Important Economics Schools & Research Centers

Center for Analytic Research in Economics and the Social Sciences (Penn)
Also Known as: CARESS
Institutional umbrella for economic theorists in Penn's Economics Department, especially covering money and macroeconomics and applied game theory....   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    CARESS Working Papers

Center for International Comparisons (Penn)
Also Known as: Penn World Table. CICUP
Conducting research into cross-country and inter-area comparisons of prices and national accounts. Producers of the Penn World Table, which provides data on purchasing power parity and national income...   [more]
Holdings: PWT: 1950-2000.
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Penn World Table
    CICUP Working Papers

EDIRC
Also Known as: Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World
Part of NetEc....   [more]

European Research Papers Archive
Working papers on all aspects on European integration from several European research centers, including ...   [more]
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MDRC
Also Known as: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Social policy research organization focusing on improving the well-being of low-income people, especially educational reform, children and family, including afterschool care and child care, workers an...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    MDRC Publications (many in fulltext PDF)

Penn Institute for Economic Research
Also Known as: PIER
Supports research into econometrics, empirical microeconomics, financial economics, international economics, macroeconomics, microeconomic theory, and political economy....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    PIER Working Paper Series
    PIER Events

Transparency International
Global civil society organization opposing corruption in more than 90 countries. Web site includes regional pages, reports, and tools for measuring, evaluating, and fighting corruption. Web site provi...   [more]
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