| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Institution |
1 | 1.2 | [1] | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington | 2 | 1.94 | [2] | World Bank Group, Washington | 3 | 2.67 | [3] | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington | (4) | 4.45 | [3] | Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington | 4 | 4.56 | [4] | Brookings Institution, Washington | (5) | 5.67 | [4] | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington | (5) | 7.75 | [5] | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington | 5 | 7.76 | [5] | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington | 6 | 9.12 | [6] | Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington | 7 | 11.44 | [7] | Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington | (8) | 11.53 | [6] | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group, Washington | 8 | 12.12 | [8] | Department of Economics, George Washington University, Washington | (9) | 14.04 | [8] | Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section, Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington | (9) | 14.65 | [8] | Policy Research Department, World Bank Group, Washington | (9) | 14.78 | [8] | Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank Group, Washington | 9 | 15.65 | [9] | Department of Commerce, Government of the United States, Washington | (10) | 16.11 | [9] | International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), World Bank Group, Washington | 10 | 18.26 | [11] | Inter-American Development Bank, Washington | 11 | 18.36 | [10] | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Washington | (12) | 20.66 | [12] | Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, Brookings Institution, Washington | 12 | 20.7 | [13] | Urban Institute, Washington | 13 | 21.33 | [12] | Center for Global Development (CGD), Washington | (14) | 21.77 | [13] | Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Government of the United States, Washington | 14 | 22.22 | [14] | Cato Institute, Washington | (15) | 22.9 | [14] | IMF Institute, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington | (15) | 23.08 | [13] | Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Government of the United States, Washington | (15) | 26.01 | [14] | Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, Government of the United States, Washington | 15 | 28.93 | [17] | Department of Economics, American University, Washington | 16 | 29.51 | [18] | Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington |
| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.84 | [1] | Ben S. Bernanke | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 2. | 2.64 | [2] | Raghuram G. Rajan | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 3. | 3.47 | [4] | George A. Akerlof | Brookings Institution, Washington Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington |
| 4. | 4.05 | [5] | Allen N. Berger | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 5. | 4.87 | [3] | Martin Ravallion | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 6. | 6.73 | [6] | Asli Demirguc-Kunt | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 7. | 7.21 | [7] | Shang-Jin Wei | Brookings Institution, Washington International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 8. | 10.23 | [10] | Andrew Theo Levin | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 9. | 10.55 | [9] | Steven N. Durlauf | Brookings Institution, Washington Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, Brookings Institution, Washington |
| 10. | 10.65 | [8] | John List | Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington |
| 11. | 13.28 | [15] | Graciela Laura Kaminsky | Department of Economics, George Washington University, Washington |
| 12. | 14.29 | [14] | Vernon L. Smith | Cato Institute, Washington |
| 13. | 15.01 | [18] | Michael Kremer | Brookings Institution, Washington Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington |
| 14. | 15.38 | [11] | Stijn Claessens | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 15. | 15.55 | [13] | Thorsten Beck | World Bank Group, Washington Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 16. | 15.61 | [16] | Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 17. | 15.74 | [17] | John H. Rogers | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 18. | 16.04 | [19] | Simeon Djankov | World Bank Group, Washington |
| 19. | 17.31 | [20] | Robert P. Flood | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 20. | 18.1 | [12] | David Dollar | Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank Group, Washington Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group, Washington World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 21. | 18.69 | [21] | Tamim A Bayoumi | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 22. | 22.8 | [22] | Lant Pritchett | World Bank Group, Washington Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 23. | 23.43 | [24] | Aart Kraay | World Bank Group, Washington Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 24. | 23.47 | [23] | François J. Bourguignon | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 25. | 24.18 | [25] | Paolo Mauro | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 26. | 26.29 | [26] | Michael Keen | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington IMF Institute, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 27. | 27.88 | [31] | Warwick J. McKibbin | Brookings Institution, Washington Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington |
| 28. | 30.15 | [32] | Harry J. Holzer | Urban Institute, Washington Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 29. | 31.67 | [30] | Martin Evans | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 30. | 32.01 | [27] | Olivier Jeanne | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 31. | 32.51 | [28] | Andrew M. Warner | Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Government of the United States, Washington |
| 32. | 34.19 | [33] | Matthew Buford Canzoneri | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 33. | 35.31 | [42] | Kym Anderson | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 34. | 35.36 | [41] | Marcus H Miller | Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington |
| 35. | 35.7 | [34] | Christopher John Erceg | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 36. | 35.75 | [35] | Luc Laeven | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 37. | 35.77 | [37] | Hali Edison | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 38. | 37.21 | [43] | Neil R. Ericsson | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 39. | 37.63 | [38] | Branko Milanovic | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 40. | 37.96 | [36] | Enrica Detragiache | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 41. | 38.31 | [39] | Sergio Luis Schmukler | World Bank Group, Washington Policy Research Department, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 42. | 38.43 | [40] | Timothy H. Hannan | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 43. | 39.72 | [46] | John M. Roberts | Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section, Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 44. | 40.11 | [29] | David Malin Roodman | Center for Global Development (CGD), Washington |
| 45. | 41.24 | [44] | J. Bradford Jensen | Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 46. | 42.16 | [54] | Lixin Colin Xu | World Bank Group, Washington |
| 47. | 43.08 | [45] | Arvind Subramanian | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington Center for Global Development (CGD), Washington |
| 48. | 43.79 | [52] | Ian Parry | Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington |
| 49. | 44.77 | [49] | Brent Richard Moulton | Department of Commerce, Government of the United States, Washington Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, Government of the United States, Washington |
| 50. | 45.79 | [48] | Keith E. Maskus | Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington |
| 51. | 45.95 | [51] | H. Peyton Young | Brookings Institution, Washington |
| 52. | 46.07 | [47] | David Theodore Coe | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 53. | 48.55 | [55] | Mark Huggett | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 54. | 49.14 | [53] | Eduardo Levy Yeyati | World Bank Group, Washington International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), World Bank Group, Washington |
| 55. | 50.2 | [57] | Gary Burtless | Brookings Institution, Washington |
| 56. | 50.21 | [60] | Donald O. Parsons | Department of Economics, George Washington University, Washington |
| 57. | 52.95 | [50] | Stefano Scarpetta | World Bank Group, Washington |
| 58. | 53.03 | [58] | Steven A. Sharpe | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 59. | 53.86 | [61] | Adam Wagstaff | World Bank Group, Washington Policy Research Department, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 60. | 54.31 | [56] | Daniel Kaufmann | World Bank Group, Washington World Bank Institute, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 61. | 55.43 | [59] | Jon Faust | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 62. | 55.58 | [62] | Robert Norman Stavins | Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington |
| 63. | 59.08 | [67] | Clifford M. Winston | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington Brookings Institution, Washington |
| 64. | 62.47 | [63] | Jonathan Heathcote | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 65. | 64.98 | [68] | James Albrecht | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 66. | 66.27 | [64] | Ayhan Kose | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 67. | 67.08 | [76] | Roger Lagunoff | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 68. | 67.48 | [66] | Ugo Panizza | Inter-American Development Bank, Washington |
| 69. | 67.91 | [90] | Taye Mengistae | World Bank Group, Washington |
| 70. | 69.91 | [65] | Nicoletta Batini | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 71. | 70.67 | [69] | Stephen D. Oliner | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 72. | 71.04 | [73] | Arik Levinson | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 73. | 71.19 | [72] | William F. Maloney | World Bank Group, Washington International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), World Bank Group, Washington |
| 74. | 71.88 | [71] | Douglas Laxton | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 75. | 72.18 | [70] | Jinill Kim | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 76. | 76.39 | [84] | Robert W. Hahn | AEI-Brookings Joint Institute for Regulatory Studies, Washington |
| 77. | 77.32 | [78] | Michael T Kiley | Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section, Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 78. | 77.52 | [74] | Thomas Laubach | Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section, Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 79. | 78.19 | [75] | Luca Antonio Ricci | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 80. | 78.38 | [79] | Susan Vroman | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 81. | 78.56 | [81] | Pravin Krishna | International Economics Department, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington |
| 82. | 80.13 | [77] | Cesar A. Calderon | World Bank Group, Washington |
| 83. | 80.87 | [82] | Prakash Loungani | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 84. | 83.32 | [85] | David Joulfaian | Department of the Treasury, Government of the United States, Washington |
| 85. | 83.55 | [80] | George Clarke | World Bank Group, Washington Policy Research Department, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 86. | 84.13 | [83] | Heng-Fu Zou | World Bank Group, Washington International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), World Bank Group, Washington |
| 87. | 84.63 | [88] | Giovanni Dell'ariccia | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 88. | 85.31 | [89] | Antonio Spilimbergo | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 89. | 86.68 | [98] | Luca Anderlini | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 90. | 87.03 | [87] | Michael Lokshin | World Bank Group, Washington Policy Research Department, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 91. | 87.72 | [86] | Robert Cull | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 92. | 90.09 | [92] | Jonathan David Ostry | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 93. | 90.57 | [91] | Martha Starr | Department of Economics, American University, Washington |
| 94. | 92.02 | [101] | Anwar Shah | World Bank Group, Washington |
| 95. | 94 | [95] | Sam Ouliaris | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 96. | 94.39 | [117] | George L. Perry | Brookings Institution, Washington |
| 97. | 95 | [94] | Paul Cashin | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 98. | 95.67 | [93] | Robert John Vigfusson | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 99. | 95.99 | [97] | Michael McCracken | Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section, Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 100. | 97.26 | [96] | Alexander W. Hoffmaister | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 101. | 97.49 | [99] | Karen Palmer | Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington |
| 102. | 97.52 | [102] | Jaewoo Lee | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 103. | 98.31 | [100] | Robert J. Tetlow | Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section, Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 104. | 98.73 | [103] | Alberto Chong | Inter-American Development Bank, Washington |
| 105. | 101.99 | [107] | Adam Simon Posen | Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington |
| 106. | 102.25 | [108] | Peter Frederik Lanjouw | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 107. | 103.71 | [129] | Magda ElSayed Kandil | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 108. | 104.56 | [106] | R. Gaston Gelos | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 109. | 106.17 | [104] | Hamid Faruqee | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 110. | 106.47 | [110] | Bruce Fallick | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
| 111. | 107.41 | [121] | Marcus Noland | Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington |
| 112. | 108.9 | [112] | David McKenzie | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 113. | 109.33 | [109] | Shenggen Fan | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Washington |
| 114. | 110.92 | [141] | Charles E. McLure, Jr. | International Tax and Investment Center, Washington |
| 115. | 111.24 | [113] | Eduardo Ley | World Bank Group, Washington |
| 116. | 111.46 | [105] | Harry Anthony Patrinos | World Bank Group, Washington |
| 117. | 111.56 | [111] | Xiaobo Zhang | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Washington |
| 118. | 111.86 | [120] | Dominique van de Walle | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 119. | 113.74 | [115] | Richard G. Newell | Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington |
| 120. | 116.14 | [114] | Frédéric Docquier | World Bank Group, Washington Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
| 121. | 116.87 | [126] | Tito Cordella | World Bank Group, Washington |
| 122. | 118.47 | [116] | Andrew Gouinlock Berg | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
| 123. | 118.55 | [118] | Atish Ghosh | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |