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WEB LINKS

List A: Key Sites

List B: Sites for Students

List C: Curiosities

List D: Search Engines

List E: A Directory of Economic Search Engines


List A: Key Sites

ASB Bank Weekly Economic Reports

Business NZ

Commerce Commission of New Zealand

CNN
Daily, US, international and general interest stories from CNN broadcast news service. Links are available to specialised topics.

Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit

Department of Labour

Infometrics : economics for business - analysis, forecasting and consulting
Subscription access to economic news and free access to a range of articles on economics, finance and investment issues

Inomics
Inomics is an "Internet service especially tailored to the needs of economists". Includes a specialist search engine which provides access to information of interest to economists.

interest.co.nz
Information on current interest rates from almost all financial institutions in New Zealand

inWeb
Web site for financial economics. It has links to electronic journals, working papers, databases and other financial and economics sites.

Labour Market Policy Group
Advises Government on key policy issues related to the Labour Market to improve economic and social outcomes

McDermott & Miller Ltd
The site contains brief information about the "Heart of the Nation" project and consumer confidence surveys.

Ministry of Economic Development

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

National Bank of New Zealand
The site contains several economic reports including Business Outlook and Rural Report

NetEc
Volunteer effort to improve communication in research of economics. Contains links to working papers, information on computer programs of interest to economists and econometricians as well as a link to EDIRC, the most complete listing of economic departments, institutes and research centres in the world.

New Zealand Debt Management Office

New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research

New Zealand Treasury Home Page

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Introduces the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and provides access to its publications list and to OECD statistics.

Policy Advice Division of the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department

Reserve Bank of New Zealand
The site provides news releases, Monetary Policy Statements and other information on New Zealand's economy

RFE - Resources for Economists on the Internet
Great site with lots of links to economic information. Links to economic data, mailing lists, job information, software, periodicals, publishers etc.

Scout Report for Business and Economics
Current awareness resource, each biweekly issue offers a selective collection of Internet resources chosen by librarians and content specialists. Target audience is academics, students, staff and librarians in business and economics.

Securities Commission

Statistics New Zealand

Technological Innovation in New Zealand
Information and commentary on economic history and the role of technology

The Economist
Selected articles include cover story and related articles. Plenty of free, quality content.

Trade NZ
Trade New Zealand facilitates trade, international investments and the exchange of knowledge into New Zealand and out into the world

World Bank

List B: Sites for Students

AmosWEB
A US site containing a wealth of materials designed for introductory economics students. Resources include: a glossary of economic terms, an online testing system, Extra Credit: A Lesson in Economics an online fantasy adventure story designed to illustrate basic economics concepts and A pedestrian's Guide to the Economy a non-technical discussion of economic concepts.

Biz/ed
A UK based service for business and economics students with an interactive question bank for economics students.

Learning Skills on the Internet
Created by staff in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne, this site provides you with on-line materials which will help you improve your learning skills. It also links to sites with ideas which will help you make an easier transition from your school environment to a university environment. Some of them offer study tips for Economics in particular.

WebShed
A range of general resources for students.


List C: Curiosities

Investment and Economic Quotes
Words from the wise.

JokEc
This site appears to be the Internet's largest collection of economics-related jokes.

Nobel Prize Winners in Economics
A list of Nobel Laureates in Economics and a brief description of the research that resulted in their selection.

Not The Final Exam
An interesting history of economic thought trivia game.


List D: Search Engines

Alta Vista

Excite

HotBot

Lycos

Overture

WebCrawler

Yahoo!



List E: A Directory of Economics Search Engines


Economics - Search Engines