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About.com: Economics
http://economics.about.com/ An Internet guide for economics, with
feature articles, Website links, and
discussion forums. Topics covered include
central banks, forcasting, game theory,
computational economics, and economists.
Agent-Based Computational
Economics (ACE) Website
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace.htm Website devoted to agent-based computational
economics and related topics including the
specialization to economics of the basic
complex adaptive systems paradigm.
Agricultural Market
Information Virtual Library
http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/market/contents.htm A resource guide for agricultural market
information. Includes market prices, outlook
reports, quotes, publications, and links.
"This guide may be of use to agricultural
economists, market information analysts,
librarians, and others who are interested in
market information. Although the web site
concentrates partly on grains, many of the
same references to web sites in this virtual
library refer to many other types of
commodities that may be of interest. Certain
commodities were chosen to help market
specialists in Africa gain pertinent market
information on these commodities rapidly
through the Internet." Available in
downloadable PDF.
Alta Plana: International
Economics Gateway
http://www.altaplana.com/gate.html Long list of links to online sites of
interest to economists, including
international organizations such as the U.N.
International Trade Center and the World
Trade Organization, national government
pages for several dozen countries and
corporate servers with international
economic information.
Alternative Economics
http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/ This site provides resources in several
specialized areas, including asymmetry in
electronic commerce. There are links to over
1,000 documents on the site. The site
includes many articles in the area of
information systems. Much of the content of
this site is introductory in nature.
Asymmetry
http://www.be.wvu.edu/divmim/mgmt/kleist/ This site contains links to Ms Kleist's
dissertation, research papers and magazine
articles. It contains several papers
concerning asymmetry in electronic
horizontal markets.
Berlecon Research
http://www.berlecon.de/en/index.html This site analyzes the economic potential of
new e-business technologies and their
application by companies. It contains
research assessments on the future of
e-business and the development of the
market.
BibEc: Working Papers in
Economics
http://netec.mcc.ac.uk/BibEc/data/ This site is a general information economics
site with papers and lecture notes
concerning the many practical issues that
confront the information economy such as
information bundling and pricing.
Boston College Research
Guides: Economics
http://www.bc.edu/libraries/resources/guides/s-economics/ This site describes major economic datasets,
both U.S. and International, covering topics
from crop reporting to macroeconomics and
information economics. Resources include
both print and electronic formats and
include links to documentation when
possible.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.doc.gov/ "The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an
agency of the Department of Commerce. Along
with the Census Bureau and STAT-USA, BEA is
part of the Department's Economics and
Statistics Administration.
The mission of BEA is to
produce and disseminate accurate, timely,
relevant, and cost-effective economic
accounts statistics that provide government,
businesses, households, and individuals with
a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of
economic activity. BEA's national, regional,
and international economic accounts present
basic information on such key issues as U.S.
economic growth, regional economic
development, and the Nation's position in
the world economy."
Bureau of the Public Debt
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/ Information from the United States Treasury
Department about the Public Debt, Savings
Bonds, and Treasury Notes. It includes The
Public Debt to the Penny, updated daily.
Canadian Economy Online
http://www.canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english/economy/ This is a well-organized, easy to use
website. "A one-stop guide to the national
economy lets you check out statistics,
access a wealth of federal government
information and learn more about concepts
and events."
Center for Game Theory in
Economics
http://www.gtcenter.org/ The resident and affiliated members of the
Center constitute "a Game Theory group that
is unequaled in the United States, if not in
the world."
Centre for Research in
Network Economics and Communications (CRNEC)
http://www.crnec.auckland.ac.nz/crnec/ Forum for research into network economics
and related fields within information
economics in general. The web site features
updated links to research within the
association and to articles within the
field.
The Conference Board
http://www.conference-board.org/ "The Conference Board is the world's leading
business membership and research
organization, connecting senior executives
from more than 2,200 enterprises in over 60
nations. A nonprofit, nonadvocacy
organization, The Conference Board produces
the
Consumer Confidence Index, the
Leading Economic Indicators, and a wide
range of reports on best business practices
and the latest economic trends, which leads
to The Conference Board receiving more than
21,000 media citations per year. The
Conference Board also provides a diverse
program of conferences and forums for over
15,000 executives from different industries
and nations to meet and share insights."
Cost-Of-Living Calculator
http://www.NewsEngin.com/neFreeTools.nsf/CPIcalc "This utility allows you to convert dollar
values between any two years to adjust for
inflation." Uses the Consumers Price Index
from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Deardorff's Glossary of
International Economics
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/ "This glossary will eventually attempt to
cover all of the terms and concepts from
international economics, including both
international trade and international
finance, at least at the introductory
level... The glossary includes definitions,
links to definitions, and wherever
appropriate links to other sites and
documents that may provide additional
information."
E-Commerce Research Forum
http://ecommerce.mit.edu/forum/index.html This site contains links to abstracts on
electronic commerce, Internet marketing and
related areas. It also contains a searchable
archive with links to working papers.
EconData.Net
http://www.econdata.net/ "Your guide to regional economic activity on
the Web. We have more than 350 links to
socioeconomic data sources, arranged by
subject and provider, pointers to the Web's
premiere data collections, and our own list
of the ten best sites for finding regional
economic data." This site is well organized
and provides links to information provided
by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, as well as other reputable
sources. Some of the sites it links to
charge for their information, but this is
clearly indicated next to the link.
Econometrics Laboratory
Software Archive
http://emlab.berkeley.edu/ This site contains abstracts that describe
the algorithms offered and provides links to
background research papers, data, and
downloadable software. There are links to
sites having to do with information
asymmetry and how it applies to the
financial side of information economics.
Economic and Game Theory
http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/ This site has links to general interest
material about game theory and related
topics.
Economics and Finance
Information
http://www.e-and-f.com/ "Links to personal finance and hardcore
economics." Lightly annotated and organized
by topic.
Economics of Information
http://excellent.com.utk.edu/~bates/econinfo-readings.htm An introductory web site that has many
articles and abstracts concerning general
information economics. It includes a section
concerning Measuring Information and the
Information Economy. There are several
articles concerning the societal changes to
information, power, and property that the
proliferation of computers has brought
about.
Economics Working Paper
Archive at WUSTL: Computational Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/s/wpa/wuwpco.html This site contains many links to an archive
of work-in-progress papers in the fields of
computational and information economics.
EconomicsAmerica
http://www.economicsamerica.org/ This site offers many lessons and activities
for K-12 students. For example, one
lesson--"Hey, Mom, What's for
Breakfast?"--has students choose their
favorite breakfast foods and investigate
costs associated with those foods. "Do You
Always Own Your Own Private Property?"
addresses eminent domain and the rights of
property owneers. Lessons include links to
teacher notes, and the web resources
included in lesson plans are carefully
chosen.
Economist.Com | Country
Briefings
http://www.economist.com/countries/ "Pick a country... to see articles from The
Economist, background profiles, forecast and
statistics from The Economist Intelligence
Unit, market and currency updates, news
headlines and links." (Note: some articles
require a subscription to Economist.Com
premium content service.)
Electronic Trading Research
Unit: Digital Marketing and Electronic
Commerce
http://www.eltrun.aueb.gr/eeltrun/areas/Papers.asp?6 ELTRUN is a research and development group
for Electronic Commerce. This site provides
a wealth of information concerning ecommerce
business and marketing practices,
information asymmetry in the marketplace,
and information economics in Europe.
Encyclopedia of the New
Economy
http://hotwired.lycos.com/special/ene/ Sponsored by Andersen Consulting in
conjunction with Wired Magazine, this
encyclopedia discusses topics ranging from
"adhocracy" to "distributed systems," "ECash"
to "Netscape," and "network externalities"
to "zero sum." Essays have a wonderful
tongue-in-cheek quality while still
presenting useful descriptions and
definitions.
Energy Plug: A Primer on
Gasoline Prices
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/plugs/plprimer.html A succinct illustration of the breakdown of
the price components of gasoline and
description of the factors which influence
its consumer price.
Essays On Investors’ Trading
Policy Around
http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514257197/html/p53.html This site is a collection of essays
concerning how information asymmetry affects
the stock market trading behavior around
interim earnings announcements. There is a
wealth of basic information on information
asymmetry and its causes.
Ethical, Legal & Societal
Challenges Of The Information Society.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=7277&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1050880724 This site contains many links to articles on
a broad range of societal issues born in the
information age that stem from current
events. It provides links to news stories on
the web from all over the world that discuss
how the Social Policy is affected by the
reported events.
European Accounting
Association
http://www.bham.ac.uk/EAA/ This site has links to a number of papers
surrounding information asymmetry in the
marketplace, as well as other issues
regarding accounting and economics.
FAOSTAT Statistics Database
http://apps.fao.org/ "FAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual
database currently containing over 1 million
time-series records covering international
statistics in the following areas:
production, trade, food balance sheets, food
aid shipments, fertilizer and pesticides,
land use and irrigation, forest products,
fishery products, population, and
agricultural machinery."
First Monday
http://firstmonday.org/ First Monday is a peer-reviewed journal,
which publishes original articles about the
Internet and the Global Information
Infrastructure. It has an outstanding search
engine, covering many areas of information
economics and social policy.
Game Theory .net
http://www.gametheory.net/ Resource material including a list of
textbooks, lecture notes, Java applets, and
online games. Links to game-theoretic themes
in movies, books, and the popular press.
Assessment materials to aid educators in
preparing classes and to offer students
additional study materials.
Game Theory and Experimental
Economics
http://www.economics.harvard.edu/~aroth/alroth.html This site is devoted to research into game
theory, experimental economics, and in
market design for which game theory,
experimentation, and computation are natural
and complementary tools.
Game Theory and Information
http://ideas.repec.org/s/wpa/wuwpga.html Substantial archive of work-in-progress
papers in the fields of Game Theory and
information economics.
Game Theory Society
http://www.gametheorysociety.org/ Site contains 1inks to society and various
resources to promote the investigation,
teaching and application of game theory.
Game Theory: a Definition
http://www.sfb504.uni-mannheim.de/glossary/game.htm This site contains a useful definition of
game theory and an introductory/intermediate
glossary of terms specifically related to
game theory.
A Glossary of Political
Economy Terms
http://www.duc.auburn.edu/~johnspm/glossind.html This is an alphabetical list of political
economy terms.
Governance in Cyberspace
Series
http://www.naturespace.co.nz/ed/archive/trespric.htm Web based series initiated by the national
government of New Zealand to explore the
crucial issues in today's world concerning
digital technologies and the development of
governmental policies toward such issues as
information Pricing—Costing and pricing of
Government information.
The History of Economic
Thought
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/ This well organized site includes an
alphabetical index of influential
economists; breakdowns of various schools of
thought, including political economy,
neoclassical, alternative, and thematic;
surveys and essays on broad topics such as
the theory of value, macroeconomics, and
microeconomics; and links to other
references.
History of Game Theory
http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/class/histf.html This site contains an outline of the history
of game theory.
House Committee on Financial
Services
http://financialservices.house.gov/ The House Committee on Financial Services is
responsible for addressing legislation
covering banks, banking, economic
stabilization, insurance, international
finance, money, credit, private and public
housing, securities and exchanges, and urban
development.
IBM Research: Information
Economies Project
http://www.research.ibm.com/infoecon/index.html This site investigates the economic
possibilities of the internet in the coming
years in which billions of
economically-motivated software agents find
and process information and disseminate it
to humans and, increasingly, to other
agents.
IISc Network Economics
Research Group
http://mgmt.iisc.ernet.in/~netecon/ This site provides access to recent research
in the exciting new field of Network
Economics. The site seeks to promote
research in Network Economics by providing a
gateway for online resources available in
this area.
Implications of Costly
Information
http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/Teachers/information.html A useful site defining the basic problems
with asymmetric information between
producers and consumers. It also offers some
of the possible solutions on how the
problems should be handled. This site is an
archive of articles by various economists,
with many of them by Morgan Rose covering
asymmetry in different businesses.
The Inflation Calculator
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ At this site, you can enter any dollar
amount and compare its value during any two
years between 1800 and 1998. For example,
you can compare the worth of $100 in 1880 to
its worth in 1950.
Inflation Conversion Factors
http://www.orst.edu/Dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/sahr.htm Conversion factors to convert US dollars
from 1982-1984 and 1995-1999 to equivalent
amounts for others years, or vice versa,
based on inflation.
Infonomics
http://www.infonomics.nl/ Infonomics is defined and the institute
brings together insights from a variety of
fields, ranging from anthropology,
linguistics, law, mathematics, to
communication science, sociology, economics
and business studies. The focus is on
fundamental and contract research – the
general trends as well as the burning
issues. With research and development as its
core mandate, the institute also creates
educational materials (courses, seminars,
workshops) and offers expert advice.
Information Asymmetry
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~ginger/research/research.html Research based site concerning empirical
studies in information economics. In
particular, how market mechanisms alleviate
information asymmetry among economic agents
and what role government regulations play in
information markets.
Information Asymmetry In The
Legal Profession
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/sc/sc.nsf/pages/spigelman_041102 This site has a wealth of information
concerning information asymmetry and the
legal profession. It discusses solutions to
the asymmetry and has a bibliography for
further reading.
Information Economics and
Policy - List of Issues
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01676245 This site has links to abstracts and
articles from the Information and Economics
Policy journal. It provides an
interdisciplinary and international forum
for publications in economics and policy,
addressing issues in telecommunications and
information technology, including regulatory
issues. It includes research papers, short
contributions and surveys of interest for
researchers, professionals, expert advisors,
professional groups, government institutions
and businesses connected with policy making
and influencing the area of information.
Information Economies Project
Research Papers
http://www.research.ibm.com/infoecon/researchpapers.html This site is a general information economics
site with papers and talks concerning many
issues that confront the Information
Economy. There is sizable section of papers
concerning information bundling and pricing.
Integers: Electronic Journal
of Combinatorial Number Theory
http://www.integers-ejcnt.org/ This site contains an electronic journal
devoted to research in the area of
combinatorial number theory. Original
research articles in combinatorics, number
theory and general game theory. It contains
links to sites on additive number theory,
multiplicative number theory, sequences and
sets, extremal combinatorics, Ramsey theory,
elementary number theory, classical
combinatorial problems, hypergraphs, and
probabilistic number theory.
The International Economics
Network
http://www.internationaleconomics.net/ "The International Economics Network is an
annotated, selective portal for
international economics and related
disciplines, which includes daily updated
links to research papers, news and
commentaries in the field."
International Journal of Game
Theory
http://springerlink.metapress.com/app/home/journal.asp?wasp=h07lqgqgqr3xa4k2ux4g&referrer=parent&backto=linkingpublicationresults,1:101791,1 Journal devoted to game theory and its
applications including original research
making significant contributions from a
methodological, conceptual, or mathematical
point of view. Survey articles which are
especially useful for the field.
InvestorWords
http://www.investorwords.com/ The InvestorWorld financial glossary has
more than 5,000 definitions and 15,000 links
between related terms, making it extremely
comprehensive.
Joint Economic Committee
http://jec.senate.gov/ "The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) was
created when Congress passed the Employment
Act of 1946. Under this Act, Congress
established two advisory panels: the
President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
and the Joint Economic Committee. Their
primary tasks are to review economic
conditions and to recommend improvements in
economic policy."
Journal of Management
Information Systems
http://jmis.bentley.edu/toppage/index.html This site contains links for investigating
new modes of information delivery and the
changing landscape of information policy
making, as well as practitioners and
executives managing the information
resource. It contains experimental,
survey-based, or theoretical research
relevant to the progress of the field
including paradigmatic designs and
applications, analyses of informational
policy making in an organizational,
national, or international setting and
investigations of social and economic issues
of organizational computing.
Mathematical Games, Toys, and
Puzzles
http://compgeom.cs.uiuc.edu/~jeffe/mathgames.html Introductory site for game theory and its
mathematical principals including links to
other sites concerning game theory and its
offshoots.
Medieval and Early Modern
Data Bank
http://scc01.rutgers.edu/memdb/ "The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank is
a project established at Rutgers University
and originally cosponsored by the Research
Libraries Group (RLG), Inc. Its aim is to
provide scholars with an expanding library
of information in electronic format on the
medieval and early modern periods of
European history, circa 800-1815 C.E. MEMDB
contains five large data sets, three
pertaining to currency exchanges and two
pertaining to prices."
Models for pricing the
distribution of information
http://web.mit.edu/ecom/www/Project98/G12/ This web site is focused on the distribution
of information and the provision of services
in the capital market data industry. It
provides an overview of the key competitors,
markets, and products. It also makes an
in-depth analysis of the different
information pricing schemes used by the
industry players.
NationMaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/ This website compiles statistical
information from reliable sources such as
the CIA World Fact Book, the World Health
Organization, and UNESCO. Using a series of
drop down menus, you can create graphs and
tables to create your choice of statistical
analyses. New features and data are added
monthly.
The Nobel Foundation
http://nobelprize.org/ "The Official Site of the Nobel Foundation"
is searchable, and includes a timeline.
The Nobel Prize Internet
Archive
http://www.almaz.com/ Impressive collection of information about
all of the past Nobel Laureates, organized
by prize and year, or searchable. Entries
include brief biographical information plus
links to related Internet sites.
OANDA
http://www.oanda.com/ This site offers a multilingual currency
converter which contains the exchange rates
for 164 currencies. Travelers can print out
a cheat sheet: "a multi-value table of an
exchange rate to facilitate calculations
while you travel." The site also offers
historical charts of exchange rates and
forecasts for global markets.
Online Glossary of Research
Economics
http://econterms.com/ A general glossary of economics terms found
in scholarly and research literature. It
draws from diverse authors for the most
easy-to-understand definitions possible and
is useful for both the beginner as well as
the more advanced user. Be sure to read the
help section for tips on making good use
of the glossary.
Principia Cybernetica
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/GAME_THEOR.html This site contains an entry for game theory
within the Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and
Systems. The page provides a cursory
introduction into the field and conceptual
underpinnings of game theory.
The Quantitative
Macroeconomics and Real Business Cycle Home
Page
http://dge.repec.org/index.html "This is a collection of links to several
ressources about quantitative macroeconomics
and especially real business cycle (RBC)
theory on the World-Wide Web. Apart from
links, there is quite a lot of original
material (bibliography, code, etc.)"
Regional Economic and
Information System, 1969-1996
http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/regional/reis/ U.S., state, county, and metropolitan
statistical area economic data can be
selected for customized reports for
variables such as employment by industry,
personal income, dividends, farm income,
food stamps and more. Covers 1969-1996.
Research on Network Economics
http://www.chu.edu.tw/~yinyang/ This site contains recent research works and
information related to the Economics of
Networks. It also provides links to other
economics related web sites. The purpose of
the site is to promote the economic research
on the network economics and exchange the
on-line information regarding this field.
Research Papers in Economics
http://repec@repec.org/ This site is a collaborative effort of over
100 volunteers in 30 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. Any institution is
welcome to join in contributing its research
materials.
Resources for Economists on
the Internet
http://rfe.wustl.edu//EconFAQ.html "Lists the many resources on the Internet of
interest to academic and practicing
economists, and those interested in
economics." Searchable.
Review of Network Economics
http://www.rnejournal.com/index.html Journal providing reviews and surveys of
topical issues relevant to network
industries, dissemination of insightful
critiques.
Social Science Research
Network Electronic Library
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/DisplayAbstractSearch.cfm The Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
is devoted to the rapid worldwide
dissemination of social science research and
is composed of a number of specialized
research networks in each of the social
sciences. The site offers access to a wide
array of research such as accounting,
economics and the law.
Social, Economic and
Political Change
http://gsociology.icaap.org/ An annotated listing of links to information
about large scale long-term political,
economic and social systems change at the
national and international level. This site
links to sites with data, theory, national
profiles, history, research, course syllabi,
and other useful information.
Society for Computational
Economics
http://wueconb.wustl.edu/sce/ This site has links to topics exploring the
intersection of economics and computation.
It also includes links to conference
information, special interest group contact
information, journal and book pointers,
information regarding our graduate student
paper contest, and details on joining the
SCE.
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy: Game Theory
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/game-theory/ This site provides a useful and robust
introduction into the principals of game
theory with a specific emphasis on the
philosophical and historical motivations
within game theory. Also, clearly outlines
the basic elements and assumptions inherent
in game theory as a discipline, and provides
specific examples of exemplary case studies
within the discipline.
Statistics for Participating
RePEc Services
http://logec.hhs.se/ This site allows the user to access
statistics for RePEc. The worlds largest
collection of online Economics Working
Papers, Journal Articles and Software.
Strassmann – General
Information Economics
http://www.strassmann.com/ This site contains many links to articles,
papers and guest columns concerning how
information economics affects our society
and our every day life. Many of the articles
and papers are written by Paul Strassmann, a
leading economist dealing with information
age economics.
Strategy and Conflict: An
Introductory Sketch of Game Theory
http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/eco/game/game.html This site contains an introductory sketch of
the theoretical and historical grounding of
game theory with historical context and
application within other realms such as
political theory and the natural sciences.
It has links to the extensive use of common
games that have become paradigmatic within
the field.
The Council on
Competitiveness
http://www.compete.org/ This site contains an archive of articles
concerning the information economy, with an
eye toward the specific problems inherent in
the marketing, pricing and bundling of
information.
The Econometric Society
http://www.econometricsociety.org/ The site contains information on all
functions of the Society, including past and
future articles in the journal, links to
authors' home pages, information and
programs for past and future meetings, and
links to sites managed by organizers of
regional meetings. Also, the papers
presented at the World Congress and at
regional meetings of the Society are
available electronically as pdf files.
The Economics of Networks
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/networks/site.html This site is a collection of information on
economic issues of networks, such as the
telephone and fax communications networks,
the Internet, financial exchange and credit
card networks, as well as on "virtual
networks," such as the virtual network of
all Windows or all Mac computers. Ranked as
one of the top 5 economics sites worldwide
by The Economist magazine.
The Electronic Journal of
Combinatorics
http://www.combinatorics.org/ This site is an electronic journal of papers
in all branches of discrete mathematics,
including combinatorics, game theory,
discrete algorithms, etc.
The Information Economy
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/resources/infoecon/ Aggregate site devoted to the economics of
the internet, Network economics, information
goods, intellectual property and related
issues.
The Information Technology
Research Institute
http://titu.jyu.fi/tituweb.nsf/TITUeng?OpenFrameSet This site contains links dealing with
research on information technology including
eCommerce, information economics and
ebusiness infrastructure.
The Internet Economy
Indicators
http://www.internetindicators.com/ This site collects a range of important
statistical indicators related to the
Internet economy, and also contains an
archive of bi-annual reports on the state of
the Internet economy - a must for any
researcher in the field.
The Knowledge Management
Network
http://www.brint.com/km/ This compilation of articles published in
leading books and journals includes topics
such as What is KM?, KM in Organizations,
Does KM=IT?, and how Knowledge Management
relates to Information Strategy, Business
Innovation, National Policy Development,
Design of Adaptive Systems, Knowledge
Ecology, and the new world of Knowledge
Work, and Agile Enterprises. These articles
are supplemented by analyses and opinions
that provide a mosaic of thoughts as they
evolved and contributed to the developing
field of Knowledge Management.
The Network Economics and
Services Laboratory
http://nes.aueb.gr/ The Network Economics and Services
Laboratory is a laboratory of the
Telecommunications Services Group of Athens
University of Economics and Business. The
web site focuses on publications in economic
models for network services, Internet
pricing and multicasting, Peer-to-Peer
services and architectures, regulation and
interconnection, Quality-of-Service
management and traffic engineering,
e-commerce technologies, and internet
software and tools.
The Weightless Economy
http://econ.lse.ac.uk/~dquah/tweirl0.html Information economics site devoted to the
work of Professor Danny Quay. The site
operates as an archive for most of his
published work on information economics as
well as for works in progress, and presents
links to other prominent academics in the
field.
U.S. Exports and Imports of
Merchandise Historical Summaries
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/socsci/trade/ Data for 1989-1996 on imports and exports
including general import value, general
export value, trade balance and more. Select
specific countries of interest for a
customized report, or use all the countries.
The Universal Currency
Converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/ "The Universal Currency Converter allows you
to perform interactive foreign exchange rate
conversion on the Internet. Type the amount
of source currency in the input box. You may
include commas and a decimal point. Select
the source and destination currencies using
the scrolling selection boxes."
Virtual Institute of
Information
http://www.vii.org/ This site is an on-line research facility
for independent research in
telecommunications and mass media. It is
open to everyone, whatever your purpose,
whether you are an academic or a student, a
politician or a consumer advocate, an
executive or an engineer, browsing or doing
advanced research.
Web Resources in Economics
http://netec.mcc.ac.uk/WebEc.html This site contains links to free information
in economics on the world wide web and the
economics of information with a focus on the
theory and strategy of information price
setting and packaging.
WebEc - World Wide Web
Resources in Economics
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/ "WebEc lists and describes material that
could be of interest to mainly academic
economists and is at least in part freely
available on the Internet." Searchable.
Wharton University Professor
Lorin Hitt’s website
http://grace.wharton.upenn.edu/~lhitt/main.htm This website is made up of a page of links
concerning research papers dealing with the
issues of Information Pricing and Bundling
as they pertain to specific electronic
markets of the Internet.
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