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Economics research

      Titles Descriptions
  1. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
  2. Applied Financial Economics
  3. BIDS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
  4. BLPES: British Library of Political and Economic Science
  5. EconDesk
  6. Econometrics Journal Online
  7. Economic and Political Weekly
  8. Economic Reform Today
  9. Economics Departments in the UK
  10. Economics of Conflict
  11. Economics Working Papers
  12. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
  13. ESDS International
  14. Fairmodel Economic Forecasting Software
  15. Family Expenditure Survey
  16. IfBG Online: Institute of Finance and Banking
  17. Journal of Political Economy
  18. Labour Economics Gateway
  19. Labour Force Survey
  20. MIMAS Datasets
  21. National Bureau of Economic Research
  22. NetEc
  23. New Economics Foundation Key Reports Abstracts
  24. Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  25. Policy Research Institute
  26. Quarterly Labour Force Survey
  27. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  28. Social Science Research Network
  29. UNIDO Databanks
  30. WebEc Economics Journals
  31. World Bank Experts Guide
  32. World Bank Research

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was first published in 1776. This edition of Smith's work is based on Edwin Cannan's 1904 compilation (Methuen and Co., Ltd) of Smith's fifth edition of the book (1789).
     Author: Smith, Adam
     Subjects: economic history, economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: non-fiction ebook
Applied Financial Economics
Journal on applied research on financial markets, including the bond and equity markets, derivative securities markets, the foreign exchange market, corporate finance, and market microstructure. Offers contents, abstracts, and sample full text issues.
     Author: Routledge
     Subjects: economics research, financial research
     DeweyClass: 332
     Resource type: journal
BIDS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Searchable database consisting of citations and abstracts of articles, editorials, and reviews from selected international social sciences journals dating back to 1951. Full texts of some journals are available. IBSS covers the core disciplines of economics, sociology, politics and anthropology. Freely available to UK higher education, but a username and password are required.
     Author: BIDS: Bath Information and Data Services
     Subjects: anthropology, economics research, political science, social science research, sociology
     DeweyClass: 300
     Resource type: bibliography
BLPES: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Library founded in 1896 by public subscription. As well as being the working library of the London School of Economics, it serves as a national collection of material for research, with around one million bound volumes and 28,000 journals. It is one of the largest libraries in the world devoted exclusively to the social sciences, with particular strength in economics, government and politics, international, political, economic and social history, international law, international relations, social policy and public administration, sociology, and statistics (economic, political, and social).
     Author: British Library of Political and Economic Science
     Subjects: economics research, political science, public administration, social policy, social science research
     DeweyClass: 320
     Resource type: institution
EconDesk
A reference service on economic topics, provided by the German National Library of Economics (ZBW). EconDesk provides short facts like statistical data, definitions of technical terms as well as addresses and country information via email, telephone or Internet chat.
     Author: German National Library of Economics Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
     Subjects: economics research, germany, national libraries
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: service
Econometrics Journal Online
Subscription based publication providing access to PDF articles. Also offers annotated links to a wide range of econometrics sources such as departments and organisations, general collections and preprint services, software, news, conferences, journals, mailing lists, and statistics.
     Author: Ooms, Marius
     Subjects: econometrics, economics research
     DeweyClass: 330.015195
     Resource type: journal
Economic and Political Weekly
Online version of the weekly social science journal, featuring research articles in economics, sociology, and political science, scholarly communication on topical developments, weekly statistical updates, and a monthly review of the money market. The full text of the journal is available from 1999 onwards, with new editions typically available within one month of print publication.
     Author: Sameeksha Trust
     Subjects: economics research, political science, social science research, sociology
     DeweyClass: 300
     Resource type: journal
Economic Reform Today
Quarterly published journal on market-based economic reform and democratization.
     Author: Center for International Private Enterprise
     Subjects: economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: journal
Economics Departments in the UK
The Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) of the University of Bristol provides this index of all the economics departments in the UK. Includes staff lists and details of courses available.
     Author: LTSN
     Subjects: economics education, economics links, economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: index
Economics of Conflict
Project studying the economic causes and consequences of civil war and violent crime in developing countries. Outlines the motivation underlying the project, sets out the major topics, and presents working papers, relevant data sets, and the electronic Conflict Online Newsletter.
     Author: World Bank
     Subjects: crime, economics research, warfare
     DeweyClass: 355.0218
     Resource type: documents
Economics Working Papers
Archive of electronic working papers in economics, organised by subject area.
     Author: Washington University of St Louis
     Subjects: economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: documents
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
Provides an overview of literature in law and economics, offering a bibliographic database which is browsable by topic, and searchable by author, title, publication date, journal, and publisher. Literature reviews are also incorporated.
     Author: Edward Elgar Publishing and University of Ghent
     Subjects: economics research, legal research
     DeweyClass: 344
     Resource type: bibliography
ESDS International
ESDS International provides access to, and support for, a range of international datasets - both macro and micro sources. The service aims to promote and facilitate increased and more effective use of international datasets in research, learning and teaching across a range of disciplines. ESDS International is being run jointly by Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS) at Manchester and the UK Data Archive (UKDA) at Essex.
     Author: ESDS
     Subjects: economics research, employment, manufacturing
     DeweyClass: 670
     Resource type: reference data
Fairmodel Economic Forecasting Software
Economic forecasting model, by Professor Roy C. Fair, which allows users to estimate changes in the US economy based on interactive input of different assumptions on economic policy.
     Author: Fair, Roy C.
     Subjects: economics research
     DeweyClass: 330.01
     Resource type: software
Family Expenditure Survey
The UK Family Expenditure Survey (FES) is a continuous survey of household expenditure and income which has been in existence since 1957. From 2001, the FES and the National Food Survey (NFS - held at the UK Data Archive under GN:33071) will be combined and replaced by a new survey, the 'Expenditure and Food Survey' (EFS).
     Author: UK Data Archive
     Subjects: british economic data, economics research
     DeweyClass: 310
     Resource type: reference data
IfBG Online: Institute of Finance and Banking
Includes information on financial markets and services, research, currency exchange, and payment systems such as electronic cash and credit cards.
     Author: University of Gottingen
     Subjects: economics research
     DeweyClass: 332
     Resource type: institution
Journal of Political Economy
Tables of contents from this journal which concentrates on monetary theory, fiscal policy, labour economics, planning and development, micro and macroeconomic theory, international trade and finance, industrial organisation, the history of economic thought, and social economics.
     Author: University of Chicago Press
     Subjects: economic history, economics research, international trade, macroeconomics, planning, public finance
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: journal
Labour Economics Gateway
Collection of resources featuring links to the Web pages of labour economists, research centres, statistics on labour markets, datasets for labour market research, a discussion forum, and a selection of journals, online books, and articles.
     Author: Brosius, Jacques
     Subjects: economics research, employment
     DeweyClass: 331
     Resource type: documents
Labour Force Survey
Main purpose of the LFS is to produce a set of national and regional employment and unemployment statistics for use by government departments and for comparison with other European Union countries, based on internationally standardised definitions. The LFS asks a range of basic questions relating to household composition, housing tenure, ethnicity and related topics. It also collects detailed information for each adult in the household relating to education and training, employment, unemployment and job search activities, reasons for not wanting to work, income, labour mobility, travel to work, trade union membership, current working conditions, hours of work and health.
     Author: Office for National Statistics
     Subjects: economics research, employment, social science research
     DeweyClass: 331
     Resource type: reference data
MIMAS Datasets
Extensive datasets including census data, government surveys, macroeconomic, spatial and scientific data.
     Author: MIMAS, Manchester University
     Subjects: economics research, geographical data, macroeconomics, uk population
     DeweyClass: 910
     Resource type: reference data
National Bureau of Economic Research
Organisation committed to promoting and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community.
     Author: NBER
     Subjects: economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: documents
NetEc
NetEc is an international academic effort to improve the communication of economics via electronic media. It consists of: information on printed working papers on BibEc, data about electronic working papers on WoPEc, code for economics and econometrics on CodEc, Web resources in economics on WebEc, home page papers in economics on HoPEc, and jokes about economists and economics on JokEc.
     Author: Manchester Computing Centre
     Subjects: econometrics, economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: documents
New Economics Foundation Key Reports Abstracts
Abstracts of published reports about new economic indicators, community economics, social auditing and social accountability. New economics aims to set out how a just and sustainable economy will work in practice
     Author: New Economics Foundation
     Subjects: auditing, economic geography, economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: article abstracts
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Quarterly economics journal, with freely available full text articles in PDF format from 1996 onwards. Topics include real interest rates, imperfect markets, product strategies, public finance, and environmental policy.
     Author: Oxford University Press
     Subjects: economic development, economics research, social science research
     DeweyClass: 338.9
     Resource type: articles
Policy Research Institute
Independent research centre. Main areas of study include labour market and economic studies, local economic development, community development, needs assessment and evaluation, and public management.
     Author: Policy Research Institute
     Subjects: economic development, economics research, public administration
     DeweyClass: 320.6
     Resource type: institution
Quarterly Labour Force Survey
Continuation of the annual Labour Force Survey. The main purpose of the QLFS is to provide internationally comparable statistics on the levels and changes in employment, unemployment and economic inactivity. The questionnaire collects general information about the household, family composition, housing and demographic characteristics. The main topic areas include economic activity and inactivity; employment, unemployment and under-employment, educational qualifications and training, labour mobility and health and disabilities which affect work. Available in SIR-DBMS format.
     Author: UK Data Archive
     Subjects: economics research, employment, social science research
     DeweyClass: 331
     Resource type: reference data
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Collaborative effort to enhance the dissemination of economics research via a database of working papers, journal articles, and software components. Provides links to a range of services which offer access to part or all of the database, identifies participating institutions, and encourages contributions to the collection.
     Author: RePEc
     Subjects: economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: service
Social Science Research Network
Contains a number of specialised networks on various social science topics including economics, finance, law and accounting.
     Author: Social Science Electronic Publishing
     Subjects: accounting research, economics research, legal research, social science research
     DeweyClass: 300
     Resource type: documents
UNIDO Databanks
Industrial statistics and International Trade
     Author: IMF and MIMAS
     Subjects: economics research, financial research, international trade
     DeweyClass: 382
     Resource type: reference data
WebEc Economics Journals
Alphabetical index of economics related journals, with topics including teaching economics, history of economics, microeconomics, quantitative methods, agriculture and business.
     Author: Saarinen, Lauri
     Subjects: economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: journal index
World Bank Experts Guide
A listing of World Bank experts available for media comment on a range of issues including economics, poverty and human development, public sector reform, and the environment. Entries are browsable by name, or by specialist topic, and biographical information is given for each expert.
     Author: World Bank
     Subjects: development studies, economics research, journalism
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: biographies, reference document
World Bank Research
Collection of results relating to economic research and conducted by the World Bank, covering topics such as domestic finance, health and population, international economics, poverty, private sector development, transition economics, AIDS economics, and gender disparity.
     Author: World Bank Group
     Subjects: economics research
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: documents