Economics news sites David Smith’s Economics UK http://www.economicsuk.com/blog/ BBC Economics news http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/economy/default.stm News sites Portal databases Factiva Economist Financial Times Foundations and Trends Factiva RGE Monitor SECTION 6 ECONOMICS JOURNALS Portal databases Econlit JSTOR

Science Direct Web of Science IBSS SECTION 7 ECONOMICS WORKING PAPERS Web sites http://econpapers.repec.org http://ssrn.com/ern/index.html http://ssrn.com/update/fen/index.html (for finance) Portal databases CEPR Working Papers NBER Working Papers

SECTION 8 INFORMAL SOURCES OF ECONOMICS INFORMATION Economists’ own web sites http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/findecon.htm Economics departments and Research centres http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/dirsites.htm http://edirc.repec.org http://www.auber.org/docs/bea.htm Gateways and portals Resources for Economists on the Internet http://rfe.org/ Internet Resources for Economists http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/econweb.htm Inomics http://www.inomics.com/cgi/show London Business School Students may use the Library subscribed electronic database for personal educational research purposes only, and must comply at all times with the database copyright holders’ terms and conditions. Use for any other purposes, such as commercial activity, consultancy or resale is strictly prohibited S/ISD/Research Support/SubjecGuides/SubjectGuide_EconomicsResearch_v3_Aug2007_GC.doc