Guides: Business: Economics working papers

Economics working papers

What is a working paper?

A working paper is a preliminary scientific or technical paper.

Authors release working papers to share ideas about a topic or get feedback before submitting to a peer reviewed or academic journal. They are often the basis for related works and may be cited by peer-review papers themselves.

Working papers are important because they often contain the latest data on what is happening (and being written about) in the industry right now.

Indices for working papers

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Papers
Papers include research on economic aspects related to various topics including age groups, economic development, health, industry, law, international business and public economics.
RePEc
Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 75 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in Economics and related sciences.
The heart of the project is a decentralised bibliographic database of working papers, journal articles, books, book chapters and software components.
Reserve Bank of Australia - Research Discussion Papers
The Research Discussion Paper (RDP) series makes the results of current economic research within the Reserve Bank of Australia available for discussion and comment.
SSRN - Economics Research Network
Hosts research paper series (RPS) for academic and other research organisations.
UOW School of Accounting, Economics and Finance working paper series
The Working Paper Series disseminates current research by members, visitors and students of the University of Wollongong (UOW) School of Accounting Economics and Finance to a wider academic audience.
World Bank Working Papers
The World Bank is the largest single source of development knowledge. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products.