Library Guides: Economics: Working papers

Working paper collections

Working Papers in Economics are pre-publication versions of technical papers, academic articles, book chapters, or reviews. Authors may release working papers to share ideas or to receive feedback on their work. This is done before the author submits the final version of the paper to a peer reviewed journal or conference for publication. Working papers can be cited by other peer-reviewed work. It is common practice in economics to publish working papers as publication lags between submission and publication can be long - even up to 3 years.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
The largest bibliographic database available freely on the Internet, dedicated to economics. Provides access to RePEc, a collaborative database of working papers, journal articles and software components.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working papers
Founded in 1920, NBER is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Their full-text archive of working papers covers 1973-present.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
THE SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts; an Abstract Database containing abstracts from scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection containing downloadable full text document in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
IMF Working Papers
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Working Papers dating back to 1986.
Fed in Print
Articles in Fed in Print cover all aspects of the economy. It contains citations of articles appearing in the economic literature. Many of the publications are available in full-text. Coverage is 1985-the present.
Working papers series via Proquest
Access to working papers via ProQuest Academic Research Library

University of Queensland School of Economics

The full list of UQ School of Economics Working Papers is available via UQ eSpace.

This is a selection of Working Papers published by the School: