Links

Research | Housing (Regular, Unusual Links) | Economics Blogs | Games | Unusual Markets | Miscellaneous Learning Opportunities

Research

• JSTOR (Leading journals in Economics, Political Science and Sociology)
• National Bureau Of Economic Research
• SSRN
• Databases & E-Journals: Real Estate: MIT Libraries
• Goffe's Resources for Economists
• Clayton Research
• Case Shiller Weiss, Inc.
• NRCH- Homelessness Conference
• Research Service Provider Database (RSPD)- CMHC
• Useful RE Links- McCombs Sch of Business
• Real Estate Research Institute
• Urban Land Economics Division (UBC)
• Real Estate Economics - Internet Resources Index
• Real Estate Research Institute
• Urban Land Economics Division (UBC)
• Real Estate Economics - Internet Resources Index
• Welcome to Statistical Profile of Canadian Communities (Statistics Canada)

Journals and Academic Associations

• The Asian Real Estate Society
• European Real Estate Society
• Academic Press: publisher of journals such as the Journal of Urban Economics
• North-Holland: publisher of journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, amongst others.
• Appraisal Institute - The Appraisal Journal
• The North American Real Estate Review
• HPI October 99
• Canadian Housing Observer Introduction: Why Housing Matters
• 2004 Canadian Housing Observer
• Time Series Directory- CMHC

Unusual Housing Stuff

• Inman News Features
• CMHC-SCHL Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
• Links to Other Web sites (CMHC)
• Elite Designers against Ikea
• TD Bank's Comment on Cities
• University of Guelph Real Estate Management
• The Housing Bubble
• Housing bubble- real estate market articles and publications
• Vancouver Housing Market Blog
• Welcome to MPAC (Info on property taxation in Ontario)
• China Property Rights
• MIT OpenCourseWare- 15.021J Real Estate Economics, Spring 2004
• John McMahan
• Weblo.com - Mayors make money - House for sale
• Commercial Listing Service
• Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association
• GeoCities: Comments on Rent Control in Toronto
• CoStar- Your Source for Commercial Real Estate Information
• RealNet Canada Inc.
• Toronto Real Estate Board: mkt info??
• Toronto Stock Exchange- Market Information- REITs
• CIHI
• Literature on Hedonic Property Value Models

Economics Blogs

• The Becker-Posner Blog
• Freakonomics Blog
• Marginal Revolution
• Forbes.com: Best Economics Blogs
• Brad DeLong's Website
• Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal
• Paul Krugman's NYT column (not exactly an economics blog but pretty good reading)

Games, Strategic Situations and Game Theory

• Al Roth's Game Theory and Experimental Economics Page
• Paper, Scissors, Rock
• Game Theory.net - Resources for Learning and Teaching Strategy for Business and Life
• Game Theory .net - College lecture notes (course notes)
• SimCity
• MAXIS- Maker of SimCity
• Background Info on SimCity
• UrbanSim Home
• SimCity.com (Classic SimCity, free with registration)
• Mars Lander
• Poki Poker Online
• Games and Simulations at Nobelprize.org
• Two sites with games especially designed to make business classes more interesting:* or *

Unusual Markets

• Hollywood Stock Exchange
• Local Gas Prices
• eBay.com Real Estate Auctions
• Electricity Prices
• Sports eXchange
• Money Exchange
• Newsfutures.com
• Bordeaux Index (wine)
• Foresight Exchange
• Long Bets
• Goldman Sachs: Economic Derivatives
• CBOE - The Basics
• Market for Volatility- CBOE
• CO2e.com- Carbon Commerce, Emission Control, Carbon Credits, GHG Trading
• Chicago Climate Exchange
• Property auctions-buy any property for a $1!
• Weather Risk Market News
• Aalsmer (Holland) Flower Market
• Spectrum Exchange
• Market Design Inc.
• UBC Election Stock Market
• Iowa Electronic Markets
• Station Exchange: The Official Secure Marketplace for EverQuest II Players
• Intrade Trading Exchange
• Auctions (T.O. Police and T.T.C.)

Computational Analysis

• Web Site for Agent-Based Computational Economics
• Microsimulation Models (Statistics Canada)
• MATLAB Student Version
• CompEcon Toolbox: Fackler
• Econometrics Toolbox for MATLAB (esp. spatial econometrics)
• Distributed Computing: SETI, Search for Primes (including a $prize)
• Mathestate
• Computational Economic Modeling

Miscellaneous Learning Opportunities


• Complexity of Cooperation, Robert Axelrod
• Journal of Irreproducable Results which also sponsors the Ig-nobel Prizes, for "studies which cannot and should not be reproduced". You should also know about the Darwin Awards which "celebrate the theory of evolution by commemorating the remains of those who improved our gene pool by removing themselves from it in really stupid ways."
• Barton-Planner's Notebook
• Numerical Methods for Economics and Econometrics
• Numerical Methods for Economics and Econometrics
• CUTA - ACTU
• UIUC 452 Reading list
• The James Randi Educational Foundation Homepage
• WeDoNotLiveInIgloos.Com:: Stupid Americans

Created by Paul Anglin

Real Estate and Housing Program

University of Guelph

September 2005