Research Papers in Economics

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Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 54 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The "heart" of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. Project started in 1997. Its precursor NetEc dates back to 1993. All RePEc material is freely available.

Materials to RePEc could be added through a department or institutional archive. Institutions are welcome to join and contribute their materials by establishing and maintaining their own RePEc archive. RePEc does :

not support personal archives (only institutional archives);
not contain full-text journal articles;
provide links to many full text articles, but you may need a personal or institutional subscription to follow those links. If a working paper or journal article is not indicated as "downloadable", contact to the author or publisher for assistance.

RePEc now collaborates with the American Economic Association's EconLit database to provide content from leading universities' working paper series to EconLit. If some university does not contribute its working paper series to RePEc, "step by step" instructions are at IDEAS.

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The following web sites offer all or part of the RePEc database to browse or search:

RePEc Author Service: Author registration
IDEAS - the complete RePEc database at your disposal. Working papers, journal articles, software components, author information, directory of institutions.
EconPapers - Economics at your fingertips. EconPapers provides access to RePEc, the world's largest collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software.
NEP (New Economics Papers) - Free email notification of new downloadable working papers for over 40 specific fields. NEP Archives are available.
EDIRC - Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World.
LogEc - Detailed access statistics for RePEc items and authors.
CitEc - Citations from items in the RePEc database.
WebEc - free information on economics on the web (WWW Virtual Library)
Inomics - downloadable working papers integrated with information on economics conferences, job information, and Internet search for economists
SPZ - An online workplace for researchers, tutors and students within the RePEc information space.
Socionet - A Russian (and Russian language) implementation of the RePEc method and database as the collective information environment for the social sciences. Database customization and filtration by a "personal information robot".