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Top 5% Economic Institutions, as of May 2008


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RankInstitutionLocationScoreAuthors
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)69264.11305
2Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)London, United Kingdom31042.76248
3Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Bonn, Germany24051.5386
4Department of Economics, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)2057445
5Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)11118.3243
6Department of Economics, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)7712.2140
7Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)7431.0329
8Department of Economics, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)7348.5834
9Department of Economics, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)7318.1327
10London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom6962.9129
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)6762.2154
12Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)6548.2835
13World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)6447.37171
14Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom6226.36120
15CESifoMünchen, Germany6149.65100
16Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)5909.4237
17Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)5393.4835
18Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)4933.237
19Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)4842.860
20Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)London, United Kingdom4825.8440
21Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)4666.8114
22Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)4607.9720
23Department of Economics, Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts (USA)4527.0843
24Department of Economics, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)4466.330
25Department of Economics, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)4222.0925
26Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)La Jolla, California (USA)4153.734
(26)Economics Research, World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)4085.5586
27Department of Economics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)4006.5230
28Economics Department, Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island (USA)4001.1433
29Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)3958.622
30Department of Economics, University College London, University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom3893.2339
(30)Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)3780.5721
(30)Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom3623.1543
31Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)3595.946
(31)Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom3535.0538
32Tinbergen InstituutAmsterdam, Netherlands3452.5356
33Department of Economics, University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)3124.5320
34Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles, California (USA)3102.3533
35Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)3030.8117
(35)Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)2994.7613
36Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands2976.4166
37Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)2937.4131
38Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale SupérieureParis, France2856.8954
39Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)2848.0213
40Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin (USA)2843.4319
41Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)2806.8929
42European Central BankFrankfurt am Main, Germany2790.287
43Department of Economics, University of WarwickCoventry, United Kingdom2765.459
44Department of Economics, University of MarylandCollege Park, Maryland (USA)2735.3226
45Economics Department, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)2706.427
46Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)2705.9417
47Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)2695.1218
48Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)2668.9517
49Department of Economics, Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina (USA)2617.0930
50Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA)Rimini, Italy2598.0576
51Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)2569.6361
52Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France2562.9768
53Graduate School of Business, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)2552.0122
54Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi BocconiMilano, Italy2516.0230
(54)Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)2430.7956
55Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)2390.6425
(55)Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France2355.5324
56Department of Economics, Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel2324.9223
(56)Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom2231.5725
(56)Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)2229.8510
57Faculty of Economics, University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom2172.2140
58Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland2102.5634
(58)Finance Department, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)2008.8721
59Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)Barcelona, Spain2002.639
60Department of Economics, Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)2002.1732
61College of Business, Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona (USA)1999.4614
(61)Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona (USA)1950.6812
62Geary Institute, University College DublinDublin, Ireland1908.497
63Economics Department, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)1904.2230
64School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)1881.8714
65Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona, Spain1881.6943
(65)Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)1848.3431
(65)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)1831.4320
66American Bar Foundation (ABF)Chicago, Illinois (USA)1824.213
67Department of Economics, University of TorontoToronto, Canada1818.2352
(67)Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)1816.477
68Department of Economics, European University InstituteFirenze, Italy1794.4242
(68)Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland1793.0213
69Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Israel1790.5113
70Department of Economics, Washington UniversitySt. Louis, Missouri (USA)1746.7219
71CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands1739.279
72DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)Berlin, Germany1728.52107
73Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)1725.7615
(73)ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)London, United Kingdom1724.117
74Brookings InstitutionWashington, District of Columbia (USA)1718.4213
(74)Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands1681.746
75Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)1641.397
76European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de BruxellesBruxelles, Belgium1637.6933
(76)Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France1626.433
77Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France1626.433
78Paris School of EconomicsParis, France1583.0369
79Department of Economics, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada1553.6723
(79)Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)1545.3510
80Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)Santa Barbara, California (USA)1539.8913
81Department of Economics, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (USA)1538.8111
82Economics Department, Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire (USA)1519.6512
83Economics Department, University of California-DavisDavis, California (USA)1497.9925
84Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam, Netherlands1489.3554
(84)Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)1451.338
85School of Economics, University of NottinghamNottingham, United Kingdom1424.3236
86Sveriges RiksbankStockholm, Sweden1424.121
87Department of Economics, University of ColoradoBoulder, Colorado (USA)1414.8120
88Economics Department, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan (USA)1387.9234
89William Davidson Institute, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)1364.923
(89)Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)1345.213
90Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms UniversitetStockholm, Sweden1328.69
91Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de MadridMadrid, Spain1310.3472
92Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)Paris, France1294.2684
93Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD)Torino, Italy1293.9851
(93)Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)1293.35
(93)Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)1283.127
(93)Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)12164
94United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)Maastricht, Netherlands1208.8840
95Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)1206.4330
96Economics Department, Queen's UniversityKingston, Canada1194.1447
(96)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)1188.2227
97Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of YorkYork, United Kingdom1162.329
98Department of Economics, Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee (USA)1158.7123
99Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire (USA)1126.222
(99)Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)1093.491
(99)George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)1093.491
(99)Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)1082.4910
100Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands1071.8850
101Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)Santa Cruz, California (USA)1070.7714
102Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)1064.0734
103Sauder School of Business, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada1059.2217
104Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)Madrid, Spain1056.413
(104)Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada1056.2614
105Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium1047.2644
(105)Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom1042.2222
106Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I)Paris, France1030.5106
107Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-GesellschaftJena, Germany1023.1151
108Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)1021.266
109Department of Economics, Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York (USA)1019.3322
110International Business School, Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts (USA)1017.1514
111Handelshögskolan i StockholmStockholm, Sweden1015.8635
112Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätMünchen, Germany1014.3328
113Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany1012.0465
114Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala UniversitetUppsala, Sweden1004.4342
115School of Economics, University College DublinDublin, Ireland988.919
(115)Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)966.835
(115)Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)957.747
116Economics Department, Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia (USA)952.4124
117Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of LondonEgham, United Kingdom931.9226
118Harris School of Public Policy, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)929.087
(118)Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)918.283
119School of Public Policy, University of MarylandCollege Park, Maryland (USA)910.932
(119)Economic Studies, Brookings InstitutionWashington, District of Columbia (USA)903.057
(119)Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)890.643
120Resources for the Future (RFF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)889.4826
121Cambridge Finance, University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom874.777
122Business School, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand873.2511
123Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"Roma, Italy872.5952
124Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)Roma, Italy870.549
125Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia868.7851
126Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)Fisciano, Italy857.9128
127Department of Economics, Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio (USA)856.2618
128Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland (USA)850.199
(128)Department of Economics, Business School, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand844.299
(128)Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom843.7718
(128)Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany842.8740
129Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus UniversiteitRotterdam, Netherlands841.5257
130Department of Economics, University of California-IrvineIrvine, California (USA)839.6817
131Centro de Análisis y Estudios Ríos Pérez (CAERP)Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain838.866
132London Business School (LBS), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom832.6114
(132)Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)Paris, France831.2138
133RANDSanta Monica, California (USA)812.9817
134Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)Basel/Zürich, Switzerland804.86
(134)Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)798.973
(134)Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia796.0837
(134)Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands792.9327
135Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. GallenSankt Gallen, Switzerland790.4833
136Department of Economics, University of Texas-AustinAustin, Texas (USA)784.0723
137Department of Economics, Korea UniversitySeoul, South Korea776.2512
138Faculty of Economics, University of TokyoTokyo, Japan766.9618
(138)International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)755.343
139Federal Reserve Bank of ClevelandCleveland, Ohio (USA)754.3913
140Department of Economics, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia (USA)751.6315
141Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM)Marseille, France751.4432
142Marshall School of Business, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (USA)750.7811
143Banca d'ItaliaRoma, Italy748.7460
144Department of Economics, University of Western OntarioLondon, Canada747.0828
(144)Department of Economics, London Business School (LBS), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom744.668
(144)Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (USA)739.769
145Olin School of Business, Washington UniversitySt. Louis, Missouri (USA)733.4811
146Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)730.96
147Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)729.8512
148Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ)Montréal, Canada715.4720
149Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National UniversityCanberra, Australia713.5123
150Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, Pennsylvania (USA)708.614
151Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands703.2446
152Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of TorontoToronto, Canada702.9419
153Economics Department, University of EssexColchester, United Kingdom702.7328
154School of Economics, University of EdinburghEdinburgh, United Kingdom699.821
155John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina (USA)698.8921
156School of Management, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)696.1514
157College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)691.2524
158École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de LausanneLausanne, Switzerland688.6621
159Fuqua School of Business, Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina (USA)685.969
160Warrington College of Business, University of FloridaGainesville, Florida (USA)685.339
(160)Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Israel668.593
161School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York (USA)667.428
162Department of Economics, Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa (USA)666.7336
163Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi BocconiMilano, Italy665.0515
164Banco de EspañaMadrid, Spain661.4928
165Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaBologna, Italy656.9550
(165)Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)650.2511
166Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-UniversitätBonn, Germany644.7626
167Federal Reserve Bank of BostonBoston, Massachusetts (USA)644.2118
168Department of Economics, University of IowaIowa City, Iowa (USA)643.8114
169Krannert School of Management, Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, Indiana (USA)64115
(169)Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)638.813
(169)Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)634.941
170Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of SwedenStockholm, Sweden632.3117
(170)Institutet för Arbetsmarknadspolitisk Utvärdering (IFAU), Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of SwedenUppsala, Sweden632.3117
171Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles, California (USA)622.117
172Federal Reserve Bank of AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia (USA)622.0212
173Swiss Finance InstituteGenève/Zürich, Switzerland620.89
174Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit GentGent, Belgium620.3319
175Collegio Carlo AlbertoMoncalieri, Italy619.9542
176Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i OsloOslo, Norway616.7119
(176)Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)614.374
177Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin (USA)613.579
178Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)613.1112
179School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolBristol, United Kingdom611.4815
(179)Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, Indiana (USA)605.2513
180Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO)Montréal, Canada601.7929
181School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)598.812
182Dipartimento di Economia, Università degli Studi di Napoli - "Federico II"Napoli, Italy596.299
(182)Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique (DEEP), École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de LausanneLausanne, Switzerland591.4910
183Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenLeuven, Belgium588.1560
184Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium585.336
185Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)582.6718
186Faculty of Business, Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia578.7717
(186)School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia577.9316
187Ross School of Business, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)571.2412
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