Best websites for Economics Research
 
There is no shortage of high quality economics research. There are of course academic journals in economics. However, journals usually require a subscription unless the journal is open access. Despite this, there are many places to locate working papers for free, these papers are often the first version of the papers that eventually get published in economic journals after a peer review process. We particularly recommend scholar.google.com as a starting point to locate papers. Below are places to find some of the best economics research on the internet.

 

1) Scholar.google.com
This is a fantastic resource to locate leading economics research. You input a term for the research area and it then gives you links to publications in that area by the number of times they are cited. You can change the date to find more recent papers which are generally less cites. You can also locate papers by author.
 
2) Repec.org
REsearch Papers in EConomics
Great site for downloading latest academic research published as working papers by author and subject
 
3) NBER.org
The National Bureau for Economic Research publishes a huge amount of research on economics in the form of working papers that later appear in top economics journals
 
4) rfe.org
Resources for Economists lists more than 2000 resources in various sub sections available on the internet of interest to academic and practicing economists
 
5) SSRN.com
Social Science Research Network under economics has thousands of working papers on all areas of economics. Ranked Number one open access repository.

 
6) WolframAlpha.com
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We love this site it is a statistical search engine. You ask it for data and it will give you it. GDP per capita, exports as a percentage of GDP, population, value of the currency against the dollar, stock prices and charts...and much more. solves equations and covers many subject areas from science, maths, music and history.

 
7) econlit.org
Econlit indexes more than 40 years of economics literature from around the world. It is a comprehensive list of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volumes and dissertations
 
8) Econlinks.com
Links to economics departments, economics data sources, software, statistics and economic analysis
 
9) DBresearch.com
Deutsche Bank's research hub. Very good for market oriented research on banking, financial markets, macro trends and emerging markets. The interactive maps give key data on most economies.
 
10) EconjWatch.org
Economic Journal Watch. A site that monitors the latest publications in economics and publishes a journal that comments on some of the articles.
 
11) ese.rfe.org
Economics Search Engine. Uses google custom search engine for economics will search over 23,000 economics websites for relevant material.
 
12) iie.com
The Peterson Institute for International Economics. Provides topical research and policy papers on issues confronting the world economy.
 
13) Econometriclinks.com
Provides many links of interest to econometricians including conferences, textbooks, software, working papers, code, ranking statistics and much more.
 
14) epi.org
 The Economic Policy Institute conducts a wide range of research into a wide range of areas such a fiscal, education, public investment, regulation. Focuses on issues relevant issues.
 
15) doaj.org
The directory of open access journal has a fairly comprehensive list of open access economics journals. This means all the articles can be accessed by anyone on the web. While quality may not in general be as good as established subscription based journal it can be a useful starting point for economic research.
 
16) IFS.org.uk
The Institute for Fiscal Studies is a leading centre for micro-economic policy research. It covers research on the public finances, tax and welfare policy, tax law, education, inequality and poverty, pensions, productivity and innovation, consumer behaviour.
 
17) WorldScience.org
A bit like scholar.google.com but it searched for papers and research by author or subject from a selection of over 80 scientific databases.
 
18) infer-research.net
INFER is a non-profit organisation supporting research in all areas of economics. In particular, INFER encourages young researchers to present and publish their research. It also aims to stimulate networking activities amongst scholars working in the same field and to facilitate the dissemination of new ideas. 

19) Journalogy.net
This is miscrosoft's answer to scholar.google.com. While it is not as good, it can nonetheless find major papers published by an author along with citations. We do like the publishing trends feature that enable the tracking of the importance of different areas of economics over time.
 
20)  econacademics.org
This is a blog aggregator where economists publish details of their latest research. It is a great way to keep up with the latest publications, findings and research in all areas of economics.
 
21) research.stlouisfed.org
 The St Louis Fed publishes a range of papers covering issues such as unemployment, economic growth, inflation and topical financial issues. There are also graphs of important macroeconomic data.
 
22) econacademics.org
EconAcademics.org is a blog aggregator for Economics research hosted by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. It is a great way to find new interesting economic research.
 
23) libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org
Liberty Street Economics publishes research from Economists of the New York Fed. It features insight and analysis from economists working at the intersection of research and Fed policymaking.
 
24) Openeconomics.net
The Open Economics Working Group is run by the Open Knowledge Foundation at the University of Cambridge. It focuses on making economics be built on sound, transparent foundations, wherever possible. In particular, it is important that the data and associated analysis be openly available to all members of society.
 
25) Cebr.com
The Centre for Economic and Business Research is a leading economics and business research house. They make some of their report publicly available.
 
26) statisticsviews.com/Business--Economics
For those interested in the statistical side of economics and business this is a superb resources for students and lecturers. There are links to research, data, news, features and events.
 
27) mysciencework.com/economics
This site has links to economics research and you can download pdf versions of papers. You can search for papers on a particular topic and it will link to the relevant pdf version of the paper. A great resource that complements scholar.google.com.
 
28) NIESR.ac.uk
The National Institute for Economic and Social Research is a great place to get applied research on the UK economy. covers topics such as macroeconomic analysis, migration, ageing, financial economics and regulation, education training and skills and much more.
 
29) FedInPrint.org
This is a great way7 to look for publications of working papers and research published by the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. The research covers macroeconomics, banking and finance.
 
30) Econstor.eu
EconStor is an Open Access server of the German National Library of Economics – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics. EconStor provides a basis for the free publication of academic literature in economics. Any research facility wishing to publish and permanently preserve relevant publications in economics under the terms of Open Access can do so on EconStor. EconStor offers a full service for entire working paper series and e-journals. This includes the uploading of PDF files as well as the processing of all corresponding title data such as abstracts, keywords and JEL codes
 
31) macromodelbase.com
The Macroeconomic Model Data Base (MMB) is an archive of macroeconomic models based on a common computational platform that provides various tools for systematic model comparison. The project is headed by Volker Wieland, Professor of Monetary Economics at Goethe University Frankfurt.
 
32) scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php
Scimagojr is a great site for finding out various metrics on an academic journal such as its impact factor, number of citations and self-citations as well as the H-index of the Journal
 
33) Oxford Enylopedia/Economics
The above links to the Oxford Encylopedia of Economics a high level of resource to various topics in economics and finance. Each article also has a useful list of related references.