Newsgroups and listserv groups for economists

Newsgroups

Sci.econ newsgroup

This is an unmoderated newsgroup containing a discussion of topics that someone considers relevant to economics. Sometimes economic issues are discussed on this newsgroup, but it often just contains random outbursts....

Sci.econ.research newsgroup

This is a moderated newsgroup devoted to economic research related postings.

Comp.soft-sys.shazam newsgroup

Postings on this newsgroup are related to the use of the Shazam econometrics package.

Comp.soft-sys.sas newsgroup

Postings on this newsgroup are related to the use of the SAS statistical package.

Sci.finance.abstracts newsgroup

This newsgroup contains postings of abstracts of new working papers in finance related fields.

Sci.stat.edu newsgroup

This newsgroup is devoted to a discussion of topics related to statistics education.

Sci.stat.math newsgroup

Applied and theoretical statistical topics are discussed on this newsgroup.

Sci.op-research newsgroup

Operations research topics are discussed here.

Comp.text.tex newsgroup

A newsgroup devoted to the discussion of TeX, a typesetting language that is commonly used by mathematicians, statisticians, and economists because of its powerful ability to typeset mathematical equations.

Listservs:

Listing of all listserv groups

This is a good place to search for economics related listservs. A keyword search may be used to find appropriate lists.

Information about and archives from the Econometric Research listserv

A listserv devoted to topics related to econometric research.

NEP: New Papers in Economics

The NEP project is designed to disseminate information about new working papers in economics. The NEP group maintains a series of listservs in a variety of economic disciplines. Subscribers to these listservs receive e-mail notification of newly released working papers. Information about the NEP listservs and an archive of previous postings is available at this site.