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Top 5% Economic Institutions, as of September 2008

Number of Works


This ranking is based on 3917 institutions with 17707 registered authors.
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RankInstitutionLocationScoreAuthors
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)23130321
2Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Bonn, Germany18527414
3Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)London, United Kingdom17673260
4CESifoMünchen, Germany6406104
5World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)5385191
6London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom4433135
7Department of Economics, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)411444
8International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)4034162
9Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom3684119
(9)Economics Research, World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)3664101
10Tinbergen InstituutAmsterdam, Netherlands354557
11DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)Berlin, Germany3460112
12Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA)Rimini, Italy335091
13Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)324240
14Department of Economics, Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa (USA)320036
15Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam, Netherlands318454
16ECORELouvain/Bruxelles, Belgium299586
17Department of Economics, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)292836
18CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands287497
19Department of Economics, University of WarwickCoventry, United Kingdom271062
20Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)250439
21Department of Economics, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)242842
22Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France239078
23Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)229040
24Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale SupérieureParis, France225758
25Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)214328
26Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)213847
(26)Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), ECORELouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium207354
27Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)207034
28Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)London, United Kingdom206742
29Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands205669
(29)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)200031
30Department of Economics, University College London (UCL), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom198242
31Paris School of EconomicsParis, France193678
32Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I)Paris, France1928104
33Department of Economics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)189034
34Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)186518
(34)Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom184140
35Economics Department, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)180630
36Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus UniversiteitRotterdam, Netherlands178763
37Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)174537
38Economics Department, Queen's UniversityKingston, Canada174349
39European Central BankFrankfurt am Main, Germany174288
40Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)173762
41Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles, California (USA)171537
42Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)168528
43Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia165952
44Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands164052
45Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)163963
(45)Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)162458
46Department of Economics, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)160828
47Department of Economics, Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts (USA)160442
48Department of Economics, University of TorontoToronto, Canada160153
(48)Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France159924
49Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD)Torino, Italy159452
50Faculty of Economics, University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom156442
51Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)155940
52Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-GesellschaftJena, Germany154855
53Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)153838
54Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa (USA)152612
(54)Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam, Netherlands152317
55Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)La Jolla, California (USA)150734
56Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)150533
56Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)Paris, France150594
(57)Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom149544
58Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)146021
59Department of Economics, European University InstituteFirenze, Italy145543
60Department of Economics, Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)145031
61Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de MadridMadrid, Spain142872
(61)Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia141138
62Department of Economics, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)140332
63Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO)Montréal, Canada139330
64Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands137053
65Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash UniversityClayton, Australia136153
(65)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)134823
66Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland134738
67School of Economics, University of NottinghamNottingham, United Kingdom134240
68Department of Economics, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)132126
69Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France131936
(69)Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France131035
(69)Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)129521
70Geary Institute, University College DublinDublin, Ireland128420
71United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)Maastricht, Netherlands127943
72Department of Economics, Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee (USA)127522
73William Davidson Institute, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)126523
74Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin (USA)125422
75Department of Economics, Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina (USA)124632
76Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi BocconiMilano, Italy122630
77Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätMünchen, Germany121026
77Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaBologna, Italy121053
79Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"Roma, Italy120952
80Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM)Marseille, France120736
81Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany120568
82Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)119236
83Economics Department, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)117434
84Economics Department, Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island (USA)117332
85Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)116119
86Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)Wien, Austria115031
87Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of YorkYork, United Kingdom114727
88Department of Economics, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada112626
89Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit GroningenGroningen, Netherlands112535
90Department of Economics, University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)112321
91Department of Economics, Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel112125
92Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona, Spain111942
(92)Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands111730
93Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National UniversityCanberra, Australia110430
94Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)Santa Cruz, California (USA)109914
(94)Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)108131
94Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenLeuven, Belgium108164
96Department of Economics, University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut (USA)107650
96Economics Department, University of California-DavisDavis, California (USA)107626
98Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de MontréalMontréal, Canada106817
99Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)106627
100Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)Stockholm, Sweden103930
101Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ)Montréal, Canada103820
102Economics Department, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan (USA)103536
103Collegio Carlo AlbertoMoncalieri, Italy102049
(103)European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), ECOREBruxelles, Belgium101934
104Department of Economics, Washington UniversitySt. Louis, Missouri (USA)101519
104Department of Economics, University of MarylandCollege Park, Maryland (USA)101529
106Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. GallenSankt Gallen, Switzerland100832
107School of Economics, University of QueenslandBrisbane, Australia99738
108School of Management, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)99416
109Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)97413
110Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Israel96913
111Department of Economics, McGill UniversityMontréal, Canada94027
112Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala UniversitetUppsala, Sweden93943
113Department of Economics, McMaster UniversityHamilton, Canada93830
114Banco de la Republica de ColombiaBogotá, Colombia91045
115Handelshögskolan i StockholmStockholm, Sweden90436
116Department of Economics, University of GlasgowGlasgow, United Kingdom90230
116Resources for the Future (RFF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)90225
118Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)90122
119International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)89938
120Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)Dublin, Ireland89024
(120)Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland88714
121School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)87614
122Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium87139
123Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-UniversitätBonn, Germany86730
124Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA)Madrid, Spain85524
125Department of Economics, University of California-IrvineIrvine, California (USA)84818
126Brookings InstitutionWashington, District of Columbia (USA)83216
126Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)Santa Barbara, California (USA)83213
(127)Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany82743
128School of Economics, University College DublinDublin, Ireland82322
129Department of Economics, University of Western OntarioLondon, Canada82230
130Cardiff Business School, Cardiff UniversityCardiff, United Kingdom82129
131Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)81718
(131)Finance Department, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)80119
(131)Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)79714
132RANDSanta Monica, California (USA)79120
133Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of EssexColchester, United Kingdom79028
134Department of Economics, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (USA)78712
135School of Finance and Economics, University of TechnologySydney, Australia78337
(135)Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)78113
(135)Längschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP), DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)Berlin, Germany77826
136International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesGenève, Switzerland77622
136Sveriges RiksbankStockholm, Sweden77624
138Department of Economics, University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington (USA)77213
139Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di MilanoMilano, Italy76360
140Economics, University of ManchesterManchester, United Kingdom75924
141Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of LondonEgham, United Kingdom75427
(141)Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom74824
142Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i OsloOslo, Norway74719
(142)Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom74523
143Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)73715
144Département d'Économique, Université LavalQuébec, Canada73019
145Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)Fisciano, Italy72629
146Economics Department, University of EssexColchester, United Kingdom71725
147Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)Kiel, Germany71323
147Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)Basel/Zürich, Switzerland7137
149Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)71215
(149)Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenLeuven, Belgium71033
(149)Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium70631
149Department of Economics, University of CalgaryCalgary, Canada70628
151Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE)Montréal/Québec, Canada70120
152Facultat d'Económiques, Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain69943
153Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)69814
(153)Groupe de Recherche en Économie Mathématique et Quantitative (GREMAQ), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France69435
154Economics Department, Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia (USA)69223
154Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-UniversitätLinz, Austria69222
156Australian School of Business, University of New South WalesSydney, Australia68334
(156)Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus UniversiteitRotterdam, Netherlands67719
157SOM Research School, Rijksuniversiteit GroningenGroningen, Netherlands67021
158Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application (THEMA), Université de Cergy-PontoiseCergy-Pontoise, France66932
159Handelshøjskolen i ÅrhusAarhus, Denmark66632
160Faculty of Economics, University of TokyoTokyo, Japan66417
161Department of Economics, Leicester UniversityLeicester, United Kingdom66228
162Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)65916
163Department of Economics, Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, Canada65829
164Økonomisk Institut, Københavns UniversitetKøbenhavn, Denmark65426
164Banca d'ItaliaRoma, Italy65464
166Bank of EnglandLondon, United Kingdom65333
167School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolBristol, United Kingdom64717
168Department of Economics, Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York (USA)64522
(168)Maastricht research school of Economics of TEchnology and ORganizations (METEOR), Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands64520
169Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), University of BristolBristol, United Kingdom64413
170Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)Montréal, Canada64329
171École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de LausanneLausanne, Switzerland64020
171Faculty of Business, Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia64020
171Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis", Università degli Studi di TorinoTorino, Italy64028
174Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaPisa, Italy63929
174Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan (USA)63921
(175)Economics Section, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff UniversityCardiff, United Kingdom63824
(175)Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)6378
176Department of Economics, Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts (USA)63017
177Department of Economics, University of ColoradoBoulder, Colorado (USA)62918
(177)Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)62913
(177)School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia62819
177Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia (USA)62819
179Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasBarcelona, Spain62722
179Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of SwedenStockholm, Sweden62720
(179)Institutet för Arbetsmarknadspolitisk Utvärdering (IFAU), Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of SwedenUppsala, Sweden62720
181Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of DublinDublin, Ireland62618
182Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel UniversityUxbridge, United Kingdom62115
183Federal Reserve Bank of ClevelandCleveland, Ohio (USA)61513
184Department of Economics, Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio (USA)61419
185Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain60925
186Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Venezia "Ca' Foscari"Venezia, Italy60646
187Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität HannoverHannover, Germany60536
(187)Laboratoire d'Économie des Ressources Naturelles (LERNA), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France60320
187Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), Aarhus UniversitetAarhus, Denmark60320
189Laboratoire d'Économétrie, École PolytechniqueParis, France60226
189Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and Economics Institute (CERGE-EI)Praha, Czech Republic60232
191Department of Economics, Bar Ilan UniversityRamat-Gan, Israel59612
191Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the NetherlandsDen Haag, Netherlands59627
193Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM)Milano, Italy59530
194Graduate School of Business, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)58822
195Federal Reserve Bank of AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia (USA)58716
196Department of Economics, University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)58618
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