Research Guides: Economics Research Guide: Professional and Academic Websites

Academic Websites-

Fed in Print (opens in new window) - index to all of the Federal Reserve Board and Bank's publications with selected full text in more recent years.

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Papers (opens in new window) - working papers covering topics in macro and microeconomics, labor economics, and welfare economics.

RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) (opens in new window) - database of economic working papers, journal articles, and software components.

World Development Indicators (opens in new window) - database maintained by the World Bank comprised of statistics for the G20 economies, and for major, operationally significant developing economies.

State Data Center (opens in new window)
The State Data Center, in collaboration with the US Bureau of the Census, provides public data about the state.
EconLit (opens in new window)
EconLit (opens in new window) - contains worldwide economic literature. Has article citations from over 400 major economic journals since 1972. Includes indexing of some book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.

Statistical Abstract of the United States (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

The World Bank (opens in new window)
offers loans, advice, and an array of customized resources to more than 100 developing countries and countries in transition.

Professional Associations-

American Economic Association (opens in new window)
AEA encourages economic research, promotes publications on economic subjects, and encourages freedom of economic discussion.
American Law and Economics Association (opens in new window)
The American Law and Economics Association is dedicated to the advancement of economic understanding of law and related areas of public policy and regulation.
World Economics Association (opens in new window)
The World Economics Association (WEA) was launched on May 16, 2011. It fills a gap in the international community of economists — the absence of a truly international, inclusive, pluralist, professional association. The American Economic Association and UK’s Royal Economic Society provide broad associations mainly for their country’s economists. The WEA will do the same for the world’s community of economists, while promoting a pluralism of approaches to economic analysis.
Royal Economic Society (opens in new window)
The Royal Economic Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious economic associations in the world. It is a learned society, founded in 1890 with the aim “to promote the study of economic science.”