This is one of a series of research guides produced by the Thomas J. Long Business & Economics Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
Last updated 4/2006.
The following publications list working papers by author, subject, or issuing institution. They may be used to identify the existence of working papers, but not all papers are available on campus. Many working papers are available via the internet from the Working Paper Archive at Washington University.
Abstracts of working papers in economics
New York: Cambridge University Press.
Indexes and abstracts working papers from universities and research organizations.
HB1 .A27 1988-1997
BibEc
Useful for scanning for economics working papers by author or JEL classification. The site has a stock of over 54,000 working papers worldwide.
EBSLG Working Papers
Provides links to the full text of working papers from major European business schools.
EconLit
American Economic Association. 1969 - present.
Indexes journal articles, books, and working papers in economics. Provides abstracts for most. May search by author, key words, or publisher (e.g. NBER).
Economics Working Papers. TransMedia (University of Warwick)
An indexing and abstracting service covering major working paper series from 1973-1991. Working papers are available on microfiche and microfilm for the years indexed.
Index: HB151 .A12.E35 (Reference Annex)
Microfilm: Self-service microfiche cabinets, lower level
eScholarship Repository (University of California)
A repository of working papers in the social sciences and humanities written by University of California faculty and doctoral students. full text available.
IDEAS (Internet Documents in Economics Access Service)
Provides links to over 580 working paper series worldwide.
Recent issues of most working papers are shelved in the Current Periodicals section on the lower level (second floor) of the Library. Working papers are shelved at the end of the alphabet in a section facing the windows on the West wall. Earlier editions of working papers have call numbers and are found in the stacks.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Finance and Economics Discussion Series: #8, 1988-
Current unbound in Current Periodicals; bound volumes in stacks HG1 .F562
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: International Finance Discussion Papers: #134, 1979 - current
Cataloged individually; for call numbers, check Pathfinder under author, title, or series (e.g. F SE: International Financial Discussion Papers).
Current unbound in Current Periodicals; bound volumes in book stacks
Columbia University. Center for the Study of Futures Markets Working Paper Series: #71, 1984 - #220, 1991
HG6024 .A3 W6
Columbia University. Graduate School of Business. First Boston Working Paper Series: 1986-1993.
HG1 .F56
Note: Now called Paine Webber (see below)
Columbia University. Graduate School of Business. Paine Webber Working Paper Series: 1994-
HG1 .F561
International Monetary Fund: Staff Papers: #1, 1950 -
Current unbounds in Current Periodicals; bound volumes in book stacks HG136 .I5
Marketing Science Institute: Working Papers
Cataloged individually; for call numbers, check Pathfinder under author, title, or series (e.g. F SE Working Paper Marketing Science Institute).
Book Stacks
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, 1994 -
Current unbounds at Circulation Desk; bound volumes in book stacks H62.5 .U5
New York University. Salomon Center for Research in Financial Institutions and Markets Working Paper Series: #310, 1984 -
List of papers since 1991, abstracts since 1997.
Unbounds in Current Periodicals; bound volumes in book stacks HG1 .W67
Purdue University. Krannert Graduate School of Management
Institute for Research in Behavioral, Economic, and Management Science Papers: #22, 1965 -
Unbounds in Current Periodicals; bound volumes in book stacks H31 .P87 P2
Stanford University. Department of Economics Working Papers
University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy papers: #1, 1984 - current
Cataloged individually: check Pathfinder under author, title, or series.
University of California, Berkeley. Center for International and Development Economics Research papers
Unbounds in Current Periodicals, bound volumes in Book Stacks HD82 .W67
University of California, Berkeley. Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics Working Papers: #9, 1980 -
Cataloged individually: check Pathfinder under author, title, or series.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Economics Working Papers: 1993 -
Book Stacks HB1 .W68 (#8606, 1986 - )
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Economics. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance Working Papers
University of California, Berkeley. Energy Institute Working Papers
University of California, Berkeley. Haas School of Business.
University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Business and Economics Research. Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy
University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Business and Economic Research. Competition Policy Center papers
University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Industrial Relations Working Papers: #2, 1987-
University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Industrial Relations. Center for Culture, Organizations and Politics papers
University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Industrial Relations. Center for Labor Economics: Working Papers
University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Industrial Relations. Center for the Study of Childcare Employment papers
University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Urban and Regional Development Working Papers
University of California, Berkeley. Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics - Working Papers
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Berkeley Law and Economics Working Papers
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Economics Working Papers
University of California, Los Angeles. Western Science Management Institute Working Papers
Book Stacks HD30 .C25 1961-1990
University of California, San Diego. Department of Economics Discussion Papers
University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Economics Working Papers
Yale University. Economic Growth Center Papers
Book Stacks HC10 .Y3C4 (#1, 1962 - )