Intute presents the 15 most recent Web resources for education and research added to our Economics subject area 17 Mar 2010 03:30:00 GMT en-uk http://www.intute.ac.uk/economics/latest.html Logo for the Intute service http://www.intute.ac.uk/images/intute_100_new.png 100 42 http://www.intute.ac.uk/economics/latest.html http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100226-115726 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100226-115726 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) statistical database offers comparable data for Europe, North America and Central Asia. It covers economics, transport, gender and forestry, with specific datasets covering topics such as industrial production, biological diversity, work-life balance and transport infrastructure. It is maintained by the Statistical Division of the UNECE Secretariat. It provides free access to data structured to facilitate easy retrieval of statistics by users. It is organised by subject or policy areas. Multi-dimensional tables present data by country, by various socio-economic classifications related to the context, and by time period. Users can register for the database to get quick access to previously saved data tables. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100226-123209 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100226-123209 The Journal of Economic Perspectives is published by the American Economic Association. It aims to publish articles that will serve several goals: to synthesize and integrate lessons learned from active lines of economic research; to provide economic analysis of public policy issues; to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among the fields of thinking; to offer readers an accessible source for state-of-the-art economic thinking; to suggest directions for future research; to provide insights and readings for classroom use; and to address issues relating to the economics profession. Users should check if their institution subscribes to this title. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100222-115820 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100222-115820 Krugman online is produced by W.W. Norton publishers as a way of bringing together key information about the Nobel winning economist Paul Krugman. It features the latest posts from his New York Times op-ed pieces, his blog the Conscience of A Liberal, audio / video from speeches by Krugman, links to related websites via Delicious and background information on Krugman and his books. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100222-121636 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100222-121636 The American Journal of Agricultural Economics is a peer reviewed academic journal produced by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). It covers topics such as the economics of agriculture and food, natural resources and the environment, or rural and community development throughout the world. Users should check with their institution to see if they subscribe to this journal. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100215-140908 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100215-140908 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was created in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States. The agency's mandate has been renewed and expanded several times since then, most recently by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. The CFTC's mission is to protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity and financial futures and options, and to foster open, competitive, and financially sound futures and option markets. The website includes market reports, economic analysis, information on consumer protection, policy documents, press releases and quick links to commonly asked queries. Users can sign up for email updates from the CFTC. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100215-144940 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100215-144940 Coordination problem is a blog produced by a team of US based professional economists from the Austrian school commenting on scholarly research in economics and current events. It promotes the work of Hayek, Mises, Kirzner and others of the Austrian school - a non-mainstream (heterodox) schools of economists, who advocate that the complexities of human economic behaviour makes the mathematical modelling of markets extremely difficult. The blog features links to related blogs, internet websites and books; an archive of previous posts stretching back to May 2009; and links to websites of the various contributors. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100208-121315 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100208-121315 The Journal of Public Economics is a peer reviewed academic journal in the field of economics. It aims to encourage original scientific contributions on the problems of public economics, with particular emphasis on the application of modern economic theory and methods of quantitative analysis. It provides a forum for discussion of public policy of interest to an international readership. Users should check to see whether their institution has a subscription to the journal. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100208-122717 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100208-122717 The Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) is an academic journal that began publication in 1969 under the auspices of the American Economic Association (AEA) with quarterly issues and continues to this day. It aims "to help economists keep up with the ever-increasing volume of economics research. This goal is effected by publishing survey articles and essays, book reviews, and an extensive bibliographic guide to the contents of current economics periodicals". AEA Members are entitled to receive JEL and e-JEL (an online version) as part of their membership benefits. e-JEL includes the articles and book reviews from the current JEL issue. e-JEL is free to AEA members and is not available to institutional subscribers. Check to see whether your institution is a subscriber. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100201-161104 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100201-161104 This journal has been published by the Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, Croatia, since 1971. Articles deal mainly with economic theory and economic policies. There are also book reviews, conference announcements and invitations to tender. The journal is issued twice a year and contributions are welcomed from any country. Contents lists and full text articles are freely available in PDF (requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader). Articles are in English, with abstracts in Croatian. Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20100126-1455461 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20100126-1455461 This journal is published by the Johar Educational Society in Pakistan. This non-profit institution promotes educational and research activities, from the academic community and from business professionals. The journal accepts research papers relevant to business, commerce, management sciences and economics. All articles are in English. Full editorial guidelines are given on the website. Editors come from universities around the world. Articles are available free in full-text PDF format (requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader). Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20100125-15010238 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20100125-15010238 This is a Romanian economics journal that showcases research from doctoral students in the country. It features a broad range of economic research topics including the financial crisis, health economics and the European / Romanian economy. Each issue is available as a PDF download with the Romanian version of the articles first, followed by an English translation of the issue - although the translations are not entirely accurate. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100122-152022 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100122-152022 The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) is the trade association of 52 publicly regulated stock, futures and options exchanges, including the FTSE, Nasdaq OMX, NYSE Euronext etc. The Federation website includes over 10 years of market statistics, business news, a monthly newsletter, Annual Reports, research reports, details of standards / best practices, information about WFE events / conferences and more on the workings of the WFE. It also includes information on the International Options Market Association (IOMA) an association of options markets and clearinghouses that is affiliated with the WFE. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100122-150334 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100122-150334 This collection of economic data and statistics has been produced by the University of Michigan Library and features hand picked links to key sources of economic indicators in the United States. It covers times series, compendiums of data, journals and other sources of information. Each entry includes a brief and full description and a link to the relevant website. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20100122-15505632 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20100122-15505632 This section of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors' website is a resource for describing the policy tools that the Federal Reserve implemented to address the financial crisis that emerged during the summer of 2007. It brings together information on the various Federal Reserve liquidity and credit facilities and greater background on the Federal Reserve balance sheet. It includes links to information on Federal Reserve liabilities, lending policies, balance sheet, policy interventions on providing new lending facilities, support for specific institutions, the management of risk and longer term issues. The website also includes links to relevant reports and resources from other US financial institutions. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100120-151751 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100120-151751 Cass Knowledge is an information resource provided by the Cass Business School that allows users to share, rate, comment and access the latest academic business and economic research. Users can browse the research summaries by topic, industry, content type or search for a specific subject / author. Topics covered include: accounting, finance, investment, banking, public policy and insurance. Registered users can rate and comment on research, save content to My Cass Knowledge, subscribe to the Cass newsletter and get email updates about Cass events. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT