Economics

Jake Syma

E-mail: jake.syma@ttu.edu
Phone: 806.834.2514
Location: Library, Mezzanine 109
Mailstop: MS 0002
Web: Jake Syma

Style Guides

Long Island University > APA Citation Style (recommended for undergrads)
The citation style for the academic discipline of business is generally the APA Style (American Psychological Association).  Long Island University provides a quick and easy guide for the most common citation types.

Purdue University > Online Writing Lab (OWL) > Using APA Format (recommended for grad students and faculty)
This site from Purdue University offers more depth and specificity than the Long Island University resource.


Professional Organizations

American Economic Association (AEA)
The American Economic Association encourages economic research (especially the historical and statistical study of the actual conditions of industrial life), issues publications on economic subjects, and encourages freedom of economic discussion. See also AEAWeb.

Econometric Society
An international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics.

Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE)
An association of scholars who are committed to the rigorous economic analysis of the world.

Society of Labor Economists
Society founded to promote the study of labor economics and to make more significant the contribution of labor economics and labor economists.


Other Web Resources

RGE Monitor (Roubini Global Economics Monitor)
A quasi-scholarly economic blog. Named one of the world's best economics websites by BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. Founded in 2004 by Nouriel Roubini, former senior advisor to the U.S. Treasury and the IMF, and a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business, he regularly contributes to the site through his "Global EconoMonitor". Requires user to create a personal account for full access.

Economics Research Guide
Two exhaustive resources from the Rutgers University Libraries; one on Economic Indicators, and another on International Trade and Socioeconomic Statistics.