Library & Cultural Services: Economics: Industrial Economics. Competition. Energy & Natural Resources. ICT

Competition. Regulation

Body of Knowledge on Infrastructure Regulation
International project summarising best thinking on infrastructure policy. Provides links to more than 500 references, an extensive glossary and self-testing features to facilitate learning
OECD Product Market Regulation Statistics
Measures economy-wide regulatory and market environments in 30+ OECD countries in (or around) 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013, and for 20+ non-OECD countries in 2013. Comprises four datasets; i) Economy-wide regulation, ii) Sectoral Regulation - Professional services, iii) Sectoral Regulation - Energy, transport and communications and iv) Sectoral Regulation - Retail trade.
Antitrust Division - Department of Justice (US)
Bureau of Competition - Federal Trade Commission (US)
European Commission Competition Policy
Competition and Markets Authority (UK)

See also regulators for individual industries in the UK:
Communications    OFCOM
Gas & Electricity    OFGEM
Water                    OFWAT
Rail                       Office of Rail & Road

Energy. Natural Resources

See also the Environment subject guide for further resources and data

BP Energy Outlook
EnergyData.Info
New portal from World Bank to datasets relating to all aspects of energy in developing countries.
See also its Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) project collating indicators, laws & regulations worldwide
Energy Statistics Database
Energy Transitions Commission
Global coalition from across the energy landscape committed to achieving net-zero emissions by mid-century. Many useful publications available
Global Registry of Fossil Fuel Emissions & Reserves
The first open-source database of oil, gas and coal production and reserves globally, expressed in CO2-equivalent. By increasing transparency and accountability around fossil fuel production, the Registry aims to improve understanding of extraction impacts on the remaining carbon budget and ultimately to inform its management by decision makers
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Premier source of energy information for OECD and some other countries. Limited publications and statistics freely available on the IEA web page. Note that IEA data is no longer available through the UK Data Service. UKDS does have other datasets relating to environment & energy, some of the major ones are listed here - https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/find-data/browse/environment-and-energy/
UN Water
Numerous publications & statistics available. See also the World Bank Water website.
US Energy Information Administration
Offers some useful data & reports for countries around the world.
US Geological Survey Mineral Commodity Summaries
Detailed annual (1996-) reports from the USGS. Includes information on production and reserves of rare and strategic minerals around the world, as well as data visualisations.
Water Integrity Network
Water UK
Campaigns for good service & fair prices on behalf of customers, some useful publications available

Information and data about European gas supplies & prices can be obtained from various sources including:

Eurostat (prices & quantities)

Bruegel think tank has data on European gas imports

ENTSOG European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas has information & maps on the supply network

Industrial Economics. Productivity

EU KLEMS Growth & Productivity Accounts
Input, output & productivity data for EU countries and US, 1995-
Global Competitiveness Report (World Economic Forum)
2020 appears to be the most recent published
OECD Data - Industry
See also: Industrial production. Historical statistics (OECD) 1957/66-1960/75 HC 59.A1
UK Business Rates
UNIDO (UN Industrial Development Organisation)

Major source of publications & data
Datasets can be freely accessed, and include:
Industrial demand-supply balance (1990-)
Industrial statistics various options, including historical (1963-) data using 2 digit ISIC classification, and more recent data for a wider range of industries (using 3 & 4 digit ISIC classification)
Minstat (Mining & Utilities Statistics) 1995-
MVA (Manufacturing Value Added) 1990-

Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)

For resources relating to Artificial Intelligence see the Sociology Subject Guide

Digital Economy Report
Serial publication from UNCTAD, 2018- (formerly the Information Economy Report, 2005-2017)
Digital Europe
Publications & data for EU countries on digital policies. State of the Digital Decade report (2023) supersedes the Digital Economy & Society Index (DESI), 2014-2022
Geonet
Oxford Internet Institute project looking at economics of ICT in sub-Saharan Africa.
International Telecommunications Union ICT statistics
The ITU offers a data hub for comparative stats. It also has useful free publications, including annual Measuring the Information Society (2007-) which contains the ICT Development Index, and Global Cybersecurity Index (2014- published every few years)

Patents. Intellectual Property. Innovation

See the Business & Management Subject Guide for links to publications, analysis and data on Innovation in general

European Patent Office
See especially the Chief Economist section, for economic aspects. Patent data from European Patent Register and PATSTAT, and Espacenet for global data
OECD Intellectual Property Statistics & Analysis
Patent data (the OECD also has publications on patent economics)
United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
See especially the Economic Research section for links to relevant publications & data
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
WIPO is a UN agency and global forum for discussion of intellectual property issues. See especially the section Economics of IP (under Policy), and PATENTSCOPE for freely available patent data - https://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/