Marc-Andreas Muendler Resources for economists JavaScript recommended

elit2bib _(written together with Tiago Ribeiro)

elit2bib transforms your EconLit downloads into BibTeX files
elit2bib gets references ready for your LaTeX2e or TeX documents immediately
elit2bib (for EconLit downloads through WebSpirs or Silverplatter)

• Script [zip 13k] (Perl 5 script)
  • the present version 1.2.5 of elit2bib is for webspirs/econlit downloads since january 2003.
    (webspirs changed the structure of search results in november 2002 and january 2003.)
    version 1.2.5 incorporates minor changes to working paper search results in 2007.
• Documentation [pdf 267k]
• Sample files
  • an economist's bibtex styles [zip 39k]
  • latex document to check your bibtex files [tex 1k]
  • sample webspirs/econlit files (mcfadden.dat, obstfeld.dat, shapiro.dat, bib-view.pdf) [zip 418k]
• ActivePerl for Linux, Solaris, and Windows (free)
  • more on Perl
• Older versions (Perl 5 scripts)
  • version 1.2.4 for webspirs/econlit downloads since early january 2003, but excluding working-paper adjustments
    • script [zip 12k]
  • version 1.1.4 for webspirs/econlit downloads until early january 2003
    • script [zip 12k]
    • documentation of version 1.1.4 [pdf 322k]
    • sample webspirs/econlit files for version 1.1.4 (mcfadden.dat and shapiro.dat) [zip 177k]
  • version 1.0.1 for webspirs/econlit downloads before november 2002
    • script [zip 10k]
    • documentation of version 1.0.1 [pdf 209k]
    • sample webspirs/econlit files for version 1.0.1 (mcfadden.cgi and shapiro.cgi) [zip 126k]

est2tex for Stata

The package est2tex creates LaTeX tables from Stata estimation results. The tables can be edited in Stata and loaded directly into LaTeX with the command \input{table.tex}.

• More on est2tex
• You can download the Stata commands and a sample document in a zip file [zip 52k]
• To install the according .ado files directly, you can use the command
  . net from http://econ.ucsd.edu/muendler/download/stata/
  within Stata.

matsave for Stata

The package matsave contains the commands matsave and matload. These commands save Stata matrices to disk and load matrices from disk to memory.

• More on matsave
• You can download the Stata commands in a zip file [zip 5k]
• To install the according .ado files directly, you can use the command
  . net from http://econ.ucsd.edu/muendler/download/stata/
  within Stata.

other resources on this web site

• Resources for research on brazil
• Links for the global economist
• Links to online journals

Last modified: December 31, 2007. © February 1999 and January 2003. All rights reserved.