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History of Economic Thought (http://homepage.newschool.edu/het/)
This is a great reference for MS and PhD students. It has an extensive list of economists and their main
contributions to economics. Economists are organized by the different schools of economics. Check
out the essays & surveys area for some in depth explanations of some topics. There is also a
mathematical appendix that is very useful.
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Glossary of Some Economic Terms (http://www.sfb504.uni-mannheim.de/glossary/)
This page has a small glossary of terms commonly used in Finance, Economics, Statistics, etc. Great
resource, enjoy...
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Statistics (http://www.chrisbilder.com)
Dr. Chris Bilder teaches at the Department of Statistics at the University of Nebraska. He is a
remarkable teacher. His class notes are absolutely impeccable and if you are lucky he'll have them
online when you need them. He usually posts his class notes to his website during the semester he
teaches a class (look under the link for "Schedule"). But there are also some archives for classes
taught in previous semesters. So keep your eyes open. His website also provides several useful links
to statistics websites.
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Bootstrapping (http://www.sfu.ca/~kkasa/middle.pdf)
This link leads you to a really good paper (Bootstrapping Student Understanding of What is Going On in
Econometrics ) written by Peter Kennedy from Simon Fraser University. He does a superb job of
explaining what boostrapping is and why economics students have such a hard time figuring out
econometrics. And if you think his name sounds familiar, you are correct, he is the author of A Guide to
Econometrics.
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Study Tips for Economics Courses (http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/1409.html)
This website has advice on how to tackle economic courses. The authors make suggestions on how to
take notes in class, read textbooks, prepare for exams, and take exams. They also review some
graphical concepts that are widely used in economics. Although this is very basic information, it is
useful to everyone.
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Web-oriented Teaching Resources in Probability and Statistics
(http://www.hut.fi/Units/SAL/Teaching/Resources/ProbStat/table.html)
This website has tons of resources on statistics: probability, distributions, regression, probability
calculators, Java demos, etc. Enjoy...
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Mathematics (http://www.mathworld.com)
When I am stuck with some math theory, I sometimes end up looking for an answer in this website. I
just love it. Although it is meant to support a mathematics software called Mathematica, it has a great
database of topics in math. All I have to say is WOW, I love it...
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Linear Programming: GAMS Tutorial (http://www.gams.com/docs/gams/Tutorial.pdf)
I found this one when I got stuck with the interpretation of some of the details provided in a GAMS
output. I know I used to know this stuff at some point in time but, as usual, I forget it when I don't see it
for a long time. So I searched for a quick tutorial that I could use as a refresher everytime I'm stuck
(and since I'm a nice person, I decided to post the link on my website). Can you tell I get stuck often?
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Funding Resources
If you are looking for funding through grants or fellowships, you may be interested in visiting the
following websites. For your convenience, you can subscribe to their newsletters and receive funding
information directly in your email inbox. How easy is that?
Community of Science-- http://www.cos.com
The Foundation Center-- http://fdncenter.org
State Science & Technology Institute--http://www.ssti.org
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Brain Teasers
If you want to exercise the little grey cells check out this website:
http://home.att.net/~numericana/answer/recreational.htm
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Last updated on May 21, 2006. For questions email rcarrei(at)uark.edu.
