Useful Links for Research

General

• American Economic Association

• AEA: Resources for Economists

Ph.D. Info and Advice:

• Prelim Exams Pass rates info from Melissa Spencer's Compilation in Excel datasheet

• Econ PhD

• Mankiw's Advice for Aspiring Economists

• Chris Blattman: "How to get a PhD *and* save the world"

• Chris Blattman: "Frequently asked questions on PhD applications"

• Susan Athey: "Professional Advice"

• Alvin Christian "Applying to Economics PhD Programs"

• Alvin Christian "Pre-Doctoral Research"

• Brad Chatergoon "The Economics Pre-Doctoral Fellowship: What is it, and should you apply for one?" (Yes, you should)

• Matthew Gentzkow and Jessie Shapiro's "PhD Application" 

• Kevin Wilson: Build your own Website

• Anthony Lee Zhang's Recommendations: Classes to take as an RA, Social Norms (This is a cultural shock)

• Advice for Economists from the AER (Important)

• Marc Bellemare - Leveling the Playing Field: How to Write a Good Diversity Statement 

• Mind this paper to choose where to apply (outdated): The Research Productivity of New PhDs in Economics: The Surprisingly High Non-Success of the Successful (Top Schools != Great Researchers)

• How to find RA (aka Pre-Docs): Econ Job Market NBER 

• Econ RA Guide

• Some (selection bias) views on Pre-Docs: Tyler Cowen, Soumaya Keynes

• Things to know if you are Latin American applying (can be derived from them): Argentina (outdated), Mexico

• Jessica Calarco - Tips and Tricks 

Events and Conferences

• Conferences and Workshops

• Economic Conferences (AEA and Around the World)

• Economic Conferences updated by Anne M. Burton and Barton Willage

• INOMICS

• Econbiz

• Conferencemonkey

Job Market Advice

• Johannes Pfeifer: Job Market Resources 

• Chris Roth and David Schindler: Econgradadvice site

• INOMICS: "Succeeding in the European Job Market for Economists "

• INOMICS: "Job Market Scramble for Economists & Useful Resources for Postdoc Job Search" 

• Royal Economic Society: Preparing for the Job Market

• Chris Blattman: "Managing the academic job market"

• Alex Hollingsworth: Create a simple and a free job market website 

• Alex Albright: So you want to go on the job market

• John Cawley: A GUIDE AND ADVICE FOR ECONOMISTS ON THE U.S. JUNIOR ACADEMIC JOB MARKET

University Rankings

• American Economic Association info

• Shanghai Rankings Econ: 

• Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World Rankings - Economics and Econometrics:  

• US News - Econ. and Business

• Tillburg University Economics Ranking 

• Times Higher Education

• IDEAS - REPEC Rankings

Academic Writing

• Incidental Economist - How to Write: http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/how-to-write-1/

• John Cochrane Writing Tips (Must Read!): https://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/teaching/papers/phd_paper_writing.pdf

• Planem Nikolov Writing Tips in Economics: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~pnikolov/resources/writingtips.pdf

• Mankiw on Writing Well: https://gregmankiw.blogspot.com.co/2006/10/how-to-write-well.html

• Schwabish, J. (2014), "An Economist’s Guide to Visualizing Data", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28(1), 209-234.

• Chris Blattman: "How to write an essay"

• Daniel S. Hamermesh (PDF Presentation): How to Publish in a Top Journal

• Kwan Choi (long): How to Publish in Top Journals

• Michael Kremer: Writing Papers: A Checklist.

• Paul Dudenhefer Book: A Guide to Writing in Economics 

• Guides for Citing with Mendeley

• Simon Board - Writing Economic Theory Papers 

Academic Presentations

• Jesse M. Shapiro "How to give an Applied Micro Talk"

• Marc F. Bellemare "22 tips for conference and seminar presentations"

• Donald Cox: The “Big 5” and Other Ideas For Presentations

• American Economic Association "Giving an Effective Presentation"

• Matthew O. Jackson "Notes on Presenting a Paper"

World

• Bank for International Settlements: Statistics

• European Central Bank (ECB) statistics

• Bank of England: Statistics

• Bank of Japan: Stastics

• Eurostat

• World Bank Data

• Global Economic Monitor - World Bank

• Penn World Table

• World Input-Output Database

• Madison Project: Historical GDP per capita

• International Monetary Fund: Data

• World Trade Organization

• Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World

• All That Stats

• Global Financial Data

• Transparency International: Corruption Perception Index

• Heritage Foundation: Economic Freedom Index

• Fraser Institute: Economic Freedom Index

• Hedge Fund Research Indices

• Global Linkages Lab

• International Climate News

• Sovereign Haircuts: 200 Years of Creditor Losses

• Global Macro Database

• Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies

• Global Currencies Database

• Data on Central Bank Independence

• Central Banker Speeches 

USA

• Federal Reserve of St. Louis Database 

• Dallas Federal Reserve

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Bureau of Economic Analysis

• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) data

• Kenneth French (Fama - French) Data 

• Robert Shiller Data

• Chicago Booth: Center for Research in Security Prices Indexes

• McCracken and Ng Databases (Stock-Watson)

• Free-Lunch Data

• Economagic Time Series

• Federal Reserve of Philadelphia Macro Database

• Survey of Professional Forecasters

• Consensus Economics: Surveys on Forecasts

• Atlanta Fed GDPnow

• Greenbook Forecasts 

LATAM

• BID Latin American Macro Watch Tool

• BID data catalog

• Banco Central de Chile

• Banco Central de Perú

• Banco Central de Argentina

• Banco Central de Brasil

• Latinobarómetro

Colombia

• Banco de la República 

• DANE: Time Series

• Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC) 

• Bancolombia: Investigaciones Económicas

• Grupo Aval. Portal Financiero

• Sistema de Información Electrico colombiano

• Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética

• XM

• Base de datos Estados Financieros Anuales Super Sociedades

• Datos Abiertos Colombia (Bases de Datos de libre acceso del gobierno)

Financial (FREE)

• Yahoo Finance

• Google Finance

• Quandl

• Data on the Net

• Global Factor Data

• Open Source Asset Pricing Data

NBER DATA

• NBER data sources

• NBER International Finance and Macroeconomics