• Resources for Economists on the Internet (Alternative sites: site one, site two.)
• WebEc: World Wide Web Resources in Economics
• Statistical Resources on the Web, UM Documents Center.
• The Scout Report for Business and Economics


• Inomics
• Economics Site at About.com

Academic Links

• U.S. Economics Departments on the Internet
• Non-U.S. Economics Departments on the Internet
• Ph.D. Programs in Economics (U.S. and Canadian)
• List of American Colleges and Universities

Institutions and Organizations

• American Economics Association
  • AEAWeb
  • Search the membership directory
• Econometrics Society
• National Bureau of Economic Research
• American Statistical Association

Working Papers and Journals

• Social Science Research Network
  • Macroeconomics: Recently added working papers
  • Monetary Economics: Recently added working papers
• WoPEc: Electronic Papers in Economics
• IDEAS: Internet Documents in Economics Access Service


• NBER Working Papers: New this week (Restricted Access to downloads)
• CEPR Discussion Papers: New this week (Restricted Access to downloads)
• CentER Working Papers


• Fed in Print
• International Finance Discussion Papers
• Finance and Economics Discussion Papers


• List of Economics Journals
• JSTOR (Restricted Access!)
• Elsevier ECONbase (Restricted Access!)

Macroeconomic Resources

• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Federal Reserve System Links
• Central Banking Resource Center


• New Open Economy Macroeconomics
• Quantitative Macroeconomics and Real Business Cycles
• Economic Growth Resources
• Exchange Rate Target Zone Database
• The Dismal Scientist

Macroeconomic Data

• Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), (FRBStL)
• Business and Economics DataLinks
• Search DRI Economics Database (UM Users ONLY!)
• Economic Report of the President ( Search):
  • 1997 Includes data in HTML, PDF and WK1 formats.
    ( Alternative data source, WK1 format).
  • 1998 Includes data in HTML, PDF and WK4 formats.
    ( Alternative data source, WK4 format).
  • 1999 Includes data in HTML, PDF and WK4 formats.
    ( Alternative data source, WK4 format).


• Federal Reserve Board Statistical Releases
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, of the Department of Labor
  • "Economy at a Glance" (Recent data)
  • LABSTAT Database: Selective Access | Series Report (direct access to BLS codes)
  • Consumer Price Index Information
• Department of Commerce
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis
  • Stat-USA Services (UM Users ONLY!)
• The White House: Economic Statistics Briefing Room

Software and Code

• RATS (Regression Analysis for Time Series)
  • Estima Web Site
  • RATS-L Discussion List Archives
• MATLAB
  • MathWorks Web Site
  • MATLAB Help Desk: B&W G3 PowerMac | Unix (NOTE: Local files, not web accessible!)
• TeX & LaTeX
  • TeX on Mac OS X
  • Macintosh TeX/LaTeX Web Site
  • Comprehensive TeX Archive Network

Miscellaneous

• USENET Newsgroup: sci.econ.research
• JEL Classification Codes
• NBER: U.S. Business Cycle Dates
• Nobel Prize Winners in Economics

Job Market

• Job Openings for Economists
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Economics Jobs
• Economics Research Network: Job Listings
• Financial Economics Network: Job Openings


• The Competition!