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Top 5% Economic Institutions, as of March 2008

h, where author has written h papers that have each been cited at least h times. For institutions or regions, h, where h authors have an HIndex of h or more, ties resolved by number of citations needed to reach next h


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RankInstitutionLocationScoreAuthors
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)512640295
2Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)London, United Kingdom309925244
3Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Bonn, Germany279553378
4Department of Economics, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)13151943
5World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)105294128
6CESifoMünchen, Germany8943498
7International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)81051151
8Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)7362240
9London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom73453127
10DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)Berlin, Germany65909104
11Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom64858116
12Department of Economics, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)6033633
13Department of Economics, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)5804837
14Department of Economics, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)5161627
15Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)5122835
16Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)4960934
(16)Economics Research, World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)4742135
17Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)4648228
18Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam, Netherlands4464255
19Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)4213858
20Tinbergen InstituutAmsterdam, Netherlands4187854
21Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)4130836
22Department of Economics, Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)4120632
23Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)4094334
24Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA)Rimini, Italy4033973
25Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)3931446
26Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)London, United Kingdom3797438
27Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)3791613
28European Central BankFrankfurt am Main, Germany3781784
29Economics Department, Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island (USA)3536232
30Faculty of Economics, University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom3310540
31Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands3299365
32Department of Economics, Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts (USA)3217643
33Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France3192369
(33)Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)3190421
34Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)3181930
(34)Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom3130738
35Department of Economics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)3124830
36Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale SupérieureParis, France3106255
37Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)3093322
38Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)3090320
39Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)Paris, France3081582
40Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)La Jolla, California (USA)3081233
41Department of Economics, University College London, University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom3029537
42Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD)Torino, Italy2980651
43Department of Economics, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)2964428
44CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands2960877
45Department of Economics, University of WarwickCoventry, United Kingdom2950157
46Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)2924817
47William Davidson Institute, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)2853723
48Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus UniversiteitRotterdam, Netherlands2816356
49Economics Department, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)2778627
(49)Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom2765343
50Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi BocconiMilano, Italy2587230
51Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-GesellschaftJena, Germany2551148
52Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland2475433
53Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin (USA)2471120
54Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)2436524
(54)Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France2436324
55Department of Economics, Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina (USA)2428329
56Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)2397230
57Department of Economics, University of TorontoToronto, Canada2297352
(57)Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)2270129
(57)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)2268627
58Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles, California (USA)2261732
59Department of Economics, University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut (USA)2257849
60Department of Economics, University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)2240619
61Department of Economics, Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel2227323
62Department of Economics, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)2170823
63United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)Maastricht, Netherlands2170138
64Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)2156029
65Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)2134812
66Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela, Spain2126821
67Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)2109118
68School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)2102514
69Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de MadridMadrid, Spain2091072
70Department of Economics, Washington UniversitySt. Louis, Missouri (USA)2065619
(70)Econometria, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela, Spain2041913
71Department of Economics, University of MarylandCollege Park, Maryland (USA)2041625
72Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I)Paris, France20333104
73Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash UniversityClayton, Australia1990648
74Graduate School of Business, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)1980020
75Department of Economics, European University InstituteFirenze, Italy1967442
76Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"Roma, Italy1962049
(76)Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)1956513
77Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)1937317
78Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany1911165
79Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)1901837
(79)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)1897219
80Brookings InstitutionWashington, District of Columbia (USA)1893612
81European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de BruxellesBruxelles, Belgium1881132
82Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)1879532
83Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätMünchen, Germany1872728
84Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona, Spain1853043
(84)Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland1817113
85Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands1808245
(85)Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)Paris, France1775838
86Economics Department, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)1747529
87Solvay Business School, Université Libre de BruxellesBruxelles, Belgium1682845
88Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)Fisciano, Italy1678827
89Economics Department, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan (USA)1661334
(89)Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)165937
90Handelshögskolan i StockholmStockholm, Sweden1658434
91Economics Department, Queen's UniversityKingston, Canada1642747
(91)Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Business School, Université Libre de BruxellesBruxelles, Belgium1637344
92Department of Economics, Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa (USA)1628735
(92)Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom1622624
93Universidad del CEMABuenos Aires, Argentina1621630
94Department of Economics, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (USA)1619011
95Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia1614949
96Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. GallenSankt Gallen, Switzerland1605333
97School of Economics, University of NottinghamNottingham, United Kingdom1600934
98Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of EssexColchester, United Kingdom1596728
(98)Finance Department, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)1562421
99Economics Department, University of California-DavisDavis, California (USA)1548025
100Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO)Montréal, Canada1539328
101Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)Santa Cruz, California (USA)1535814
102Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)Basel/Zürich, Switzerland153216
103Sveriges RiksbankStockholm, Sweden1516520
104IESE Business School, Universidad de NavarraPamplona, Spain150009
105School of Management, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)1495513
106Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of YorkYork, United Kingdom1492324
107Economics Department, Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire (USA)1483612
108Laboratoire d'Économie et de Gestion (LEG), Université de BourgogneDijon, France1477522
(108)Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)1474810
109Department of Economics, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada1454622
110Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit GroningenGroningen, Netherlands1452133
111Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium1444539
112Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)Stockholm, Sweden1428422
113Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands1412945
(113)Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)140107
(113)Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)1398613
114Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaBologna, Italy1386648
115Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)1386114
116Resources for the Future (RFF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)1382927
117Department of Economics, Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee (USA)1365423
118Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of DublinDublin, Ireland1363618
(118)Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France1361431
118Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France1361431
120Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenLeuven, Belgium1360959
121Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit GentGent, Belgium1358020
122Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaPisa, Italy1356728
(122)Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom1352722
123Geary Institute, University College DublinDublin, Ireland134917
(123)Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany1331740
(123)Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia1322436
124Department of Economics, University of ColoradoBoulder, Colorado (USA)1309920
125Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)1309516
126College of Business, Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona (USA)1306914
127Banco de la Republica de ColombiaBogotá, Colombia1306544
128Bank of CanadaOttawa, Canada1287546
(128)Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam, Netherlands1283615
129Faculty of Business, Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia1275317
130Department of Economics, Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York (USA)1269924
(130)Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)126403
(130)Längschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP), DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)Berlin, Germany1262724
131Waikato Management School, University of WaikatoHamilton, New Zealand1258221
132Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ)Montréal, Canada1251819
(132)Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)124675
(132)Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona (USA)1245112
(132)School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia1230816
133Cambridge Finance, University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom122417
134Collegio Carlo AlbertoMoncalieri, Italy1219542
(134)Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)121057
135School of Finance and Economics, University of TechnologySydney, Australia1208428
136Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Israel1197213
137Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)Barcelona, Spain119679
138American Bar Foundation (ABF)Chicago, Illinois (USA)119433
139Banca d'ItaliaRoma, Italy1192359
(139)Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands1189325
140École d'Économie de ParisParis, France1187440
(140)Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)117523
(140)Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)1162620
141Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)116026
142Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA)Madrid, Spain1155321
143Economics, University of ManchesterManchester, United Kingdom1155222
144Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National UniversityCanberra, Australia1155021
145Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di MilanoMilano, Italy1151759
146Department of Economics, University of GlasgowGlasgow, United Kingdom1149929
147Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium1146535
148Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-UniversitätLinz, Austria1145122
149School of Economics, University of QueenslandBrisbane, Australia1140537
(149)Policy Research Department, World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)113888
(149)Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands113356
150Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)Santa Barbara, California (USA)1131313
151Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)1130812
152Department of Economics, University of Western OntarioLondon, Canada1119128
(152)Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)111178
153Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-UniversitätBonn, Germany1107026
(153)Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus UniversiteitRotterdam, Netherlands1105217
154Economics Department, University of EssexColchester, United Kingdom1101528
(154)Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom1094318
155Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)1093316
156Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM)Marseille, France1092031
157Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi BocconiMilano, Italy1090715
158School of Management & Languages, Heriot-Watt UniversityEdinburgh, United Kingdom1080311
159Department of Economics, University of California-IrvineIrvine, California (USA)1077817
160de Nederlandsche BankAmsterdam, Netherlands1077627
161Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität HannoverHannover, Germany1063036
162Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of LondonEgham, United Kingdom1054927
163Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)Dublin, Ireland1054018
164Department of Economics, McMaster UniversityHamilton, Canada1052134
165Département d'Économique, Université LavalQuébec, Canada1046918
166Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of DublinDublin, Ireland1045912
167Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the NetherlandsDen Haag, Netherlands1045424
168Business School, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand1032811
169Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala UniversitetUppsala, Sweden1025142
170Department of Economics, McGill UniversityMontréal, Canada1017027
171Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasBarcelona, Spain1015318
172Economics Department, Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia (USA)1008924
173Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM)Milano, Italy1005327
174Deutsche BundesbankFrankfurt, Germany1000133
175Økonomisk Institut, Københavns UniversitetKøbenhavn, Denmark999525
176Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia (USA)997318
(176)Department of Economics, Business School, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand98929
(176)Economics Department, School of Management & Languages, Heriot-Watt UniversityEdinburgh, United Kingdom98878
177Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de LisboaLisboa, Portugal979654
178Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Université Libre de BruxellesBruxelles, Belgium977826
179Handelshøjskolen i ÅrhusAarhus, Denmark971228
180Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Kungliga Tekniska HögskolanStockholm, Sweden968115
181Faculty of Economics, University of TokyoTokyo, Japan965418
182Copenhagen Business SchoolKøbenhavn, Denmark962216
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