Useful Resources

Recommended reading

Click here to view all Palgrave Macmillan titles on Economics.

Useful websites

Economics Resource Sites

Economics Centre of the Learning and Teaching Support Network
(LTSN - replacing CTI Centres)
Inomics
An Internet service specially tailored to the needs of economists.
JMU Economics Information Sources
Links to websites of potential interest to students and instructors of economics.
Resources for Economists on the Internet
Lists 1,305 resources in 93 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics.
Worth Publishers: Economic Texts by N. Gregory Mankiw
This site has E-study centres for both students and instructors. Students’ resources include web links, flashcards, sample essays, macro models and online quizzes.

Economics Information/Data

Bank of England
Economics Interactive Tutorials List
Encyclopaedia of Law and Economics.
All 172 chapters free to download here!
The List of Economics Journals
The definitive list of Economics Journals, featuring links to hundreds of other sites.
The Economist
Website for the premier economics magazine.
European Society for History of Economic Thought
Global Financial Data
“The World’s Most Comprehensive Historical Financial Database”
Hoover's Online
‘The Business Information Authority’
Information for Development in the 21st Century (ID21)
A selection of the latest and best UK-based development research
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
Features many educational resources.
Welsh Economic Research Unit - WERU
WERU is part of the Cardiff Business School.

Government Departments/Agencies

DTI - Department of Trade and Industry
“Working with businesses, employees and consumers to drive up UK productivity and competitiveness to deliver prosperity for all”.
DFID – Department for International Development Responsible for promoting development and reducing poverty
EIA - Energy Information Administration
Official Energy Statistics from the US government
EPA’s National Centre for Environmental Economics
The National Centre for Environmental Economics (NCEE) conducts and supervises research and development on economic analytic methods
Europa, the European Union Web Site
Office of Fair Trading
The Treasury

International Organisations

Adam Smith Institute
Institute for Public Policy Research
International Labour Organisation
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
An international organisation helping governments tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalised economy.
OPEC - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Organization of American States - Trade Unit
“Policy Studies Institute is one of Britain's leading research institutes, conducting research which will promote economic well-being and improve quality of life.”
World Trade Organisation