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A Dictionary of Economics

Web links

Here is a list of recommended web links, arranged alphabetically by the relevant dictionary entries - and preceded by the appendices web links:

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AACB/ABCA Association of African Central Banks/Association des Banques Centrales Africaines, Dakar, Senegal
http://www.aacb.org
The official website of the AACB

ACAS Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, London, UK
http://www.acas.org.uk,
The home page of ACAS

AFDB African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
http://www.afdb.org
The official website of the AFDB

AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington DC, USA
http://www.aflcio.org
The official website of the AFL-CIO

AIM Alternative Investment Market, London, UK
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/aim/
The home page of the AIM

AMEX American Stock Exchange, New York, USA
http://www.amex.com
The home page of the AMEX

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Singapore
http://www.apec.org
The home page of APEC.

CBI Confederation of British Industry, London, UK
http://www.cbi.org.uk
The home page of the CBI.

CBOT Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, USA
http://www.cbot.com
The home page of the CBOT.

CC Competition Commission, London, UK
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk
The official website of the Competition Commission.

CCC Commodity Credit Corporation, Washington DC, USA
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ccc/
The home page of the Commodity Credit Corporation.

CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington DC, USA
http://www.cftc.gov
The official website of the CFTC.

CME Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, USA
http://www.cme.com
The home page of the CME.

EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, UK
http://www.ebrd.com
The official website of the EBRD.

ECB/BCE European Central Bank/Banque Centrale Européene, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
http://www.ecb.int
The official website of the European Central Bank.

ECGD Export Credits Guarantee Department, London, UK
http://www.ecgd.gov.uk
The official website of the ECGD.

EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington DC, USA
http://www.eeoc.gov
The official website of the EEOC.

EFTA European Free Trade Association, Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.efta.int
The official website of the EFTA.

EPA Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, USA
http://www.epa.gov
The home page of the EPA.

ESRC Economic and Social Research Council, Swindon, UK
http://www.esrc.ac.uk
The home page of the ESRC.

ESRI Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland
http://www.esri.ie
The home page of the ESRI.

EU/UE European Union/Union Européenne, Brussels, Belgium
http://europa.eu
The website with information about the initiatives of the European Commission maintained by the EU.

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy
http://www.fao.org
The official website of the FAO.

FCC Federal Communication Commission, Washington DC, USA
http://www.fcc.gov
The official website of the FCC.

FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, UK
http://www.fco.gov.uk
The official website of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington DC, USA
http://www.fdic.gov
The official website of the FDIC.

FSA Financial Services Authority, London, UK
http://www.fsa.gov.uk
The official website of the FSA.

FSA Financial Services Agency, Tokyo, Japan
http://www.fsa.go.jp
The official website of the Financial Service Authority of Japan.

FTC Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC, USA
http://www.ftc.gov
The official website of the Federal Trade Commission.

HMRC HM Revenue and Customs, London, UK
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
The official website of the HMRC.

IADB Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, USA
http://www.iadb.org
The home page of the IADB.

IASB International Accounting Standards Board, London, UK
http://www.iasb.org
The home page of the IASB.

IATA International Air Transport Association, Montreal, Canada
http://www.iata.org
The home page of the IATA.

IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington DC, USA
http://go.worldbank.org/SDUHVGE5S0
The official website of the World Bank.

IDA International Development Association, Washington DC, USA
http://go.worldbank.org/QAFU9RGOY1
The home page of the International Development Association.

IEA Institute of Economic Affairs, London, UK
http://www.iea.org.uk
The home page of the IEA.

IEA International Energy Authority, Paris, France
http://www.iea.org
The home page of the IEA.

IFC International Finance Corporation, Washington DC, USA
http://www.ifc.org
The home page of the IFC.

IFS Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK
http://www.ifs.org.uk
The home page of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

ILO International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.ilo.org
The official website of the ILO.

IMF International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA
http://www.imf.org
The official website of the IMF.

INSEE Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, Paris, France
http://www.insee.fr
The home page of the INSEE.

IOM International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.iom.int
The official website of the IOM, an inter-governmental organization providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

IOSCO International Organization of Securities Commissions, Madrid, Spain
http://www.iosco.org
The home page of the IOSCO.

IRS Internal Revenue Service, Washington DC, USA
http://www.irs.gov
The official website of the IRS.

LIFFE London International Financial Futures Exchange, London, UK
http://www.euronext.com/home_derivatives-2153-EN.html
The home page of LIFFE.

LSE London School of Economics, London, UK
http://www.lse.ac.uk
The home page of LSE.

LSE London Stock Exchange, London, UK
http://www.londonstockexchange.com
The home page of the London Stock Exchange.

MERCOSUR/MERCOSUL Mercado Común del Sur/Mercado Comum do Sul, Montevideo, Uruguay
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb
The official website of MERCOSUR.

NAFTA/ALÉNA/TLCAN North American Free Trade Agreement/Accord de libre-échange nord-américain/Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, USA/Canada/Mexico
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org
The official website of NAFTA.

NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, New York, USA
http://www.nasdaq.com
The home page of the NASDAQ.

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, Belgium
http://www.nato.int
The official home page of NATO.

NBER National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, USA
http://www.nber.org
The home page of the NBER.

NHS National Health Service, London, UK
http://www.nhs.uk
The official website of the NHS.

NIESR National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, UK
http://www.niesr.ac.uk
The home page of the NIESR.

NYSE New York Stock Exchange, New York, USA
http://www.nyse.com
The home page of the New York Stock Exchange.

OECD/ODCE Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development/Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques, Paris, France
http://www.oecd.org
The official website of the OECD

Ofcom Office of Communication, London, UK
http://www.ofcom.org.uk
The official website of the Office of Communication.

OFT Office of Fair Trading, London, UK
http://www.oft.gov.uk
The official website of the OFT.

OMB Office of Management and Budget, Washington DC, USA
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb
The official website of the OMB.

ONS Office for National Statistics, Newport, Wales
http://www.statistics.gov.uk
The official website of the ONS.

OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Vienna, Austria
http://www.opec.org
The official home page of OPEC.

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington DC, USA
http://www.sec.gov
The official website of the SEC.

SEIU Service Employees International Union, Washington DC, USA
http://www.seiu.org
The official website of the SEUI, the North-Amerian union of workers in hospital systems, long-term care, property services, and public services.

SWRDA South West of England Regional Development Agency, Exeter, UK
http://www.southwestrda.org.uk
The official home page of the SWRDA.

3i Investors in Industry, London, UK
http://www.3i.com
The home page of 3i

TUC Trades Union Congress, London, UK
http://www.tuc.org.uk
The official website of the TUC.

UAW United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Detroit, USA
http://www.uaw.org
The official home page of the UAW.

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org
The official website of UNCTAD.

UNDP United Nations Development Programme, New York, USA
http://www.undp.org
The official website of the UNDP.

USAID US Agency for International Development, Washington DC, USA
http://www.usaid.gov
The official website of USAID.

WHO World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.who.org
The official home page of the WHO.

WTO World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org
The official website of the WTO.

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Conference announcements

Conference Calls at INOMICS
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/conference?action=default
Conference calls listing provided by INOMICS, an internet site for economists

Dr.T's Econlinks Conferences
http://invisiblehand.info/index.php?browse=/Science/Social_S...
Conference listing provided by Dr.T's Econlinks.com

Econometric Conferences
http://www.feweb.vu.nl/econometriclinks/#conferences
Conferences with interest in econometrics, provided by the Econometrics Journal

Economic Conferences and Calls for Papers
http://www.iue.it/ECO/Conferences/Index.shtml
List of conference announcements provided by the European University Institute

Economic Conferences Worldwide
http://www.conferencealerts.com/econ.htm
List of upcoming conferences in economics, business, and related fields

Economics Bulletin
http://economicsbulletin.vanderbilt.edu/DisplayList.asp?Type...
Conference listing provided by the Economics Bulletin

QM&RBC Calls for papers, conferences, and workshops
http://dge.repec.org/agenda.html
Calls for papers, conferences, and workshops, provided by quantitative macroeconomics and real business cycle homepage

RFE Future Conferences
http://www.aeaweb.org/RFE/conferences.php
List of future conferences provided by Resources for Economists on the Internet

Data sources

UK sites
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/index.htm
Bank of England
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/economic_data_and_tools/data_i...
HM Treasury

National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census/GetData/default.asp
Census data
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/tsdintro.asp
Time-series data

International sites

AEA Web Links to Data Sources
http://rfe.org/showCat.php?cat_id=2

European Central Bank
http://www.ecb.int/stats/html/index.en.html

European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/indicators_en.htm

Federal Reserve Economic Data
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/

IMF Data and Statistics Website
http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm

NBER Data and Data Links
http://www.nber.org/cgi-bin/get_bars.pl?bar=data

OECD Statistics Portal
http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,3373,en_2649_37423_1_1_1_1_37423...

UNCTAD Statistical Databases On-Line
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1888&lang=1

World Bank Data Website
http://econ.worldbank.org

WTO Statistics Database
http://stat.wto.org/Home/WSDBHome.aspx?Language=E

Market data

BBC Market Data
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_da...

Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/

HBOS House Prices Database
http://www.hbosplc.com/economy/HistoricalDataSpreadsheet.asp

Yahoo Finance (UK)
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/

Yahoo Finance (US)
http://finance.yahoo.com/

Data available to UK HE staff and students

Economic and Social Data Services
http://www.esds.ac.uk/

INTUTE Statistics and Data for Social Sciences
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/statistics/

Employment opportunities

American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Employment Services
http://www.aaea.org/classifieds/
Job openings list provided by the AAEA

Chronicle of Higher Education: Career Network
http://chronicle.com/jobs/
Jobs and employment information for administrators and faculty, from the Chronicle of Higher Education

EconJobMarket
https://econjobmarket.org/
A central repository for the files of job-market candidates (including papers, reference letters, and other materials) accessed online, provided by a non-profit organization.

Economic Research Network (ERN) Placement Forum
http://www.ssrn.com/update/ern/ernjob/ern_job.html
Job openings list provided by the ERN

Financial Economics Network (FEN) Placement Forum
http://www.ssrn.com/update/fen/fenjob/fen_job.html
Job openings list provided by the FEN

Job Market for Economists
http://www.jobmarketeconomist.com/
Job listing for economists provided by the European Economic Association

Job Openings for Economists (JOE)
http://www.aeaweb.org/joe/
Job openings list provided by the American Economic Association

Jobs at INOMICS
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job
Worldwide job listing provided by INOMICS, an internet site for economists

The QM&RBS Job Market
http://dge.repec.org/jobs.html
Job market links from the quantitative macroeconomics and real business cycle homepage

UK Job Openings for Economists (UK JOE)
http://newdomino.lbs.ac.uk/econ.nsf/UKJoe/Home
Job openings list provided by the Royal Economic Society

UK Academic Jobs
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/
List of research and faculty job vacancies in the UK and abroad

UK Jobs in Economics
http://www.jobrapido.co.uk/?q=economics%20uk
Job opportunities for economists in the UK

Walras
https://www.walras.org/
A free job market resource for PhDs in economics and related fields

Media

Barrons
http://online.barrons.com/public/main
Barrons is a US financial newspaper and the website provides in-depth economic and financial stories

CNBC
http://www.cnbc.com/
The CNBC homepage with breaking economic and financial news

CNN
http://www.cnn.com/
The homepage of the CNN television news channel carrying the latest news

Investors' Chronicle
http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/
Magazine for UK investors with daily share tips

New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
The homepage of the New York Times carrying news from a US perspective and links for US market data

Sky News
http://news.sky.com/skynews/home
The homepage of Sky News with links to UK and world news

The Economist
http://www.economist.com/
A UK weekly newspaper that provides worldwide coverage of economics and politics

The Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/home/uk
The Financial Times is a UK daily newspaper that focuses on economic and financial news

The Times
http://www.thetimes.co.uk
The Times newspaper is a respected UK daily newspaper

Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/public/us
The Wall Street Journal provides US financial news and provides access to extensive market data

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
The Washington Post is a source of US and world news

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American Economic Association (AEA)
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/
The home page of the AEA with membership information and links to publications.

B  Top

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
http://www.bis.org
The official website of the Bank for International Settlements with links to working papers and economic statistics.

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
http://www.bea.gov
The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides access to official US economic data.

C  Top

Cairns Group
http://www.cairnsgroup.org
Information on the activities of the Cairns Group and on trade negotiations related to agriculture.

census
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census/GetData/guidetodata.asp
The guide to data from the UK 2001 Census.

Chicago Board of Trade
http://www.cbot.com
Information about the CBOT and the products traded on the exchange.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
http://www.cme.com
Information about the CME and the products traded.

Club of Rome
http://www.clubofrome.org
The official website of the Club of Rome.

CME Group
http://www.cmegroup.com
The home page of the CME Group.

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ccc/
The home page of the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Competition Commission
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk
The official website of the Competition Commission.

Confederation of British Industry
http://www.cbi.org.uk/ndbs/staticpages.nsf/StaticPages/home....
Information on the CBI and access to publications and reports.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
http://www.cites.org
The homepage of the CITES.

Cowles Commission
http://cowles.econ.yale.edu
The home page of the Cowles Commission.

Current Population Survey (CPS)
http://www.census.gov/cps/
A hub for joint technical papers on the current population survey and data sources between the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Census Bureau.

D  Top

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
http://www.berr.gov.uk/
The official website of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

E  Top

Economic and Social Research Council
http://www.esrc.ac.uk
The home page of the ESRC.

Equality and Human Rights Commission
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/
The official website of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Expenditure and Food Survey
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ssd/surveys/expenditure_food_su...
The official website of the EFS.

F  Top

Financial Services Authority
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/
Information on the regulatory role of the FSA and training opportunities.

G  Top

General Household Survey
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ssd/surveys/general_household_S...
The official website of the GHS.

Government National Mortgage Association
http://www.ginniemae.gov
The official website of the GNMA.

H  Top

HM Revenue and Customs
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
The official website of HMRC.

HM Treasury
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
The official website of HM Treasury.

I  Top

International Labour Organization
http://www.ilo.org
The official website of the ILO.

L  Top

Labour Force Survey
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Source.asp?vlnk=358
The webpage of the UK Office of National Statistics with information on the Labour Force Survey.

London Stock Exchange
http://www.londonstockexchange.com
The home page of the London Stock Exchange.

N  Top

National Bureau of Economic Research
http://www.nber.org
The home page of the NBER.

National Institute of Economic and Social Research
http://www.niesr.ac.uk
The home page of the NIESR.

New York Stock Exchange
http://www.nyse.com
The home page of the NYSE.

NYSE Euronext
http://www.euronext.com
The home page of the NYSE Euronext.

O  Top

Office for National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk
The official website of the ONS.

Office of Fair Trading
http://www.oft.gov.uk/
The official website of the Office of Fair Trading.

optimism index
http://www.tipponline.com
The home page of TIPP.

R  Top

Royal Economic Society
http://www.res.org.uk
The home page of the RES.

S  Top

Standard and Poor's (S&P)
http://www.standardandpoors.com/
Access to the credit rating services and other products of Standard and Poor's.

Survey of Current Business
http://www.bea.gov/scb/
The home page of the SCB.

U  Top

US Trade Representative
http://www.ustr.gov
The official website of the USTR.