Economics 370 International Trade

Research Resources:

• The New Palgrave : a Dictionary of Economics (Reference HB61 .N49 1987)
• Help finding articles
• RefWorks - a bibliographic management system that will help you keep track of your sources, cite your sources, and prepare bibliographies or works cited lists.
• EconLit, published by the American Economic Association, provides bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature.
• Economic resources
• International Trade resources  
• EconPapers provides a searchable interface to RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 51 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components.
• Scopus : Scopus features broad coverage of scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences literature, as covered in about 14,000 peer-reviewed resources, as well as academic Web sites from the Scirus database. Scopus also functions as a citation-indexing tool.
• Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
• NBER The National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Their research is conducted by more than 600 university professors around the country, the leading scholars in their fields.
• Policy File is an electronic database indexing research and publication abstracts addressing the complete range of public policy research. PolicyFile draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.
• Resources for Economists on the Internet This guide is sponsored by the American Economic Association. It lists more than 2,000 resources available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics.
• Economics Search Engine- uses Google to search the contents of more than 20,000 economics web sites.
• Country Profiles
• U.S. Federal Government sources
• Foreign Governments

Statistical Sources:

US Data

• Economic Data from the Census Bureau
• FedStats: Statistics from over 70 Federal agencies.
• Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb from the U.S. International Trade Commission
• Resources for Economists on the Internet
  • U.S. Macro and Regional Data
  • Other U.S. Data
• Statistical Resources on the Web
• LexisNexis Statistical, an index to over 100,000 statistical publications.
• STAT-USA
  • GLOBUS & NTDB:  current and historical trade-related  releases, international market research, trade opportunities, country analysis, and the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB).
  • State of the Nation:   current and historical economic and financial releases and economic data.
• TradeStats Express
• Trade Data/Trade Reports from the US Census Bureau
• VA STAT: Business and Economic Statistics of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the USA

International Data

• Canadian Statistics fromStatistics Canada
• Development Data from the World Bank.
  • Data by Topic
• Direction of Trade Statistics on CD-ROM
  Provides data for about 180 countries and geographic areas of the value of imports from and exports to their most important trading partners. This service provides access to Monthly, Quarterly and Annual trade data with coverage beginning as early as 1948.
• Europe and the European Union
• U.S. Trade & International Transactions from FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data) from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank .
• Government Finance Statistics Yearbook  (International Monetary Fund - Reference HJ101 .G68)
• International Financial Statistics (International Monetary Fund) - Available in print Reference HG61 .I57 or on CD-ROM at the Circulation Desk of Leyburn Library.
• Foreign and International Statistical Sites
• LexisNexis Statistical, an index to over 100,000 statistical publications.
• Resources for Economists on the Internet
  • World and Non-U.S. Data
• Statistical Resources on the Web
  • Foreign and International Economics
  • Foreign Government Data Sources
  • Foreign Trade
• STAT-USA
  • GLOBUS & NTDB: current and historical trade-related  releases, international market research, trade opportunities, country analysis, and .the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB).
  • State of the Nation:   current and historical economic and financial releases and economic data.
• United Nations Resources
• UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade): Comtrade provides commodity trade data for all available countries and areas since 1962. Free access for guest user (up to 1000 records / query).
• World Development Indicators (The World Bank) Available on CD-ROM at the Circulation Desk Call number: CD-PER World Development Indicators (we have 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005) 2005 CD-ROM is on Permanent Reserve under the call number HC59 W62. ( A smaller set of data is available from WDI Data Query. )
• World Bank Group
• World Trade Organization
  • Trade Statistics