[Eril-l] Econometrics sites/databases with downloadable datasets

[Norm Medeiros]

Hi Katherine,

For US data, you might consider FRED
<https://fred.stlouisfed.org/categories>.  For global data, World
Development Indicators
<https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators>
and International Financial Statistics
<https://data.imf.org/?sk=4C514D48-B6BA-49ED-8AB9-52B0C1A0179B&sId=1409151240976>
are a couple of mainstream sources that are fairly simple to use.

Best,
Norm

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On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:05 PM Katherine Swart <kswart20 at calvin.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I’m working with an econometrics professor who is looking for
> “sites/databases with simple user interfaces to download finance data,
> cross-country macroeconomic series, US geographic areas with info on
> income, pollution, etc., and other datasets you might know of that have a
> good mix of categorical and quantitative variables.”
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>
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> She adds, “The American Community Survey is nice, but it have very few
> quantitative variables. The [Mintel] marketing dataset that one of my
> students used last fall was good, except that the data could not be
> analyzed other than by created cross-tabs.”
>
>
>
> This is outside my area of expertise. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>
>
> Much appreciated!
>
>
>
> *Katherine Swart*
>
> Collection Development Librarian
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> Calvin University | Hekman Library
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