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

Resources in this category are:

Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library

http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/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.

Author: Jean-Charles Le VallŽe (levallee@pilot.msu.edu)

Subjects:

Sciences & Technology--Agriculture

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: Commodities; Outlook; Market

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.

Author: Seth Grimes (grimes@access.digex.net)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

Business & Economics--Economics

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

http://www.bea.doc.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."

Author: U. S. Department of Commerce (webmaster@bea.doc.gov )

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Statistics

Business & Economics--Economics

Law, Government & Political Science--United States Federal Government--Executive--Agencies

Keywords: United States; economy; labor; U.S. economy

Bureau of the Public Debt

http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/bpd/bpdhome.htm

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.

Author: Bureau of the Public Debt (OAdmin@bpd.treas.gov)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--United States Federal Government

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: Money; T-Notes

The Conference Board

http://www.conference-board.org/

"The Conference Board is the world's leading business membership and research organization, connecting senior executives from more than 2,200 enterprises in over 60 nations. A nonprofit, nonadvocacy organization, The Conference Board produces the Consumer Confidence Index, the Leading Economic Indicators, and a wide range of reports on best business practices and the latest economic trends, which leads to The Conference Board receiving more than 21,000 media citations per year. The Conference Board also provides a diverse program of conferences and forums for over 15,000 executives from different industries and nations to meet and share insights."

Author: The Conference Board Inc. (webmaster@conference-board.org)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Administration and Management

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: Consumer Confidence Index; Leading Economic Indicators

Cost-Of-Living Calculator

http://www.NewsEngin.com/neFreeTools.nsf/CPIcalc

"This utility allows you to convert dollar values between any two years to adjust for inflation." Uses the Consumers Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Author: George Landau (george@NewsEngin.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Reference--Calculation & Conversion Tools

The Dismal Scientist: An Economic Information and Economic Analysis Web Site

http://www.dismal.com/

Comprehensive information and statistics about the U.S. economy, historical, forecasted - by region, metropolitan area, city. Charts, trends, also articles on current economic topics.

Author: Dismal Sciences (webmaster@dismal.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--Statistics

Keywords: CPI; PPI; GDP; Economic Statistics; Economic Forecasts

Economics and Finance Information

http://home.gvi.net/~stevenw/Main.html

"Links to personal finance and hardcore economics." Lightly annotated and organized by topic.

Author: Steven A. Waller (stevenw@gvi.net)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--Finance

EconomicsAmerica

http://www.economicsamerica.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 owneers. Lessons include links to teacher notes, and the web resources included in lesson plans are carefully chosen.

Author: National Council on Economic Education

Subjects:

Education--K-12

Business & Economics--Economics

Economy Track

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/econ0001.htm

Economic information collected by USA today marketplace for the United states economy. Consists of : Economy reports, statistics, forecasts, factory orders, federal reserve reports, housing starts, gross domestic product (gdp), Leading Economic Indicators Index, prices, productivity, Retail sales, Trade, Unemployment, and related links.

Author: USA Today

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--Statistics

Encyclopedia of the New Economy

http://hotwired.lycos.com/special/ene/

Sponsored by Andersen Consulting in conjunction with Wired Magazine, this encyclopedia discusses topics ranging from "adhocracy" to "distributed systems," "ECash" to "Netscape," and "network externalities" to "zero sum." Essays have a wonderful tongue-in-cheek quality while still presenting useful descriptions and definitions.

Author: Wired Digital

Subjects:

Reference--Encyclopedias

Business & Economics--Economics

Computers & Internet--Internet

FAOSTAT Statistics Database

http://apps.fao.org/

"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." 

Author: FAO (faostat-inquiries@fao.org)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Statistics

Business & Economics--Economics

Sciences & Technology--Agriculture

Keywords: nutrition; fisheries; forestry; food; crops

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.

Author: New School University-Department of Economics (het@cepa.newschool.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

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.

Author: S. Morgan Friedman (morgan@english.upenn.edu)

Subjects:

Reference--Calculation & Conversion Tools

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: money; value; inflation

Inflation Conversion Factors

http://www.orst.edu/Dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/sahr.htm

Conversion factors to convert US dollars from 1982-1984 and 1995-1999 to equivalent amounts for others years, or vice versa, based on inflation.

Author: Robert Sahr (Robert.Sahr@orst.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Reference--Calculation & Conversion Tools

Keywords: United States; Consumer Price Index; CPI

The International Political Economy Network

http://csf.Colorado.EDU:80/ipe/

"An extensive collection of electronically retrievable documents related to the Global Political Economy." Contains geographic and thematic archives.

Author: The International Political Economy Network (gonick@csf.colorado.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--International Business

Law, Government & Political Science--International Government

Keywords: International; Politics

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.

Author: InvestorGuide.com (igcomments@investorville.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Finance--Investments

Business & Economics--Finance--Personal Finance

Business & Economics--Economics

Joint Center for Housing Studies

http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/jcenter/

"The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University analyzes the ways in which housing policy and practices are shaped by economic and demographic trends and provides leaders in government, business and the non-profit sector with knowledge and tools for formulating effective policies and strategies." The site contains reports, including "The State of the Nation's Housing: 1999", select newsletter articles, press releases, and links to other organizations involved in housing policy, legislation, advocacy, or education.

Author: Harvard University (keri_souffrain@harvard.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Law, Government & Political Science--Law

Keywords: housing policy; economic research

Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank (MEMDB)

http://scc01.rutgers.edu/memdb/

"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."

Author: (rbell@rci.rutgers.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Middle Ages (Medieval)

Business & Economics--Economics

Reference--Calculation & Conversion Tools

Keywords: Renaissance; Western Europe; money

The Nobel Foundation

http://www.nobel.se/

"The Official Site of the Nobel Foundation" is searchable, and includes a timeline.

Author: The Nobel Foundation (Webmaster@www.nobel.se)

Subjects:

Sciences & Technology

Social Sciences--Social Issues & Services

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: Prize; Award

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

http://www.almaz.com/

Impressive collection of information about all of the past Nobel Laureates, organized by prize and year, or searchable. Entries include brief biographical information plus links to related Internet sites.

Author: Almaz Enterprises (webmaster@almaz.com)

Subjects:

Reference--Biographies

Business & Economics--Economics

Sciences & Technology

Keywords: Nobel Prize; Physics; Chemistry; Literature; Peace; Economics; Physiology; Medicine

OANDA

http://www.oanda.com/

This site offers a multilingual currency converter which contains the exchange rates for 164 currencies. Travelers can print out a cheat sheet: "a multi-value table of an exchange rate to facilitate calculations while you travel." The site also offers historical charts of exchange rates and forecasts for global markets.

Author: OANDA, Inc.

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Reference--Calculation & Conversion Tools

Keywords: Currency; Conversion; Exchange Rate

The Quantitative Macroeconomics and Real Business Cycle Home Page (QM&RBC)

http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r14160/rbc/

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

Author: Christian Zimmermann (zimmermann.christian@uqam.ca)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Real Business Cycle; Resources

Regional Economic and Information System, 1969-1996 (REIS)

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/reis/

U.S., state, county, and metropolitan statistical area economic data can be selected for customized reports for variables such as employment by industry, personal income, dividends, farm income, food stamps and more. Covers 1969-1996.

Author: Geospacial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia (ssdc@fisher.lib.virginia.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: Data; Statistics; United States

Resources for Economists on the Internet

http://netec.wustl.edu/EconFAQ/EconFAQ.html

"Lists the many resources on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics." Searchable.

Author: Bill Goffe (bgoffe@whale.st.usm.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: Resources

Top Economic Events of the Twentieth Century

http://www.dismal.com/top25/introduction.asp

A look at 25 events that have most influenced the current U.S. economic environment and its mood of confident prosperity. Each event is the subject of an article by a contributing economist reflecting on the economic shape of modern times. Some the top events include: the Interstate Highway System, the Birth Control Pill, and the Federal Reserve Act.

Author: Dismal Sciences, Inc

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Arts & Humanities--History--United States--Twentieth Century Culture

Keywords: Economy; U.S. Economy; Macroeconomics

U.S. Exports and Imports of Merchandise Historical Summaries

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/socsci/trade/

Data for 1989-1996 on imports and exports including general import value, general export value, trade balance and more. Select specific countries of interest for a customized report, or use all the countries.

Author: Geospacial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia (ssdc@fisher.lib.virginia.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

The Universal Currency Converter

http://www.xe.net/currency/

"The Universal Currency Converter allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet. Type the amount of source currency in the input box. You may include commas and a decimal point. Select the source and destination currencies using the scrolling selection boxes."

Author: Xenon Laboratories Incorporated (currency@xe.net)

Subjects:

Reference--Calculation & Conversion Tools

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: Currency Conversion

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.

Author: Lauri Saarinen (Lauri.Saarinen@Helsinki.Fi)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: Resources

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