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Reference (330s)

The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics       R 330.03 En19g2
Encyclopedia of Political Economy                     R 330.03 En19o
The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics    R 330.3 P175di2
Dictionary of United States Economic History      R 330.973 OL8d
Encyclopedia of American Economic History       R 330.973 En19

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Some Economics Journals in Bailey Library*

 
American Economic Review
Arkansas Business and Economic Review
Bell Journal of Economics
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Econometrics Review
Economic History Review
Economic Journal
 
Economist
Harvard Business Review
History of Political Economy
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
International Economic Review
Journal of Business
Journal of Economic History
Journal of Economic Issues
Journal of Economic Literature
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Journal of Economic Surveys
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of Industrial Economics
Journal of Law and Economics
Journal of Monetary Economics
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Socio-Economics
Kyklos
Labor History
Monthly Labor Review
Policy Analysis
Public Policy
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Rand Journal of Economics
Review of Economic Studies
Review of Economics and Statistics
Southern Economic Journal

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