Library 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 website
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

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
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, but full access to IEA datasets is through the UK Data Service (registration required to access data).
UK Water
Campaigns for good service & fair prices on behalf of customers, some useful publications available
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.
Water Integrity Network

Industrial Economics

Major source of publications & statistics
Databases include:
Industrial demand-supply balance (1990-) access also via UK Data Service
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). access also via UK Data Service
Minstat (Mining & Utilities Statistics) 1995-
MVA (Manufacturing Value Added) 1990-

World Economic Forum global competitiveness report

Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)

Digital Economy & Society Index (DESI)
Data for EU countries.
Geonet
Oxford Internet Institute project looking at economics of ICT in sub-Saharan Africa.
Global Information Technology Report
Annual report (2004-) from the World Economic Forum.
Information Economy Report
Annual publication from UNCTAD, 2005-
International Telecommunications Union ICT statistics
Also free publications, including annual Measuring the Information Society (2007-) which contains the ICT Development Index

Innovation

Global Innovation Index
Respected annual report (2007-) with data for 100+ economies. Cooperative effort between Cornell, WIPO & Insead

See also the Business Subject Guide links to publications, analysis and data on Innovation

Patents. Intellectual Property

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
Publications and patent data on OECD.stat (available through library subscription to OECDiLibrary)
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 WIPO Patentscope for patent data

Productivity

EU KLEMS Growth & Productivity Accounts
Input, output & productivity data for EU countries and US, 1995-