* An additional service is their "Publications Library," which has some * 65 million documents from 3,600 newspapers and magazines (including * well-known business publications). This includes the Wall Street * Journal from as many as 13 years ago, which goes back much further * than their regular search engine. Currently, this is a fee based * service, but the first 10 articles retrieved are free. # http://wsj.com/ + 23.6 Barron's Online + + This on-line version of Barron's offers "every article, every special + report, every column" of the print version. While you need to register + to us it, it is currently freely available. As with the print version, + much of the information is specific to companies and investing. For + instance, they have extensive dossiers on some 20,000 companies. They + also have an extensive search capability for past articles, and + information as current as 20 minute delayed stock quotes. + + # http://www.barrons.com 23.7 The Financial Times This site offers a version of The Financial Times." A lead article is available each day, as well as an important story from different regions of the world, and one in technology. In addition, there is an extensive summary section with short stories of the day's major events. Past stories are available as well. There is also a report each day on the performance of the world's major equity markets. # http://www.usa.ft.com/ 23.8 The Economist This site offer the complete table of contents of this magazine, as well as some compleat articles. Perhaps the most interesting feature is that you can arrange to receive "Politics This Week" and "Business This Week" summaries via email. There are also links to other members of the Economist Group. # http://www.ECONOMIST.com/ 23.9 Finance & Development This quarterly magazine is published by the World Bank and the IMF. According to Paul Gleason, the Assistant Editor, it publishes "articles on a wide variety of topics in international economics and finance, and place special emphasis on economic development. Our audience consists of both economists and nonspecialist readers (business people, government officials, academicians, financial journalists, etc.)." Currently, the online issues begin with the March, 1996 issue. # http://www.worldbank.org/fandd/ 23.10 CNN At this site you can basically read CNN's Headline News. With its extensive sound and MPEG (motion picture) files, it illustrates the increasing convergence of different media. Perhaps its most interesting feature is its links to the Lexis-Nexis system of related articles in the popular press. # http://www.cnn.com/ 23.11 World News Connection (WNC) This service, an outgrowth of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, is offered by the Department of Commerce's National Technical Information Service (NTIS). It has articles from "thousands of non-U.S. media sources" in English. They offer a very sophisticated search engine that allows one to easily search for information. This is a fee based service, with several different levels of service. # http://wnc.fedworld.gov/ + 23.12 Slate + + This electronic magazine, or ezine, supported by Microsoft, + and edited by Michael Kinsley, carries a significant economics + component. This included columns by Herbert Stein (Committee of + Correspondence), Paul Krugman (The Dismal Scientist) and Steven + E. Landsburg (Everyday Economics). In a discussion system called + the Frey, Slate readers lively debate articles. + + # http://www.slate.com 24 ECONOMIC SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS + 24.1 Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World + (EDIRC) - Associations and Societies + + This material, part of EDIRC, which lists more than 2,000 economics + departments and the like, is devoted to associations. At last count, + the number of associations is approaching 100, so it is a fine place + to search for them. + + # http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r14160/economics/assocs.html 24.2 American Economic Association (AEA) At this site, the AEA offers information about itself, including its officers, by-laws, minutes of executive committee meetings, audited financial statements, and the address of its business office. There is also information on membership in the association. Finally, the program and information on the 1997 meeting is available here. # http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/ + 24.3 Econometric Society + + This site tells about the officers and councils (which cover various + regions of the world), material about Econometrica (including a + searchable table of contents, recently accepted papers, the editorial + board and instructions for authors), and information on meetings (both + past and future). + + # http://gemini.econ.yale.edu/es/ 24.4 Economic History Server operated by the Cliometric Society Sponsored by the Cliometric Society, this site contains information of interest to economic historians. There is material from the the Business History Conference the Cliometric Society, the Economic History Association, this History of Economics Society, and the OZNZ Society. In general, material consists of course syllabi, datasets, archives of mailing lists, and membership lists. # http://cs.muohio.edu/ # gopher://cs.muohio.edu:70/1/ # telnet://gopher@cs.muohio.edu # Information: administrator@cs.muohio.edu + 24.5 History of Economics Society + + This society focuses on the history of our profession. The site + features a monthly guest editorial in the area, sites on the net for + those in this area (including programs in the field, people, allied + associations, and sources for specific themes and individuals), a + listing of seminars and workshops, electronic texts by famous + ecconomists (Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Marshall, Keynes, etc.), links to + working papers, syllabi, and other sites of interest. In all, the site + covers a very wide range of resources. + + # http://cs.muohio.edu/~HisEcSoc/other_resources.shtml * 24.6 Society for Computational Economics (SCE) * This site lists information on conferences (past and future), * information on the Society's two journals, material on teaching this * subject, resources in the area, and information for members. * # http://wuecon.wustl.edu/sce/ 24.7 Regional Science Association (RSA) This organization maintains a gopher with information on its different sections from different parts of the world. This information include membership directories, information on conferences, and links to affiliated organizations. # gopher://olymp.wu-wien.ac.at:70/11/.inst/.iir/.rsa 24.8 Southern Appalachian Committee on Resource and Environmental Economics (SAPPCREE) Their server lists the members and officers of this organization, activities, and links to related servers. # http://www.davidson.edu/academic/economics/martin/sappcree.html 24.9 Financial Management Association This sites describes this organization in detail: its goals and mission, its publications, undergraduate programs, and its meetings. You can also access their placement directory and even join the organization on-line. # http://finance.bus.okstate.edu/fma.htm * 24.10 American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Besides links to material in this area, this site describes the association. This includes its objectives, officers, and material on its publications and membership. There is also information on upcoming meetings. * # http://www.aaea.org/ 24.11 Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics This, a subcommittee of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) organization is devoted to "the welfare of women agricultural economists by representing their interests and by engaging in activities which encourage their professional advancement." This site offers information about the organization, which includes its officers, committees, and bylaws. There is also information on becoming a member. # http://cc.usu.edu/~thilmany/cwae.htm * 24.12 American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) This organization offers its membership list, newsletter, and information on applying for membership at this site. They have a link to their journal Real Estate Economics. * # http://www.areuea.org 24.13 Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics This new organization describes many of its activities on this site. It includes a demo of their new electronic journal, offered through MIT (described here in the section titled "ON-LINE JOURNALS"), information on their advisory board, organizing committee, goals of the society, mailing list (Economic Nonlinear Dynamics List), and interesting Internet resources in this field. # http://www-snde.rutgers.edu/SNDE/society/snde.html 24.14 The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) This organization offers a number of services at this site. It includes a history of the organization, a version of their print newsletter, a survey of grad programs in this field, a membership directory, information on meetings and other items of interest in the field, and information on the mailing list, AERE-L (most discussion, however, has been moved to the Land and Resource Economics List. # http://128.163.26.168/econ/faculty/blomquis/AERE-D/Aere.htm 24.15 Productivity Analysis Research Network (PARN) This organization is composed of researchers doing work in the area of productivity analysis. This site contains information on the organization, a membership list, guides, and a newsletter. # ftp://ipm.byu.edu/parn # email: concise@concise.level-7.co.uk (for automatic information, send the following on separate lines: "start" "goto networks/parn/conc-guide" "info") # Information: Mona Andersen * 24.16 International Association for Feminist Economics This organization, devoted to all aspects of feminist economics, offers a number of activities, of which you can read about here. You can also find membership information (including a membership form), a statement of purpose for the organization, contacts for the organization, very detailed information on their conferences, and * infomation on their journal, "Feminist Economics." For those * interested in using videos in the classroom they offer a very * extensive list of possibilities. # http://www.bucknell.edu/~jshackel/iaffe 24.17 International Economics and Philosophy Society This international society, founded in 1994, is devoted to the intersection of economics and philosophy. At this site you can read about the society. This includes membership information and the focus of the society. # http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/Ethical/ieps.htm 24.18 The International Society of Dynamic Games - ISDG As described by its name, this society studies and promotes research into dynamic games. You can read about their journal, "Annals of Dynamic Games," information about the society and membership in it, and their electronic news letter. For the last two, send email to . # http://www.hut.fi:81/HUT/Systems.Analysis/isdg/ * 24.19 American Law and Economics Association (ALEA) Besides papers (they will remain until the authors withdraw them, or until next year's meeting) and other information from their annual meeting, this site lists members and has pointers to other on-line law and economics resources. * # http://webserver.law.yale.edu/alea/alea.htm 24.20 Southern Economic Association (SEA) At this site, you can read about basic information on the Association and material on the Southern Economic Journal. You can even fill out an on-line application to the SEA. # http://bubba.ucc.okstate.edu/economics/journal/south1.html + 24.21 Eastern Economic Association + + This organization offers information about itself, including its + journal, the "Eastern Economic Journal," membership information, and + material about upcoming conferences. + + # http://www.iona.edu/orgs/eea.htm 24.22 Western Economic Association International This site offers information on their conferences, membership, and their journals. # http://www.weainternational.org/ 24.23 International Society for Ecological Economics This organization "actively encourages the integration of the study of "nature's household" (ecology) and "humankind's household" (economy)..." This site offers a discussion of ecological economics, a list of the board of directors and the officers. There is also a membership application form. # http://kabir.umd.edu/ISEE/ISEEhome.html 24.24 Economic Science Association The ESA "is a professional organization whose members focus on developing economics as an observational science. Research in the area employs controlled experiments as a means of understanding economic behavior." Currently, this site has information about the organization's next meeting, a directory of members, and links to other experimental sites on the net. # http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/esa/index.html 24.25 National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE) This association's mission is obvious from their title. At their site, you can read about the organization (including their bylaws, officers, even minutes of meetings, etc.), information on their September 1996 conference in Hawaii, and the Economics America Directory (i.e. the State Councils on Economic Education). # http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/naee.htm 24.26 National Association of Business Economists (NABE) This organization of business economists offers a variety of material for those interested in this field. It includes information about the organization, careers for business economists, conferences of the organization, information about local chapters, membership and their publications, top Internet sites, and a policy survey which describes members' views on a number of current policy issues. They also offer some economic trivia (in a question and answer format), and a special area for members. This includes information on jobs in the field, the NABE Industry Survey, and the NABE Outlook. # http://www.nabe.com/ 24.27 The Public Choice Society This society describes itself as follows: "Its goal is to facilitate the exchange of work, and ideas, at the intersection between economics, political science, and sociology. It started when scholars from all three of these groups became interested in the application of essentially economic methods to problems normally dealt with by political theorists." At this site you can read about the journal they are loosely associate with, "Public Choice," their annual meeting, and their current and past presidents. # http://sunsite.unc.edu/public-choice/ 24.28 International Health Economics Association (iHEA) This organization offers information about itself, an on-line membership application form, an on-line version of their newsletter, HEAL, and information on their new journal, "Health Economics Letters" # http://cbix.unh.edu/ihea/ihea.htm 24.29 Canadian Economics Association (CEA) This site offers a list of Canadian economics departments and economists, a membership directory and application, the CEA Newsletter, a list of officials, and links to Canadian resources (including grants awarded to economists by the SSHRC). There is also a link to the Canadian Journal of Economics. # http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/cea/ 24.30 The Canadian Economic History Server At this site, you will find a membership list, notices on conferences, grants, fellowships and jobs. It will soon expand into datasets and bibliographies. # http://edziza.arts.ubc.ca/arts/cliocan/clionet.html 24.31 Canadian Law and Economics Association This site has information on the next conference, and where to write to obtain a membership. # http://www.epas.utoronto.ca:8080/ecolaw/clea/clea.html 24.32 UK Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) This relatively new society looks at economics as part of a larger social system. In effect, economics should not be studied in isolation. This site has a directory of members, information on the society, and contacts for those interested in further information. # http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/BUCEP/SASE 24.33 Societa Italiana degli Storici dell'Economia (Society of Italian Economic Historians) This site offers a broad range of resources and information on history and economics. It is organized into the following categories: societies and associations, universities and institutes, museums, publishers, journals, hypertext papers, collections of papers, sources and data archives, software archives, reviews of resources, on-line searches, and "various." Sites are available in both the U.S. and Italy. # http://italia.hum.utah.edu/gruppo/vasta/welcome.htm # http://www.unifi.it/centri/sise/welcome.htm 24.34 European Economic Association At this site, you can learn about the basic aims of the Society, its activities, governance, membership, and its journal, the "European Economic Review." # http://www.hec.unil.ch/prague/eea/premier.htm 24.35 The European Association of Law and Economics (EALE) This site has a description of the association, information on conferences and publications of the association, and a membership list. Perhaps the neatest feature is one can resister for the association or update current membership information on-line. # http://www.epas.utoronto.ca:8080/ecolaw/eale/eale.html * 24.36 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc (AARES) The principal aim of this society "is to encourage study, research, discussion and extension in the discipline of agricultural and resource economics in order to promote the efficient development of agricultural and natural resources." You can read about their activities, membership policies, how to contact the society, and future meetings. They also list contacts for their branch activities, information about their journals (Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics and Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics), and future conferences of interest to those in agricultural and resources economics. Finally, they offer a set links for this area. * # http://yarra.vicnet.net.au/~archa/aares/aares.htm + 24.37 Finnish Society for Economic Research + + "The purpose of the Finnish Society for Economic Research is to + encourage economic research, debate and publishing in Finland. The + Society pursues its goal by the arrangement of annual and monthly + meetings, by publishing the Finnish Economic Papers and by cooperating + with other societies in Finland and abroad." At this site you will + find detailed information on the site: general information, the + executive committee, links to various economic sites on the net, and + details on how to contact the organization. + + # http://www.hkkk.fi/~fecons/ + 24.38 The Association for Cultural Economics International + This association is aptly described by its name. Its members range + from "academic scholars, government officials, foundation officials, + managers of arts and cultural organizations and artists, united in + their interest in furthering understanding of the economic aspects of + the arts and culture in their own countries and throughout the world." + You can read about their conferences, background, and officers here. + + # http://www.dac.neu.edu/units/artssci/economics/faculty/alper/ + acei/index.htm 25 ACADEMIC RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTES + 25.1 NetEc + + NetEc is an umbrella organization for a number of projects that are + useful of academic economists. BibEc is a database on printed working + papers, WoPEc holds data about electronic working papers, CodEc + collects code for Economics and Econometrics, WebEc is an extenive JEL-based database of of World Wide Web resources in Economics, BizEc holds select resources for business administration, HoPEc holds home page papers in Economics and JokEc contains Jokes about economists and economics. Two associated project of NetEc are this guide, and Christian Zimmermann's EDIRC, a list of Economics Departments, Institutions and Research Centers. All these projects are availble on three sites. + NetEc is a volunteer effort to make available and accessible materials + on the Internet for economists. It performs a number of very valuable + and useful efforts. More volunteers are gladly accepted. (Thomas + Krichel kindly wrote this entry.) + + # http://netec.wustl.edu/NetEc.htm + # http://netec.mcc.ac.uk/NetEc.html + # http://netec.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/NetEc.html 25.2 Hoover Institution This site describes the many activities of this institution. This includes a broad overview, material from their newsletter, press releases, their catalog of printed material, and extensive material on their different programs. In addition, they have fairly extensive biographies of their scholars. # http://www-Hoover.Stanford.edu 25.3 The Jerome Levy Economics Institute This institute, independently endowed, is affiliated with Bard College. Its purpose is described in its bylaws: "To pursue knowledge of economics that will enable nations to enlarge personal freedom, promote justice, and maintain stable economies with full employment and rising standards of living." You can read about their Forecasting Center (which is in the spirit of Jerome Levy's original work), their research programs, numerous conferences and events, and their publications. You can also read about their mission. # http://www.levy.org/ 25.4 Carolina Population Center (UNC-Chapel Hill) This organization studies population issues in a broad context. In fact, a minority of the staff is demographers; thus the work is quite interdisciplinary. Besides reading about the center, information about some of their projects (sometimes even including data) is available. The Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey studies "the impact of Russian economic reforms on the nutritional and economic well-being of the Russian population." Data from the first part of the project and other material is available on-line. The China Health and Nutrition Survey is a similar project for China; data and other information is available as well. Finally, while data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey is not on-line, information on ordering a CD-ROM is on-line. # http://www.cpc.unc.edu/ 25.5 Universities Water Information Network (UWIN) This site contains a substantial amount of information for those interested in water as a resource. It include the Water Resources Scientific Information Center (WRSIC) of the U.S. Geological Survey, a directory of water resources experts, an extensive calendar of "water" events, and information on the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR), information on other water organizations, water databases and archives, and links to other water organizations. # http://www.uwin.siu.edu/ # gopher://uwin.c-wr.siu.edu:70/1/ * 25.6 Regional Research Institute (West Virginia University) This site provides a variety of material for those interested in regional science. It includes vitaes on the senior researchers in the Institute, overviews of research projects, information on publications, substantial information on The International Regional Science Review (including abstracts of back and forthcoming issues), information on their mailing lists, and connections to related gophers. * # http://www.wvu.edu/~regional/index.htm 25.7 Learning and Experimental Economics Projects of Santa Cruz (LEEPS) This organization is located at UC Santa Cruz. It has been working with experimental economics since 1986, and is noted for its emphasis on learning, its use of hundreds of Unix workstations, and its small scale. Here you can read about the people involved with the organization, the projects themselves, and information on their papers. # http://cash.ucsc.edu/ 25.8 Economic Science Laboratory, Univ. of Arizona This site describes the basic idea of experimental economics and provides links to other sites of interest. In addition, the software area has several packages that would be useful for both teaching and research in this area. # http://www.econlab.arizona.edu/ 25.9 Ludwig von Mises Institute This organization, founded in 1982, is located at Auburn University. At this site, you can read "The Austrian Economics Newsletter," material about "The Free Market" (their monthly policy newsletter sent to Institute members) and the table of contents of "The Review of Austrian Economics" (a Kluwer journal). You can also read about how to join and support the Institute, about upcoming events, how to order books from the Institute, and information on a fellowship. Finally, you can introductory material about the Austrian school. # http://www.mises.org * 25.10 The Austrian Economics Program at New York University This site offers information on their program: their research interests, their teaching emphasis, and their publications. There is also information on their faculty and graduate students. * # http://www.econ.nyu.edu/dept/austrian/ 25.11 Canadian International Labour Network (CILN) This organization is devoted to "effects of labour-market laws and institutions (e.g., labour legislation, unions, unemployment insurance) on labour-market outcomes (e.g., the distribution of wages, the level and structure of unemployment, and the distribution of resources within the family)." It is a joint project of the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, (SSHRC), McMaster University, the Universities of British Columbia and Toronto, and by Human Resources Development Canada. One aim is to develop large databases for numerous countries in this area. Besides information on the project, you can read about future conferences. # http://labour.ciln.mcmaster.ca/ 25.12 Center for Research on Economic Fluctuations and Employment (CREFE) "The RCEEF seeks to establish links between the labour market and economic fluctuations. Main research themes are: family decisions and the labour market; labour market dynamics and economic fluctuations; Canadian labour market; labour contracts, institutions and employment." Material at this site includes information on its members, research programs and grants, publications, a newsletter (to be distributed electronically), information on conferences and seminars, and a list of working papers. # http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/crefe 25.13 ESRC Macroeconomic Modelling Bureau (U.K.) This organization studies a number of macro models of the U.K. economy. To quote, "The main purpose of the Bureau is to improve the accessibility of macroeconomic models of the UK economy, to promote general understanding of the properties of these models, and to undertake its own comparative and methodological research. The current portfolio comprises six models, two of which are `official' models (those of the Bank of England and HM Treasury), the other four being constructed and maintained by independent groups (London Business School, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Oxford Economic Forecasting and Strathclyde University). All of these are implemented on the University's mainframe computer. Currently, one can learn about the organization, read recent newsletters, and watch a demonstration of PC-Ready Reckoner, a PC program which summarizes three of their models. It should be quite useful as a teaching aid. # http://www.csv.warwick.ac.uk/~mbras/ # Information: mbraq@csv.warwick.ac.uk 25.14 Centre for Economic Forecasting (London Business School) This organization operates a forecasting model of the U.K. and other major OECD countries, and also engages more generally in economic research. Besides information on their activities, they also provide information on their recent discussion papers. # http://www.lbs.lon.ac.uk/cef/cef.htm + 25.15 National Institute of Economic and Social Research + + This organization focus on issues of the U.K. and world economy. They + produce both NiDEM (a UK Model with both short and long term features + with some 400 variables) and NiGEM (a world model with roughly 1,000 + variables). They also offer information on their discussion papers, + their annual report, and information about their "Economic Review." + Finally, there is information on the Institute itself, its programs, + and its staff. + + # http://www.niesr.ac.uk/ 25.16 Sheffield Centre for Economic Modelling and Forecasting This organization offers a model of the U.K. economy, from which forecasts are made. At their site, you can read a short summary about the model, and the actual forecasts (which contains some past macro data for the U.K.). They also have links to related sites. # http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scemf/ 25.17 Centre for Policy Modelling This Centre focuses on "decision-making in environments which are too complex to be analyzed by models based on standard economic and related analytical techniques. This has been made possible by the design and implementation of a computer-based modeling language called SDML (Strictly Declarative Modelling Language)." At this site you can find background material on SMDL, details on several projects it is being used on, and discussion papers. # http://www.fmb.mmu.ac.uk/cpm/ 25.18 Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics To quote, "The CEP is inter-disciplinary, with researchers from economics, industrial relations, psychology, sociology and management. The research produced focuses on a wide range of areas, notably labour markets, unemployment, wages, human resources, international trade and the transition economies." More specifically, "The CEP is inter-disciplinary and primarily aims to examine: firstly, why some firms persistently succeed while others do not; and secondly, at the level of the nation, why some countries' economies work better than others." The director is Richard Layard. Available material includes information on their working papers, schedule of events, information on conferences, lectures and seminars, extensive material on their research programs, and will soon have information on databases and those affiliated with the centre. # http://cep.lse.ac.uk/ 25.19 Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution (ELSE) "Rather than modeling man as an ideally rational, optimizing agent in the style of neoclassical economics, the Centre pursues a programme of pure and applied research directed at the manner in which real people adjust their behavior over time as their circumstances change. The overall objective is to promote the study of models of interactive learning with a view to providing a new foundational basis for modeling in economics and related social sciences. We see game theory as a largely unexploited focus for such study." At this site you'll find an introduction to the Centre (including their staff and divisions), working papers, and information on how to reach them. # http://ada.econ.ucl.ac.uk/ 25.20 Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) This group, located at the University of Kent at Canterbury, works on health topics. Specifically, "The core of the research is the examination of equity and efficiency: how resources can be made to produce the best outcomes, and how needs can be assessed and met." As you might expect, much of the research involves health-economics. At this site you can find information on the staff, material on their books, monographs, and discussion papers (more than 1,000 of the latter; only available in hardcopy), their Bulletin, details on their current projects, and upcoming events and seminars. # http://snipe.ukc.ac.uk/PSSRU/ 25.21 Center for the Study of Law and Economics This organization, a part of the Universität des Saarlandes, offers information about its current activities, the people involved with it, their discussion paper series, and links to related sites. # http://www.uni-sb.de/rewi/fb2/csle/ 25.22 Nijenrode Forum for Economic Research (NYFER) This organization, affiliated with Nijenrode University in the Netherlands, is oriented towards macro issues that are difficult to deal with using traditional models. As one would expect, there is a heavy policy and forecasting emphasis. The information they offer includes press releases, information on their publications, ordering information for their offerings, and material about themselves. Befitting their emphasis, much of the material is in Dutch. # http://www.nijenrode.nl/nyfer/ 25.23 IKE Group (Aalborg University, Denmark) This organization, whose title roughly translates into English as "international competitiveness," has been in existence since about 1980. As the title implies, they study economic change in a variety of ways. Currently, they have some 22 members. At their web site, you'll find information on this organization (in terms of their annual reports) and their member's research interests and publications. # http://www.business.auc.dk/ike/ike.html 25.24 Central European Regional Research Organization (CERRO) This organization is a joint project of the University of Economics and Business Administration (Vienna, Austria), the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava, CSFR), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC). As befitting the changes in that part of the world, it emphasizes interdisciplinary research. Of interest to economists is their data on Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Romania (some of the data is of a summary nature). # gopher://olymp.wu-wien.ac.at:70/11/.cerro.ind 25.25 Experimental Economics Laboratory, Univ. of Trento, Italy This lab is using the web to communicate its results in "economics, computation and organizational behavior." Currently, it describes their approach to these issues, along with a list of recent publications, information on lab members, and their international collaborators. In the near future, you will be able to play economic games here. # http://black.cs.unitn.it/ 25.26 Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) This institute, which studies technological change, offers a variety of different services on their web and ftp servers. One get their working papers (in PostScript), read about their mission, their PhD program (run in conjunction with INTECH) and staff. You can also find out about their upcoming events, and look at aggregate data on trends on science and technology. They also offer a program for time series management, MADMAN (Menhir's Arithmetical Database MANager). # http://meritbbs.rulimburg.nl # ftp://meritbbs.rulimburg.nl 25.27 ERCOMER - European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations This organization studies migration in Europe. At their site, you can read about their staff, funding, training for researchers, their meetings and conferences, and material about their books. # http://www.ruu.nl/ercomer/ 25.28 Centre for Economic Research (CCSO) - University of Groningen and University of Twente "CCSO is a research group of economists and econometricians of the Economics Department of the University of Groningen and the University of Twente. The group works on the field of empirical general economics and has developed a number of large-scale macroeconometric models." They offer their information about themselves (including their participants), working papers, a list of their articles and books, information on upcoming seminars and workshops, and information about their GUESS package ("for the analysis of large-scale non-linear macroeconomic models;" it runs on PCs). # http://www.eco.rug.nl/ccso/homeccso.html 25.29 Centre for Economic and Social Studies for the Environment (CESSE) This center, affiliated with the Universiti Libre de Bruxelles, studies such topics as environmental economics and sustainable development. You can read about their various activities and studies, as well as bibliographical material on some of their papers. They also offer material about their staff. Finally, they provide a very extensive set of links to related sites. # http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/cesse.html 25.30 Theoretical Research Institute (Australia) Exchange Rate Target Zone Database This site offers an extensive searchable bibliography (with abstracts) on the literature dealing with exchange rate target zones. It also has supplementary information on the research output of Australian economics departments. # http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/tri/ + 25.31 Center for Rationality + + This interdisciplinary research center (at the Hebrew University of + Jerusalem) focuses, as one would expect, on rational decision making. + An area of particular interest is game theory. Besides the obvious + connections to economics, it has "an important impact on such diverse + areas as evolutionary biology, political science, computer science, + social psychology, law, statistics, philosophy and the foundations of + mathematics." This site offers information about itself (such as + projects, members, visitors, and staff). There is additional + information on its summer school, publications and events. + # http://www.ma.huji.ac.il/~ranb 25.32 Social Policy Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney This organization studies a "wide range of social issues" in Australia. There is some focus on "identifying those individuals and groups whose needs are especially great." To carry this out, they undertake a wide range of activities, including publications, reports, and seminars. At this site they offer information on themselves, their projects and research agendas, newsletters, and title of publications. # http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au 26 NON-ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND POLICY ORGANIZATIONS + 26.1 Policy.com + + This organization covers a large number of issues in the policy arena. + Of particular interest is their lists of think tanks, advocacy + organizations, university affiliated organizations, associations, + government organizations (state, federal, and outside the U.S. In + addition, they offer an extensive issues directory for researchers. + + # http://www.policy.com/ * 26.2 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) * NBER working papers are now available on-line here. While the details * have yet to be determined, they will be available in a variety of * formats. In addition, at first it will be offered to subscribers of * the hard-copy series, but the exact basis has not been finalized. On this site you can also read about the NBER and staff, find detailed information on their books, working papers (including a keyword search), and their publications the "Digest" and the "NBER Reporter." There are datasets that many will find most useful. For macro data, these include the Penn-World Tables, Mark 5.6 (comparable data for many countries from 1950), the NBER Macro History Database (3,500 time series generally pre-WW II), and the NBER Official Business Cycle Dates. Industry data include the Bartelsman and Gray Manufacturing Industry Productivity Database, Productivity Panel from Bronwyn Hall, and imports and exports by SIC category 1958-1992. "Individual Data" includes Consumer Expenditure Survey Extracts by John Sabelhaus of the CBO (it is in a much more convenient form than the standard CES), and the Thordike-Hagen Survey (a sample of Air Force Veterans). "Other Data" includes Segregation Data (Cutler, Glaeser and Vigdor of NBER Working Paper #5163 and forthcoming in the QJE) and data from the 1997 "Economic Report of the President, 1997" in .WK1 format. For the Penn World tables, an extensive set of macros for the Excel spreadsheet program can be found in pub/pwt55.spreadsheet. For more information on this set of macros, contact the author, Sailesh Tanna . Bob Parks has kindly made the Penn World Tables available, in raw, Excel, and MicroTSP files, at the Washington University at St. Louis Economics Department gopher (described elsewhere in this guide). Be sure to read his documentation. * # http://www.nber.org/ * # gopher://www.nber.org/ * # ftp://www.nber.org 26.3 Rand This sites describes the many activities of RAND. Of particular interest to many is the selected list of publications. One can search for papers, read abstracts, and even order them. # http://www.rand.org/ 26.4 Santa Fe Institute Economics Program This subset of the Santa Fe Institute offers information on its researchers, workshops (including graduate ones), and working papers. # http://www.santafe.edu/~leb/econ.html + 26.5 The Heritage Foundation + + This site offers information on various public policy issues, only + some of which are economic in nature. Several of their books are + on-line, and they have on-line discussion forums. In addition, copies + of their "Policy Review" are available here. Finally, there are many + links to similar organizations. + + # http://www.heritage.org 26.6 Brookings Institution Here you can read about Brookings, their scholars, their research programs, their publications, and press releases (many of which are announcements for their books). They also have a nice set of links to the Internet. # http://www.brook.edu + 26.7 The Upjohn Institute for Employment Research + + "The W.E. Upjohn Institute is an independent, nonprofit research + organization devoted to finding, evaluating, and promoting solutions + to employment-related problems." To achieve this, it has three + objectives: scholarship, linking scholarship to practical issues, and + to communicate these findings. This site offers a wide variety of + information about their projects and programs. This includes + information on their publications, newsletter, working papers, and + technical reports. They also offer information on their grant program, + dissertation awards, and the local economy. + + # http://www.upjohninst.org/ 26.8 Resources for the Future One can read press releases, details about their seminar series, extensive information about the RFF, excerpts from several books, Congressional testimony, and selected articles by the RFF at this site. # http://www.rff.org/ 26.9 EPA Economy and Environment Program This section of the U.S. Environmental Protectin Agency is devoted to carrying "out research and analyses of the interactions and relationships between the economy and environmental pollution control as well as other aspects of environmental economics." A number of reports are available on many different topics. # http://www.epa.gov/docs/oppe/eaed/eedhmpg.htm 26.10 Institute for International Economics This Washington-based think tank is quite influential in trade and related issues. You can read about their authors and staff, their books (including ordering information), and read their press releases. # http://www.iie.com 26.11 Institute for Policy Innovation This conservative leaning organization offers many of their position papers and other documents on current policy issues here. Most are in Adobe Acrobat format, so if you have one of Adobe's freely available viewers, you can read the entire, fully-formatted document on-line. # http://www.ipi.org + 26.12 The Independent Institute + + This organization "sponsors comprehensive studies on the political + economy of critical public issues." At this site, they offer + information on their publications (including their journal "The + Independent Review") and their various programs. + + # http://www.independent.org/ 26.13 Employee Benefit Research Institute "Established in 1978, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) is the only nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to original public policy research and education on economic security and employee benefits." This site offers information about the Institute, its membership, its publications and educational activities, its fellows program, its Lillywhite Award, and links to related areas. # http://www.ebri.org/ 26.14 Fraser Institute This institute, located in Vancouver, is "The source of market solutions for public policy problems." It has a full time staff of 25, 2,600 supporters, and its researchers have produced more than 200 books and thousands of articles. Besides information about the institute, you can read about upcoming events, their press releases, and information about all their publications. They also offer a section for students. # http://www.fraserinstitute.ca 26.15 Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Currently, the Centre offers their "Diary of Forthcoming Events" and "Abstracts of Recent Discussion Papers," on several mailing lists, including CORRYFEE, and by request to the address given below. Plans are in the works for a gopher and web server. # Information: Stephen Yeo 26.16 The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) This U.K. organization specializes in studies of fiscal policy. In addition, it is an ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Centre, and it has played a substantial role in recent public debates. This site offers a large amount of information on their activities: staff information, membership information, press releases, job announcements, information on IFS, conferences (with on-line registration), on-line summaries of recent work, and a list of publications (with on-line ordering). # http://www1.ifs.org.uk/ 26.17 Infrastructure and Spatial Economics - CPB Research Unit for Policy Studies This Dutch organization "performs policy research on infrastructure investments, transport and traffic, the spatial structure of the national economy, and the regional planning of industrial and commercial areas. It is an initiative of CPB and four Dutch ministries..." At his site you can read about their past, current, and future projects. They also have abstracts of their studies. # http://www.inter.nl.net/hcc/M.A.Koning/unit.html 26.18 Belgian Planning Bureau This organization's "main objective is to analyse the parameters which influence the economic evolution and to evaluate the effects of economic policy decisions for the purpose of improving rationality and transparency of the decision-making." It is formally part of the Belgium government, but operates with independently of the government. They forecast the Belgium economy, perform associated research, and they collect statistical information. You can read about their mission and staff (including their e-mail addresses), read some of their reports, and obtain some software they use: IODE (Intigrateur d'Outils de Diveloppement Economitrique). # http://www.plan.be/ 26.19 The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) This organization was founded by Hayek and Mises in 1927. "Its goal is to investigate the conditions and trends of economic performance and development in Austria and abroad by means of advanced methods, and to disseminate the results of these investigations so as to promote the general comprehension of the functioning of the national and international economy." It has a staff of about 40 economists, and research covers virtually all areas of economics. WIFO also organizes conferences and workshops. WIFO also has the most extensive collection of economic data on the Austrian economy, some of which comes from international organizations, and some is collected by WIFO. But, the data is only available internally. # http://www.wsr.ac.at/wifo-html/ 26.20 The Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies (WIIW) This institute focuses on central and eastern Europe. "The Institute's special expertise - detailed personal knowledge of the countries of the former eastern bloc - helps assess economic trends, search for new business opportunities and reduce uncertainty in entering markets." On the Internet, they offer information about themselves and their projects. Perhaps the most useful is their extensive database of economic information for this part of the world. However, currently, it is accessible only to members of the Institute. They also offer abstracts of their publications, and an on-line card catalog of their library. # http://www.wsr.ac.at/wiiw-html/ 26.21 Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) This organization "is a non-profit foundation endowed by the ENI Group, the Italian public energy and chemical company. FEEM has grown out of the need to extend knowledge of energy and environmental issues. This goal is achieved in two ways, through conducting research in these areas and promoting interaction between academic, industrial and public policy spheres." At this site you can read their recent newsletters and annual reports, find out about their staff, read the list of working papers, see a list of seminars and workshops, read about LIVIA (a "Computer Laboratory for Environmental Impact Assessment"), and also read about European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE). # http://www.feem.it/ 26.22 The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) "The Institute was established in 1925 to serve the general public interest by observing and researching economic developments both in Germany and abroad. It assists governmental, administrative and industrial decision-making through empirical studies and policy