Two very useful websites for Economists

Here are two excellent links for economists. Please also consult the sister blog: uissr.wordpress.com for additional resources

1. MIT Department of Economics:
http://econ-www.mit.edu/about/econres.htm

2. International Development Economic Associates:
http://www.networkideas.org/eco/eco.htm

For the Indian Economy Module

List of useful websites for data sources on India and other developing countries

On various aspects of Indian Economy

1. National Portal of India: http://india.gov.in/

2. Economic Survey 2005-06: http://india.gov.in/outerwin.htm?id=http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2005-06/esmain.htm

3. 3. RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy 2004-05: http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/AnnualPublications.aspx?head=Handbook%20of%20Statistics%20on%20Indian%20Economy

4. CSO National Accounts Statistics: http://mospi.gov.in/

5. CSO: Annual Survey of Industries, http://mospi.gov.in/mospi_asi.htm

6. Answers to questions asked in the Lok Sabha: http://164.100.24.208/lsq14/main.asp
7. Answers to questions in the Rajya Sabha: http://india.gov.in/outerwin.htm?id=http://parliamentofindia.gov.in/

8. Labour Bureau: http://labourbureau.nic.in/reports.htm

International Data

1. World Bank: World Development Indicators 2005, http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,menuPK:232599~pagePK:64133170~piPK:64133498~theSitePK:239419,00.html

2. UN Commodity Trade Statistics, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade/

Suggested Textbooks for the Macroeconomics Module

1. Dornbusch, Rudiger, Stanley Fischer and Richard Statz,
Macroeconomics, 8th Edition, McGrawHill Irwin.

Companion Website to the Book
http://www.mhhe.com/economics/dornbusch8e/

2. Krugman, Paul and Robin Wells, Macroeconomics, 1 Edition, Worth Publishers, 2005

Companion Website to the Book:

http://www.worthpublishers.com/krugmanwellsnew/main.htm

Powerpoint Slides of All Lectures
http://www.worthpublishers.com/krugmanwellsnew/main.htm

Suggested Text Book for Microeconomics

We recommend the following text books:

1. Robert S.Pindyck, Daniel L.Rubinfeld and Prem L. Mehta (2006), Microeconomics, 6th Edition, ISBN: 81-7758-814-1, Published in India by Dorling Kindersely (India)

http://www.pearsoned.co.in/book-details.asp?bookid=1922&page=search

Companion website of the book (4th edition):
http://myphlip.pearsoncmg.com/indexfaculty.cfm?vbookid=0

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2. Krugman, Paul and Robin Wells, Microeconomics, 1Edition,
Worth Publishers, 2004

Companion Website of the book:
http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/krugmanwellsmicro/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=&o=&ns=0&uid=0&rau=0

Download Powerpoint Slides of all the 18 Chapters:
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