Economics Resources
Useful General Gateway
- The American Economic Association's Resources for Economists on the Internet
Websites of Well Known Economists
- Amy Finkelstein earned the American Economic Association's John Bates Clark Medal in 2012, which is awarded annually to the best economist under the age of 40, for his important contributions in many areas: the economics of contracts and organizations; market design;
markets with asymmetric information; and estimation methods for dynamic games. - J. Bradford DeLong, co-editor of The Journal of Economic Perspectives.
- James Heckman, University of Chicago (2000 Nobel Laureate)
- Charles Holt, University of Virginia (Experimental Economics)
- Hal Varian, UC-Berkeley, Chief Economist of Google
Economics Media
- Economic Times
- Financial Times
- The Economist
- The Wall Street Journal
- Job Openings for Economists
- LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe via NC Live.
- The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other publications using Business Source Premier's menu via NC Live.
- The Securities and Exchange Commission
- Yahoo! Finance
Writing Tools
- The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University. Welcome to the Purdue OWL.
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Many of the sites listed in this column are licensed to Davidson College so only computers on the Davidson College campus may be able to access them.
- EconLit: This source is based upon the American Economic Association's journal: Journal of Economic Literature.
- Business Source Premier via NC Live.
- Choose "Advanced Search".
- Check the "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" option.
- Academic Search Premier via NC Live.
- Check the "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" option.
- JSTOR (Journal Storage), which includes premier economics and finance journals from their initial publication to their "moving wall" (usually 2-5 years ago).
- Check the "Economics Journals" and the "Finance Journals".
- Social Science Citation Index.
- At the "ISI Web of Knowledge" menu, choose "Web of Science".
- Choose "Cited Reference Search".
- Davidson College Library Indexes and Databases.
Economic Data
- vizala.com
- FreeLunch.com
- FEDSTATS
- ArchivaL Federal Reserve Economic Data (ALFRED)
- Bureau of the Census
- 2010 Census of the U.S.
- 2007 Economic Census
- 2000 Census of the U.S.
- 2002 Economic Census
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
- IMF's International Financial Statistics
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Economic Report of the President
- Rodney Fort's Sports Business Data
- The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
- The CIA's World Factbook
- Davidson College Library Government Statistics