Economics

Study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services and the theory and management of economic systems.

Resources in this category:

About.com: Economics
http://economics.about.com/

An Internet guide featuring articles, Website links, and discussion forums on central banks, forecasting, game theory, computational economics, and economists, including resources for economics students.

Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library
http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/market/contents.htm

A resource guide for agricultural market information. Includes market prices, outlook reports, quotes, publications, and links. "This guide may be of use to agricultural economists, market information analysts, librarians, and others who are interested in market information. Although the web site concentrates partly on grains, many of the same references to web sites in this virtual library refer to many other types of commodities that may be of interest. Certain commodities were chosen to help market specialists in Africa gain pertinent market information on these commodities rapidly through the Internet." Available in downloadable PDF.

Alta Plana: International Economics Gateway
http://www.altaplana.com/gate.html

Long list of links to online sites of interest to economists, including international organizations such as the U.N. International Trade Center and the World Trade Organization, national government pages for several dozen countries and corporate servers with international economic information.

Berlecon Research
http://www.berlecon.de/en/index.html

This site analyzes the economic potential of new e-business technologies and their application by companies. It contains research assessments on the future of e-business and the development of the market.

Boston College Research Guides: Economics
http://fmwww.bc.edu/EC/res.data.php

This site describes major economic datasets, both U.S. and International, covering topics from crop reporting to macroeconomics and information economics. Resources include both print and electronic formats and include links to documentation when possible.

Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://bea.gov/

"The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency of the Department of Commerce. Along with the Census Bureau and STAT-USA, BEA is part of the Department's Economics and Statistics Administration.

The mission of BEA is to produce and disseminate accurate, timely, relevant, and cost-effective economic accounts statistics that provide government, businesses, households, and individuals with a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of economic activity. BEA's national, regional, and international economic accounts present basic information on such key issues as U.S. economic growth, regional economic development, and the Nation's position in the world economy."

Bureau of the Public Debt
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/

Information from the United States Treasury Department about the Public Debt, Savings Bonds, and Treasury Notes. It includes The Public Debt to the Penny, updated daily.

Canadian Economy Online
http://www.canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english/economy/

This is a well-organized, easy to use website. "A one-stop guide to the national economy lets you check out statistics, access a wealth of federal government information and learn more about concepts and events."

Center for Game Theory in Economics
http://www.gtcenter.org/

The resident and affiliated members of the Center constitute "a Game Theory group that is unequaled in the United States, if not in the world."

Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
http://www.brookings.edu/dynamics.aspx

News briefs, projects, models, and publications from the Brookings's Center on Social and Economic Dynamics. This public law organization applies the study of complexity to public policy, mainly through computational modeling and simulation.

Centre for Research in Network Economics and Communications (CRNEC)
http://www.crnec.auckland.ac.nz/

Forum for research into network economics and related fields within information economics in general. The web site features updated links to research within the association and to articles within the field.

Cost-Of-Living Calculator
http://www.aier.org/research/worksheets-and-tools/cost-of-li...

This calculator allows you to convert dollar values between any two years from 1913 to 2009, adjusting for inflation. Conversion data is based on the Consumers Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Council on Competitiveness
http://www.compete.org/

A nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization comprised of business, labor, academic and government leaders. Website presents their initiatives and publications that evaluate economic challenges and promote innovation in the United States.

Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/

"This glossary will eventually attempt to cover all of the terms and concepts from international economics, including both international trade and international finance, at least at the introductory level... The glossary includes definitions, links to definitions, and wherever appropriate links to other sites and documents that may provide additional information."

Demos--Ideas & Action
http://www.demos.org/

Created by a network of journalists, writers and researchers, Demos features "news, information and expertise on the divide in income, wealth and health" in the United States. It is meant to serve as "a storehouse of information, comment, and original thinking about the increased material and socioeconomic differences among us, and about the implications of this trend in such areas as health, work life, the coherence of communities, and the workings of democratic government."

EconData.Net
http://www.econdata.net/

A guide to regional economic activity that includes hundreds of links to socioeconomic data sources. This well-organized site provides links to information provided by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and others. Not all links provide access to free information, but this is clearly indicated when applicable.

The Econometric Society
http://www.econometricsociety.org/

The site contains information on all functions of the Society, including past and future articles in the journal, links to authors' home pages, information and programs for past and future meetings, and links to sites managed by organizers of regional meetings. Also, the papers presented at the World Congress and at regional meetings of the Society are available electronically as pdf files.

Econometrics Laboratory Software Archive
http://elsa.berkeley.edu/index.shtml

Resource for computational algorithms used in economic applications. Includes software, data sets, abstracts, and publications. Seeks to define standards for the documentation and testing of new econometric methodologies.

Economic and Game Theory
http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/

This site has links to general interest material about game theory and related topics.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
http://www.eclac.cl/default.asp?idioma=IN

This site is especially useful for those seeking a range of comprehensive statistical information on Latin American and Caribbean countries. The "Press Centre" also contains interviews, editorials and more from ECLAC staff highlighting the most pressing social issues in the region. Coverage of economic and development issues is especially thorough.

The Economics of Networks
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/networks/site.html

This site is a collection of information on economic issues of networks, such as the telephone and fax communications networks, the Internet, financial exchange and credit card networks, as well as on "virtual networks," such as the virtual network of all Windows or all Mac computers. Ranked as one of the top 5 economics sites worldwide by The Economist magazine.

Economist.Com | Country Briefings
http://www.economist.com/countries/

"Pick a country... to see articles from The Economist, background profiles, forecast and statistics from The Economist Intelligence Unit, market and currency updates, news headlines and links." (Note: some articles require a subscription to Economist.Com premium content service.)

EconPapers
http://econpapers.repec.org/

Provides access to RePEc, the Research Papers in Economics archive. Comprised of working papers, lecture notes, book chapters, and software components about all types of economic issues, most available as full text documents for free and indexed by author and title.

EconWPA Computational Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/s/wpa/wuwpco.html

This site contains many links to an archive of work-in-progress papers in the fields of computational and information economics. Many of these articles can be downloaded in full text in an effort to enhance the free dissemination of research in Economics.

Electronic Trading Research Unit: e-Business Research Center
http://www.eltrun.aueb.gr/

ELTRUN is a research and development group for Electronic Commerce that provides a wealth of information concerning e-commerce business and marketing practices, information asymmetry in the marketplace, and information economics in Europe.

Energy Plug: A Primer on Gasoline Prices
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/plugs/plprimer.html

A succinct illustration of the breakdown of the price components of gasoline and description of the factors which influence its consumer price.

FAOSTAT Statistics Database
http://faostat.fao.org/default.aspx

"FAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual database currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in the following areas: production, trade, food balance sheets, food aid shipments, fertilizer and pesticides, land use and irrigation, forest products, fishery products, population, and agricultural machinery."

Game Theory
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/GAME_THEOR.html

An entry for game theory within the Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems. Provides a cursory introduction into the field and conceptual underpinnings of game theory.

Game Theory .net
http://www.gametheory.net/

Provides resource materials for educators, students, professionals and "geeks," including a list of textbooks, lecture notes, Java applets, and online games. Get links to game-theoretic themes in movies, books, and the popular press for those interested in game theory. Great for school or for fun!

Game Theory and Experimental Economics
http://www.economics.harvard.edu/~aroth/alroth.html

This site is devoted to research into game theory, experimental economics, and in market design for which game theory, experimentation, and computation are natural and complementary tools.

Game Theory and Information
http://ideas.repec.org/s/wpa/wuwpga.html

Substantial archive of work-in-progress papers in the fields of Game Theory and information economics.

Game Theory Society
http://www.gametheorysociety.org/

Represents the Game Theory Society. Provides various resources to promote the investigation, teaching and application of game theory including a member database, a working paper archive, an electronic newspaper, and announcements.

Game Theory: a Definition
http://www.sfb504.uni-mannheim.de/glossary/game.htm

This site contains a useful definition of game theory and an introductory/intermediate glossary of terms specifically related to game theory.

A Glossary of Political Economy Terms
http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/index

This is an alphabetical list of political economy terms.

The History of Economic Thought
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/

This well organized site includes an alphabetical index of influential economists; breakdowns of various schools of thought, including political economy, neoclassical, alternative, and thematic; surveys and essays on broad topics such as the theory of value, macroeconomics, and microeconomics; and links to other references.

History of Game Theory
http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/eco/game/game.html

This site contains an outline of the history of game theory from Roger McCain's Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction to the Analysis of Strategy.

House Committee on Financial Services
http://financialservices.house.gov/

The House Committee on Financial Services is responsible for addressing legislation covering banks, banking, economic stabilization, insurance, international finance, money, credit, private and public housing, securities and exchanges, and urban development.

IBM Research: Information Economies Project
http://www.research.ibm.com/infoecon/index.html

This site investigates the economic possibilities of the internet in the coming years in which billions of economically-motivated software agents find and process information and disseminate it to humans and, increasingly, to other agents.

Implications of Costly Information
http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/Teachers/information....

A useful site defining the basic problems with asymmetric information between producers and consumers. It also offers some of the possible solutions on how the problems should be handled. This site is an archive of articles by various economists, with many of them by Morgan Rose covering asymmetry in different businesses.

The Inflation Calculator
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

At this site, you can enter any dollar amount and compare its value during any two years between 1800 and 1998. For example, you can compare the worth of $100 in 1880 to its worth in 1950.

Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars 1774 to Estimated 2018
http://oregonstate.edu/cla/polisci/faculty-research/sahr/sah...

Consumer Price Index (CPI) conversion factors to determine the value of dollars of 1774 to estimated 2018 in dollars of 1995-2007 (actual) and 2008 (estimated), CPI (1982-84), and two special CPI measures, CPI-U-X1 (starting 1950), and CPI-U-RS (starting 1947).

Infonomics
http://www.infonomics.nl/

Infonomics is defined and the institute brings together insights from a variety of fields, ranging from anthropology, linguistics, law, mathematics, to communication science, sociology, economics and business studies. The focus is on fundamental and contract research – the general trends as well as the burning issues. With research and development as its core mandate, the institute also creates educational materials (courses, seminars, workshops) and offers expert advice.

Information Asymmetry
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~ginger/research/research.html

Research based site concerning empirical studies in information economics. In particular, how market mechanisms alleviate information asymmetry among economic agents and what role government regulations play in information markets.

Information Economics and Policy - List of Issues
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01676245

This site has links to abstracts and articles from the Information and Economics Policy journal. It provides an interdisciplinary and international forum for publications in economics and policy, addressing issues in telecommunications and information technology, including regulatory issues. It includes research papers, short contributions and surveys of interest for researchers, professionals, expert advisors, professional groups, government institutions and businesses connected with policy making and influencing the area of information.

Information Economies Project Research Papers
http://www.research.ibm.com/infoecon/researchpapers.html

This site is a general information economics site with papers and talks concerning many issues that confront the Information Economy. There is sizable section of papers concerning information bundling and pricing.

The Information Economy
http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/resources/infoecon/

Aggregate site devoted to the economics of the internet, Network economics, information goods, intellectual property and related issues.

The Information Technology Research Institute
http://www.jyu.fi/it/laitokset/titutituweb.nsf/TITUeng?OpenF...

This site contains links dealing with research on information technology including eCommerce, information economics and ebusiness infrastructure.

Integers: Electronic Journal of Combinatorial Number Theory
http://www.integers-ejcnt.org/

This site contains an electronic journal devoted to research in the area of combinatorial number theory. Original research articles in combinatorics, number theory and general game theory. It contains links to sites on additive number theory, multiplicative number theory, sequences and sets, extremal combinatorics, Ramsey theory, elementary number theory, classical combinatorial problems, hypergraphs, and probabilistic number theory.

The International Economics Network
http://www.internationaleconomics.net/

"The International Economics Network is an annotated, selective portal for international economics and related disciplines, which includes daily updated links to research papers, news and commentaries in the field."

The International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that was established to contribute to the growth of the world economy. It contains many original resources including statistics and research papers.

The International Political Economy Network
http://www.indiana.edu/~ipe/ipesection/

The page of the International Political Economy section of the International Studies Association.

InvestorWords
http://www.investorwords.com/

The InvestorWorld financial glossary has more than 5,000 definitions and 15,000 links between related terms, making it extremely comprehensive.

Joint Economic Committee
http://jec.senate.gov/

"The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) was created when Congress passed the Employment Act of 1946. Under this Act, Congress established two advisory panels: the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and the Joint Economic Committee. Their primary tasks are to review economic conditions and to recommend improvements in economic policy."

The Knowledge Management Network
http://www.brint.com/km/

This compilation of articles published in leading books and journals includes topics such as What is KM?, KM in Organizations, Does KM=IT?, and how Knowledge Management relates to Information Strategy, Business Innovation, National Policy Development, Design of Adaptive Systems, Knowledge Ecology, and the new world of Knowledge Work, and Agile Enterprises. These articles are supplemented by analyses and opinions that provide a mosaic of thoughts as they evolved and contributed to the developing field of Knowledge Management.

Mathematical Games, Toys, and Puzzles
http://compgeom.cs.uiuc.edu/~jeffe/mathgames.html

Introductory site for game theory and its mathematical principals including links to other sites concerning game theory and its offshoots.

Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank
http://memdb.scc-net.rutgers.edu/

"The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank is a project established at Rutgers University and originally cosponsored by the Research Libraries Group (RLG), Inc. Its aim is to provide scholars with an expanding library of information in electronic format on the medieval and early modern periods of European history, circa 800-1815 C.E. MEMDB contains five large data sets, three pertaining to currency exchanges and two pertaining to prices."

Models for pricing the distribution of information
http://web.mit.edu/ecom/www/Project98/G12/

This web site is focused on the distribution of information and the provision of services in the capital market data industry. It provides an overview of the key competitors, markets, and products. It also makes an in-depth analysis of the different information pricing schemes used by the industry players.

National Council on Economics Education
http://www.councilforeconed.org/

This site offers many lessons and activities for K-12 students. For example, one lesson--"Hey, Mom, What's for Breakfast?"--has students choose their favorite breakfast foods and investigate costs associated with those foods. "Do You Always Own Your Own Private Property?" addresses eminent domain and the rights of property owners. Lessons include links to teacher notes, and the web resources included in lesson plans are carefully chosen.

NationMaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php

This website compiles statistical information from reliable sources such as the CIA World Fact Book, the World Health Organization, and UNESCO. Using a series of drop down menus, you can create graphs and tables to create your choice of statistical analyses. New features and data are added monthly.

The Network Economics and Services Laboratory
http://nes.aueb.gr/

The Network Economics and Services Laboratory is a laboratory of the Telecommunications Services Group of Athens University of Economics and Business. The web site focuses on publications in economic models for network services, Internet pricing and multicasting, Peer-to-Peer services and architectures, regulation and interconnection, Quality-of-Service management and traffic engineering, e-commerce technologies, and internet software and tools.

Nobelprize.org - The Ultimate Source for Nobel Prize Information
http://nobelprize.org/

"The Official Site of the Nobel Foundation" includes information on Nobel prizes, awarders, and ceremonies. Includes educational games.

Online Glossary of Research Economics
http://econterms.com/

A general glossary of economics terms found in scholarly and research literature. It draws from diverse authors for the most easy-to-understand definitions possible and is useful for both the beginner as well as the more advanced user. Be sure to read the help section for tips on making good use of the glossary.

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/

"For more than 40 years, the OECD has been one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics, and economic and social data. As well as collecting data, the OECD monitors trends, analyses and forecasts economic developments and researches social changes or evolving patterns in trade, environment, agriculture, technology, taxation and more. "

The Quantitative Macroeconomics and Real Business Cycle Home Page
http://dge.repec.org/index.html

"This is a collection of links to several ressources about quantitative macroeconomics and especially real business cycle (RBC) theory on the World-Wide Web. Apart from links, there is quite a lot of original material (bibliography, code, etc.)"

Research Papers in Economics
http://repec@repec.org/

This site is a collaborative effort of over 100 volunteers in 30 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. Any institution is welcome to join in contributing its research materials.

Smart Economist
http://www.smarteconomist.com/

"Time-saving reports on business, finance, and economic research." Accessible economics without the complicated jargon. Some information is available without registration, but free registration is required to access all content.

Social Science Research Network Electronic Library
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/DisplayAbstractSearch.cfm

The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. The site offers access to a wide array of research such as accounting, economics and the law.

Social, Economic and Political Change
http://gsociology.icaap.org/

An annotated listing of links to information about large scale long-term political, economic and social systems change at the national and international level. This site links to sites with data, theory, national profiles, history, research, course syllabi, and other useful information.

Society for Computational Economics
http://comp-econ.org/

This site has links to topics exploring the intersection of economics and computation. It also includes links to conference information, special interest group contact information, journal and book pointers, information regarding our graduate student paper contest, and details on joining the SCE.

Society for Economic Dynamics
http://www.economicdynamics.org/society.htm

This site hosts the Society for Economic Dynamics, the Review of Economic Dynamics and the Economic Dynamics Newsletter. It contains lots of interesting material on all aspects of economic dynamic theory, including dynamic games, dynamic general equilibrium theory, and empirical studies. Specifically covered topics include business cycles, asset pricing, search models, intergenerational issues, fertility, financial systems, and more!

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Game Theory
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/game-theory/

This site provides a useful and robust introduction into the principals of game theory with a specific emphasis on the philosophical and historical motivations within game theory. Also, clearly outlines the basic elements and assumptions inherent in game theory as a discipline, and provides specific examples of exemplary case studies within the discipline.

Statistics for Participating RePEc Services
http://logec.hhs.se/

This site allows the user to access statistics for RePEc. The worlds largest collection of online Economics Working Papers, Journal Articles and Software.

Strassmann – General Information Economics
http://www.strassmann.com/

This site contains many links to articles, papers and guest columns concerning how information economics affects our society and our every day life. Many of the articles and papers are written by Paul Strassmann, a leading economist dealing with information age economics.

Strategy and Conflict: An Introductory Sketch of Game Theory
http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/eco/game/game.html

This site contains an introductory sketch of the theoretical and historical grounding of game theory with historical context and application within other realms such as political theory and the natural sciences. It has links to the extensive use of common games that have become paradigmatic within the field.

Technocapitalism
http://www.technocapitalism.com/

This website explores the complexities of technocapitalism which is the interface between technology, society, and economics. Articles explore the potential of this new field and propose questions for researchers and students. This website was created by Prof. L Suarez-Villa, professor at the University of California.

UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7277&URL_DO=DO_...

This site contains many links to articles on a broad range of societal issues born in the information age that stem from current events. It provides links to news stories on the web from all over the world that discuss how the Social Policy is affected by the reported events.

United States Department of the Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov/

This site is the main site for the U.S. Department of Treasury. The U.S. Treasury is the government agency responsible for the economic prosperity and security in the U.S. This site describes and links to the functions and structure of the U.S. Treasury.

Virtual Institute of Information
http://www.vii.org/

This site is an on-line research facility for independent research in telecommunications and mass media. It is open to everyone, whatever your purpose, whether you are an academic or a student, a politician or a consumer advocate, an executive or an engineer, browsing or doing advanced research.

WebEc - World Wide Web Resources in Economics
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/

"WebEc lists and describes material that could be of interest to mainly academic economists and is at least in part freely available on the Internet." Searchable.

The Weightless Economy
http://econ.lse.ac.uk/~dquah/tweirl0.html

Information economics site devoted to the work of Professor Danny Quay. The site operates as an archive for most of his published work on information economics as well as for works in progress, and presents links to other prominent academics in the field.

Wharton University Professor Lorin Hitt’s website
http://grace.wharton.upenn.edu/~lhitt/main.htm

This website is made up of a page of links concerning research papers dealing with the issues of Information Pricing and Bundling as they pertain to specific electronic markets of the Internet.

World Systems Archive
http://wsarch.ucr.edu/

"The purpose of this electronic archive is to promote the free exchange of information relevant to the study and understanding of the modern world-system and earlier intersocietal networks. The archive contains announcements, documents, books, data, biographical information, bibliographies, newletters, and the archives of conversations that have taken place on WSN. The archive is also the main repository of the Journal of World-Systems Research." The main page is a Web document, but all the subsections are links to gopher resources.