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Accounting

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Banking

Electronic Banking System

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General Resources

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Business Cycles

Business Cycle Dates

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• Economic Cycle Research Institute
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Economic Indicators

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• Economic Indicators
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• Introduction to Economic Indicators

General Resources

• A Real-Time Data Set for Macroeconomists
• Business Cycle Indicators
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• Is Increased Price Flexibility Stabilizing?
• Surveys of Consumers

Capitalism and Markets

• Capitalism.org
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• International Society for Individual Liberty
• In Defense of Marxism
• MarketWatch
• Meaning of Competion
• Misconceptions, Confusions, and Conflicts Concerning Socialism, Communism, and Capitalism
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• Russia: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution
• The Pulse of Capitalism
• U.S. Historical Documents

Career Resources

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• Economics Careers
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• Education and Earnings
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• UK Job Openings for Economists

Consumer Choice

Tips

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Utility Theory

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Currency Exchange Markets

Currency Calculation

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• The Euro

General Resources

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• Treasury and Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Operations

Demand and Supply

• Demand and Supply
• Demand and Supply Curve Analysis of Homelessness
• Economics of Tobacco Control
• Equilibrium and Information
• Graphs of Demand and Supply
• Iowa Electronic Markets
• Model of Supply and Demand
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• The Market System
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• Water Scarcity

Econometrics

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Economics Associations

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Economics Education

Classroom Exercises

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Learning Resources

• CyberEconomics
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• Encyclopedia of the New Economy
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• IS/LM Simulation
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• WebEc Education and Teaching

Online Textbooks

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• Human Society and the Global Economy
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• Price Theory

Teaching Resources

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Tests and Quizzes

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General Resources

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• Free to Choose
• Online Learning Center
• Online Teaching Resources: A New Journal Section
• The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation: Promoting Economic Literacy
• Resources for Economists on the Internet
• Rojas Databank
• Study Skills for Economics
• The Global Economics Game

Economics Research

Data

• B & E Datalinks: Economics and Financial Data Sources
• Center for Population Economics
• Data Ferrett
• Economics Data and Text Resources
• Economagic: Economic Time Series
• Growth Data Sets
• Historical Census Browser
• Horizon Economic Sector
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Science Research
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
• NBER Macrohistory Database
• Panel Study of Income Dynamics
• Penn World Table
• Public Data Queries
• Social Science Data on the Net
• SSDAN Resources
• Statistical Abstract of the U. S.
• Stock-Watson Experimental Coincident, Leading and Recession Indexes
• TransStats: National Transportation Data Archive

Other Resources

• American Enterprise Institute
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• Economic Research: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Employment Policies Institute
• Forensic Economics and Forensic Accounting
• Heritage Foundation
• Liber8
• Journal of Applied Econometrics Data Archive
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• RAND Organization
• Stockholm School of Economics
• Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies

Elasticities

• Elasticity and Applications
• Price Elasticity

Entrepreneurship

• Business Plans and Profiles Index
• StartupNation

Environmental Economics

Environmental Activism

• Audobon Society
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• Wilderness Society
• Zero Population Growth

Environmental Regulations

• Acid Rain Program
• Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act
• Endangered Species
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federalism and Environmental Protection
• New Ideas in Population Regulation
• Office of the Great Lakes
• Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act
• Reforming Water Supply Policy
• Superfund Program
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Externalities

• Environmental Externalites of Japan's Paddy Fields Farming
• Externalities and Internalities: A Theory of Political Integration
• "Free" Resources
• Introduction to Externalities
• Pollution Prevention
• Subsidies & Externalities Links

Global Warming

• Common Questions about Climate Change
• EPA Global Warming Site
• Implications of Global Warming Policy
• Weather and Climate Facts

Market Approaches

• Equal Marginal Value Principle
• Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment
• Tietenberg's Tradable Permits Bibliography
• Trading Emissions of Nitrogen Oxide

Statistics

• Census of Agriculture
• Economic Research Service
• Energy Information Administration
• Environmental Valuation and Cost Benefit
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• USDA Economics and Statistics Systems

General Resources

• Economics of Renewable Energy
• Economics, the Environment, and Sustainability Economics
• EnviroLink
• Environment and Trade: A Handbook
• Environmental Economics and Public Goods
• Environmental Economics Glossary
• Environmental Education Resources
• Global Network of Environment & Technology
• International Corporate Environmental Reporting
• National Park Service
• NCPA Environmental Issues
• Pollution Online
• Readings on the Environment
• Resources for the Future
• Role Play in Economics
• U. S. Department of Agriculture
• U. S. Department of the Interior
• United Nations Environment Program
• Worm Composting

Federal Reserve System

Functions

• Guide to Federal Regulations
• Meeting Your Community's Credit Needs: Does Your Bank Measure Up?

Monetary Policy

• Interest and Money Rates
• Interest Rate Components
• Money Measures
• Role of Forecasts in Monetary Policy
• Thinking about the Liquidity Trap
• U. S. Monetary Policy: An Introduction

Structure

• About the Federal Reserve System
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• Structure of the Federal Reserve System
• U. S. Monetary Policy

General Resources

• Central Banking Publications
• Money
• The Ultimate Economic Solution
• Why Not the Gold Standard?

Financial Economics

Financial Planning

• Buck Investor
• Finance Site List
• Financial Web: The Independent Financial Portal
• The Money Page
• Mutal Fund Cost Calculator
• Stock Screener

Market Information

• Econday Products
• EdgarScan
• Market Research Portal
• Market segmentation: a guide to sources of information
• New York Stock Exchange
• Path to investing
• Smart Money
• Stock Indexes
• Stock Master
• Stock Quotes and Charts

General Resources

• Barron's Online
• Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics
• Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.
• EDGAR Database
• Financial Forecast Center Info
• Forbes Financial Toolbox
• Market Vector
• Moody's
• Sloan Industry Centers
• Standard and Poor's Ratings Services
• WebEc Financial Economics
• Yahoo! Finance

Fiscal Policy

Economic Growth

• Analysis of Economic Growth Act of 1998
• Assessing the Benefits of Economic Growth
• Keynesianism, Pennsylvania Avenue Style

Public Debt

• Bureau of Public Debt
• Grandfather Federal Debt Report
• Historical Monthly Statements of Debt
• Interest Expense on the Debt
• U. S. National Debt Clock
• U. S. National Debt FAQs

General Resources

• An Open Letter to President Roosevelt
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• The Fair Model Site
• Forgotten Man Speech
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• Maintaining Budgetary Discipline
• Monthly Budget Review
• President's Budgetary Proposal 2000
• Roosevelt's 1937 Inaugural Address
• Roosevelt's Fireside Chats
• Twin Deficit Perspective on the Federal Budget

Game Theory

Games

• Al Roth's Game Theory Page
• Game Theory Page
• Games and Decisions
• Prisoners' Dilemma

General Resources

• A Course in Game Theory
• Bibliography of Cooperative Games
• Experience from a Course in Game Theory
• Game Theory Papers
• Game Theory Sites
• Game Theory Society
• Games and Economic Behavior
• Introduction to Game Theory
• Learning and Experimental Economics Projects
• Lecture Notes on Game Theory
• Outline on the History of Game Theory
• The St. Petersburg Paradox

General Resources

Humor

• Daily Comic Strips from United Media
• Daily Humor
• Dilbert Zone
• Economics Humor
• JokEc
• Making Humor Work for the Business Professional
• Music for Economists
• Political Economy
• The Onion

Macroeconomics

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
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• Conference Board
• Economic Growth Resources
• Economic Statistics Briefing Room
• Housing Facts and Figures
• Main Causes of the Great Depression
• National Income and Product Accounts
• State of the Nation
• U. S. Economic Trends
• The World's Smallest Macroeconomics Model

Microeconomics

• WebEc Microeconomics

News

• Asia Links
• Bizjournals
• Business Week Online
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• CNN Money
• Conservative News and Information
• The Economic Times Online
• Fairness and Accurancy in Reporting
• Financial Times
• Los Angeles Times
• MSNBC
• New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• Wall Street Executive Library
• Washington Post

Referencing

• Bibliographic References to Electronic Documents
• Citing Electronic Resources
• Columbia Guide to Online Style
• Documenting Sources from the Web -- MLA
• The Economist Style Guide
• Online! Citation Styles
• Using Electronic Resources for Teaching

Searches

• AEA Directory of Members
• AEA Web: EconLit
• AgEcon: Agricultural and Applied Economics Resources on the Internet
• Computer Economics
• Data on the Net
• Economic Analysis
• EDGAR Database
• Federal Web Locator
• FedWorld
• Google Directory: Economics
• MedLine Plus
• Online Books from UPENN

Other Resources

• Baker Library Research Guides
• Books on Economics
• Census 2000
• Census Bureau Economic Programs
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• Department of Labor
• Economics Briefing Room
• 1992 Economic Census
• Economic Indicators Monthly
• Economics on Yahoo
• Economy at a Glance
• Federal, State, and Local Government Web Links
• FedStats
• First Union Economic Information
• Galaxy
• Government Printing Office
• Inc.com
• The Information Economy
• Internet Resources for Economists
• NetEc
• Population Institute
• RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet
• Social Science Information Gateway: Economics
• Statistical Abstract of the U. S.
• Stat-USA
• United States Treasury
• University of Texas Inequality Project
• The White House

Global Economies

Asia

• Asia-Pacific Business Information
• Asia Source
• Economagic: Japan
• Meet China (in Chinese)
• UCLA Center for East Asia Studies

Canada

• Competition Bureau
• Economagic: Canada
• Introduction to the Government of Canada
• Statistics Canada

Europe

• Economagic: European Central Bank
• EconomicsUK
• European Economic Outlook -- May 2000
• EuroStat
• UK Budget from The Financial Times

Other Resources

• Atlapedia.com
• CIA World Factbook
• Country Rankings 2005
• Country Studies from the Library of Congress
• Countries on Yahoo
• Countries of the World: 16 years of CIA World Factbooks
• Country Reports.org
• Eldis Gateway to Development Resources
• Financial Turbulance and the World Economy
• Global Edge: International Business Resources
• IMF Staff Country Reports
• International Affairs Resources
• Orientation's World (in French)
• U.S. State Department
• World Economic Forum

Government and Anti-trust

Legislation

• Origins of Anti-Trust
• United States Copyright Office
• Wilson and Anti-Trust Legislation

Price Discrimination

• Price Discrimination under the Robinson-Patman Act
• Price Discrimination: Pro and Con
• Promoting Competition, Protecting Consumers

Other Resources

• American Anti-Trust Institute
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• Anti-Trust Guidelines and Policy Statements
• National Association of Patent Practitioners
• U. S. Patent and Trademark Office
• US v. Microsoft

Gross Domestic Product

• Estimating GDP
• Estimating World GDP
• GDP Outlook
• Measuring the National Economy
• NIPA Data
• Output Measures

Health Economics

Consumer Information

• Consumer Health Index Page
• Consumer Health Information
• HealthFinder
• Medical News and Information

Statistics and Data

• Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States
• Atlas of U.S. Mortality
• CDC Wonder
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Health Economics Databases
• Health Insurance Data

Other Resources

• Clinical Trials
• Databases on Children's Health
• Health and Retirement Study
• Health Economics Places to Go
• Health Economics: Medical and Pharmacy Resources
• Health Information from the National Institutes of Health
• Health Related Sites
• Healthy People 2010
• How Much Do Americans Spend on Their Health Care?
• International Health Economics Association
• Managed Care Industry Research Center
• National Institutes of Health
• National Institutes of Health -- Institutes, Centers, and Offices
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
• Office of the Surgeon General
• Reports of the US Surgeon General
• Research in Healthcare Financial Management

History of Economic Thought

Economic Thinkers

• Adam Smith (1723-1790)
• Adam Smith and the Division of Labor
• The Adam Smith Page
• Adam Smith -- Brief Synopsis
• Adam Smith
• Alfred Marshall
• The Communist Manifesto
• Marxist Economics
• John Maynard Keynes
• Keynes Biography
• Keynes of Tilton
• The Keynesian Revolution
• Malthus on Population
• David Ricardo
• Gallery of Economists
• History of Economic Thought Texts
• History of Economic Thought Website
• Seminar on the History of Economic Thought

Nobel Prize

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• Nobel Prize Winners

Other Resources

• Akamac
• Archive for the History of Economic Thought
• Comparative Economic Systems
• Economic History Association
• Economic History Services
• Fun Quiz on the History of Economic Thought
• History of Economic Thought Newsletter
• History of Economic Thought
• Using a Conceptual Matrix to Organize a Course in the History of Economic Thought

Inflation

Consumer Price Index

• Consumer and Producer Price Index Information
• Consumer Price Index Data by Region
• Consumer Price Index Home Page
• CPI Information
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• Guide to Available CPI Data
• Historical CPI Data
• Inflation Measures
• The Inflated Case Against the CPI

Inflation Calculator

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• Inflation Conversion Factors
• The Salary Calculator
• U.S. Cost of Living Comparisons

Other Resources

• America's Only Peacetime Inflation: The 1970s
• BigMac Index
• Box Office Leaders
• Cost of Living Adjustments
• Cost of Living Calculator
• Impact of Inflation
• Inflation Report for 1999
• Near Rational Wage and Price Setting and the Optimal Rates of Inflation and Unemployment
• PPI Chart
• Top Grossing Films of All Time in the US Adjusted for Inflation

International Economies

Trade Restrictions

• Anti-Dumping Action in the United States and Around the World
• Issues and Tariffs

Other Resources

• Big Mac Index
• Dr. Ed Yardeni's Economics Network
• Europa
• European Central Bank
• European Integration and the Development of the EU
• European Union Documents
• Everything International
• Finance and Development