Library Guides: Agricultural and Resource Economics: Get Started

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New Library Resources

Carbon Pulse
Carbon Pulse is an online, subscription-based B2B service dedicated to providing in-depth news and intelligence about carbon pricing initiatives and climate change policies around the world. Requires registration with Carbon Pulse, and the completion of this form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10SSK7VnizRtA6i-EZxF2sOMyNOgEs-zzZXi2osYq694/edit?ts=66db2645
The subscription is available to all current UC Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and researchers. You should receive an email from Carbon-Pulse within 10 days notifying you that you’re subscribed.
*If you have any questions, please email Ayuko Picot, ayukopicot@berkeley.edu, at the Center for Environmental Public Policy.

Climate Impact Data via ISS ESG
Company derived metrics and benchmarks by geographical and sector classifications. Includes short and long term physical risk, peer emissions intensity, and climate scenario budgets. Access to this dataset is via the WRDS platform. Request an account at the link above.

Consumer Pyramids Household Survey
* User registration and agreement with the terms of use is required before access is granted. Anonymized responses to a continuous survey of 178,500 households in India, covering demographics, religion, caste, migration, health, financial inclusion, employment, income, wealth, consumer sentiment, time use, consumer expenditure and more. 2014 - present
World's largest household panel survey, with three waves per year. Four components: People of India; Aspirational India; Income Pyramids; and Consumption Pyramids. Coverage is for large, medium and small towns and thousands of villages with geographic coverage at the state and district levels. Codebook with variable descriptions and the survey methodology is listed under the "how we do it" tab.
International Trade Centre Market Analysis Tools
Detailed monthly, quarterly, and annual trade data for 220 countries and territories covering 5300 products using the six digit Harmonized System (HS). [2001-present, varies by country, monthly, quarterly, and annually].
Note: Free individual account registered to a berkeley.edu email address required to create country and product groups, and to use Market Price Information tool.
Includes other related tools providing data on market access and investment, sustainability, market prices, export companies, trade competitiveness and more.

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