LOWE INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

Student Resources

Below are links to popular journals, blogs, databases, government agencies and other websites that will assist students in writing term papers and senior theses.

• Economics Research Guide

• ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
• NLSY - National Longitudinal Survey
• CPS - Current Population Survey
• FARS - Fatal Accident Reporting System
• UCR - Uniform Crime Reports
• Bureau of Census
• NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research (data)
• MEPS - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
• PSID - Panel Study of Income Dynamics
• BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics (wage data)
• ASM - Annual Survey of Manufactures
• FRED - Federal Reserve Economic Data
• NYSE - New York Stock Exchange
• Yale International Center for Finance
• PWT - Penn World Tables

• OMB - Office of Management and Budget
• CBO - Congressional Budget Office
• GAO - Government Accountability Office
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Labor
• Department of Agriculture
• World Bank
• Dept of Homeland Security
• IMF

• RAND
• NBER
• CEPR
• Brookings
• Heritage Foundation
• CA Poly Institute
• AEI
• Urban Institute
• Manhattan Institute
• Milken Institute
• Pacific Research Institute

• RAND
• NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research
• CEPR - Centre for Economic Policy Research
• IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor
• IMF - International Monetary Fund
• World Bank

• Bank of Canada
• Bank of England
• Bank of Japan
• Bundesbank
• European Central Bank

• Atlanta
• Boston
• Chicago
• Cleveland
• D.C. - Board of Governors
• Dallas
• Kansas City
• Minneapolis
• New York
• Philadelphia
• Richmond
• San Francisco
• St. Louis

• Anti-Blog
• Brad Delong Blog
• Economics Round Table
• Economist's View
• Gary Becker and Richard Posner Blog
• Greg Mankiw Blog
• Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog
• James Hamilton UCSD Blog
• Macroblog by David Altig
• Marginal Revolution
• Nouriel Roubini's Global EconoMonitor Blog
• Real Time Economics