Finding Published Research

You can find most economic research published in scholarly journals or books through the EconLit database. We strongly recommend starting your search for reference material there. EconLit is accessible from Swem Library, under Databases, and Business and Economics. The Reference Librarians at Swem can help you obtain materials identified through EconLit.

Economic research is also disseminated in the form or working papers, issue briefs, or detailed policy reports. Various organizations publish these types of reports. Following is a list of links to some organizations that have their work available.

Research Institutes, Think Tanks, and Policy Research Companies

National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, MA)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, England)
American Enterprise Institute (Washington, DC)
Brookings Institution (Washington, DC)
Cato Institute (Washington, DC)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, DC)
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) (Berlin, Germany)
Economic Policy Institute (Washington, DC)
School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ)
Heritage Foundation (Washington DC)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (London, England)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (Bonn, Germany)
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) (New York, NY)
Mathematica Policy Research (Princeton, NJ and Washington, DC)
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) (San Francisco, CA)
RAND Corporation (Santa Monica, CA)
Resources for the Future (Washington, DC)
Russell Sage Foundation (New York, NY)
Santa Fe Institute (Santa Fe, NM)
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (Kalamazoo, MI)
Urban Institute (Washington, DC)

Central Banks and Commissions