Economics

Collections

• EconLit
  Indexes Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Discussion Papers and National Bureau of Economic Research NBER Working Papers.
• EconPapers
  Largest collection of online economics working papers.
• IDEAS

Institutions and organisations

• CEPR Discussion Papers Online
  Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)
• Asian Development Bank Institute
• AJRC Working Papers
  Previously the Asia Pacific Economic Papers, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• IMF Economic Review
  IMF staff papers from 1950-2001 are included in Periodicals Archive Online
• Harvard Working Papers
  Includes links to other business school working papers.
• Federal Reserve Board
• London School of Economics
• Monash University, Department of Economics
• National Bureau of Economic Research
  United States NBER
• OECD iLibrary
• UN iLibrary
• World Bank eLibrary

New Zealand

• Agribusiness and Commerce series collections, Lincoln University
• Department of Economics, The University of Auckland, Economics working paper series
• Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
• New Zealand Economic Papers
• Department of Economics, University of Waikato
• Department of Economics, University of Otago
• New Zealand Treasury
• Reserve Bank of New Zealand
• New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
• Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

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New Zealand

• Statistics New Zealand
  • Infoshare
    Provides you with online access to a wide range of time series data.
  • New Zealand Census data
  • Some older Statistics New Zealand publications can be accessed from their Store House.
• New Zealand Time Series
  Use this to retrieve data time series. The data is from Statistics New Zealand, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and Treasury, and ranges from economic data, exports, government expenditure, demographic data and labour force data.
• Reserve Bank of New Zealand Directory of Statistics
  Statistical tables for a range of New Zealand economic and financial data produced by the Reserve Bank and other organisations.
• MBIE, The New Zealand Sectors Dashboard
  Information about New Zealand's economy by sectors. It brings together a range of economic datasets produced by MBIE and Statistics New Zealand into one easy-to-use tool. Information is presented using dynamic graphs and summary tables.
• Motu Datasets
  Access to datasets used for Motu produced research. The data are available to researchers and graduate students.
• OECD Country Statistical Profiles, including for New Zealand.
• Factiva
  Research results and survey findings are often reported in the news. A Factiva search will help identify this research.
• NZSTATS archive
  Links to official New Zealand statistics. Note there are broken links and out-of-date content in this archive.

See also the detailed guide to Statistics and Numeric Data.

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International

• Datastream
  Historical financial and economic information and worldwide coverage. Key data sets include interest rates, exchange rates, commodities, and macroeconomic data sourced from the IMF, OECD and government agencies. Contact us for access.
• Eikon
  Provides worldwide economic data.
• OECD iLibrary
  Access to all OECD statistics. Build your own tables, view ready-made tables, or view the statistics presented in the print publications.
• IMF datasets
  Includes International Financial Statistics (IFS), Balance of Payments Statistics (BOPS), Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS), and Government Finance Statistics (GFS). See the IMF's e-learning series about government finance statistics.
• IMF DataMapper
  Allows users to map data from IMF datasets including the latest World Economic Outlook, Balance of Payments Statistics, International Financial Statistics, Public Finances, Historical Public Debt, and the Financial Access Survey.
• World Economic Outlook Reports
  Published twice-yearly by the IMF, this reports on the status quo of the world economy. Contains historical data.
• International Country Risk Guide
  Annual ratings for political, economic and financial risk for 140 developed, emerging, and frontier markets, from The PRS Group.
• Passport
  Global economic data. Select Economies and Consumers > then select your subtopic and category.
• MarketLine Advantage City Statistics
  Analyze and compare the world’s most important cities. Features comprehensive data and forecasts of key socio and macroeconomic indicators for more than 1950 cities, spread across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa, North America, and South & Central America.
• EMED Emerging Asia
  Economic time series data for 20 Asian countries. Can only be accessed from the Library.
• Principal Global Indicators
  Internationally comparable data for the Group of 20 economies (G-20) and economies with systemically important financial sectors that are not members of the G-20.
• UN Data
  Draws together annual time series data from ILO, IMF and the World Bank.
  • The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online
    Search a range of indicators by country or region.
  • Can also get UN statistics through UN iLibrary.
• World Bank
  • World Development Indicators
    World Bank official time series data from 1960-.
  • International Debt Statistics (formerly known as Global Development Finance)
    Provides data on the movement of international capital flow to developing countries.
  • Atlas of Global Development
    Covers economic and social statistics for developing countries.
• Eurostat
  Statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
• Asia-Studies Full Text Online
  Includes key indicators published by the Asian Development Bank.
• Google public data
  Search economic and related series from a selection of data providers.
• Knoema
  Search for economic data, statistics and visualizations.
• Trading Economics
  Provides a large range of economic statistical data.
• Measuring Worth
  Calculate relative worth over time.
• The Economics Network and further economic data resources on the internet.

See also a list of Statistical databases.

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Government | Economics indicators | Economic analysis | Business confidence

Government departments and organisations

• Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment
  • Regional economic activity report
    Presents comprehensive economic data on New Zealand’s 16 regions. An interactive web tool provides more detailed information on sub-regional economies.
• Productivity Commission of New Zealand
• Reserve Bank of New Zealand
  • Financial stability report
  • Monetary policy statement
  • Official cash rate (OCR)
  • Reserve Bank bulletin
• The Treasury
  Lead adviser to the New Zealand Government on economic, financial and regulatory policy.
  • Budget economic and fiscal updates
  • Budgets of the New Zealand Government
  • Financial statements of the Government of New Zealand
  • New Zealand economic and financial overview (2016) plus archives
• The Hub
  Social science research undertaken or commissioned by central government in New Zealand, including Ministries and Crown Entities. 

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Economic indicators

• Economic indicators
  From the Reserve Bank, includes additional statistics.
• Economic indicators
  From Statistics New Zealand.
• IMF DataMapper
  Can map data from the IMF's World Economic Outlook reports by country.
• Main economic indicators
  From the OECD.
• Monthly economic indicators
  From the Treasury.
• Monthly economic reviews
  Parliamentary Library Research Papers.

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Economic analysis and commentaries

New Zealand

• McAloon, J. (2013). Judgements of all kind: Economic policy-making in New Zealand, 1945-1984. Wellington, VUP.
• ANZ economic and markets research
  Includes regional trends, property focus, agricultural focus.
• BNZ Research
  A collection of economic reports, commentary and insights.
• Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL)
• Business NZ economy and tax resources
• Council of Trade Unions' Economic bulletin
• National business review
• New Zealand economic papers
  Peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes research articles on NZ economics and economic history.
• New Zealand Herald
• NZIER
  • Publishes quarterly Consensus Forecasts
    Short term forecasts of the New Zealand economy.
  • Quarterly Predictions and the Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion are also available to University of Auckland users.
• New Zealand Official Yearbook
  From Statistics New Zealand. See the Economy section for a broad overview.
• Westpac economic updates
  Westpac also publishes Economic overview: A quarterly overview of the New Zealand economy, online and in print.

International

• BMI Research
  To view New Zealand's Business Forecast Report, select New Zealand from the Asia drop-down list, then Country Forecast Report. Provides economic outlook analysis.
• EIU ViewsWire
  Enter "New Zealand" in the search box. Snapshot analysis of economic events (via ABI/Inform Global database).
• International Monetary Fund
  Commentary on New Zealand.
• Via Business Source Premier database:
  • New Zealand Country Monitor - a monthly report on the economic and financial condition of New Zealand. Enter zealand country monitor and select SO Publication name.
  • New Zealand Country Profile, Datamonitor. Enter zealand country profile and select SO Publication name.
  • New Zealand Country Review, CountryWatch Inc. Enter zealand country review and select SO Publication name. Each chapter appears as a separate result. Topics include political landscape, investment environment including foreign investment and competitiveness, economic performance, social and environmental overviews.
  • Political risk yearbook: New Zealand country report, Political Risk Services Group. Enter political risk country report new zealand and select SO Publication name. Assesses political and economic conditions in the country.
• OECD iLibrary
  • OECD economic outlook
    A brief overview for each OECD country.
  • OECD economic surveys: New Zealand
  • New Zealand country information
    An RSS feed of all OECD resources for NZ. You may need to access the resource via OECD iLibrary to view the full text.

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Business confidence

• ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence survey
• TNS / Rabobank rural confidence survey

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These resources are useful for gaining an understanding of a topic or about the work of an economist.

Biography

• A biographical dictionary of Australian and New Zealand economists
• A biographical dictionary of dissenting economists
• A biographical dictionary of women economists
• Who's who in economics
• Details of economists
  From the American Economic Association.

Dictionaries

• The new Palgrave dictionary of economics
  Extensive overview of economic research, practice and theory.
• Deardoff's glossary of international economics
  Includes diagrammatic materials for key economic concepts.
• A dictionary of economics
• The Elgar dictionary of economic quotations
• Eponymous dictionary of economics: A guide to laws and theorems named after economists

In addition to these resources, the Library holds a selection of economics dictionaries.

Encyclopedias, Handbooks

• International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences
• SAGE dictionary of social research methods
• The Princeton encyclopedia of the world economy
• An encyclopedia of Keynesian economics
• The encyclopedia of public choice
• Handbook of applied econometrics. Volume 1: Macroeconomics and Volume 2: Microeconomics
• The handbook of economic methodology
• Handbook of the history of economic thought: Insights on the founders of modern economics

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Building on your search

Below are some strategies you can use to extend your literature search. Start with a book or article that is relevant to your research topic and try some of the following:

• Look at the list of references to find further relevant research.
• Often an author will have written extensively on a topic. Note the author(s) and search databases for more of their publications.
• Also, note any journals from the reference list that are likely to publish articles on your topic. You can search within a journal and you can set up an alert to receive new journal issue content as published.
• An excellent way to find more recent articles on a topic is to search for citations to your original book or article. You can do citation searching on:
  • Business Source Premier
  • CitEc Citations in Economics
  • Web of Science
  • Scopus
  • Google Scholar
  • Science Direct
• Some databases, such as Scopus, Science Direct and Google Scholar, also link to related articles. These are articles within the database that share common references.

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The Business School uses APA style for referencing.

APA

• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition)
• APA Style blog

Support

• Referencing
  Access a range of tools and support material to assist your referencing work.

Examples

• Quick©ite
  Use this interactive tool to view examples of references.
  Covers a range of styles used at the University of Auckland.