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Top 5% Economic Institutions, as of July 2008


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RankInstitutionLocationScoreAuthors
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)2268.8312
2Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)London, United Kingdom822.48252
3Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Bonn, Germany616.29393
4Department of Economics, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)578.4845
5Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)371.1941
6Department of Economics, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)318.8427
7Department of Economics, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)268.2836
8Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)243.7928
9Department of Economics, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)229.9941
10Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)219.7136
11Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)218.8314
12London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom192.83131
13Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)188.4238
14Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)180.1236
15Department of Economics, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)17530
16Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)167.3422
17Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom153.76119
18International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)149.99158
19Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)148.6562
20Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)145.1137
21Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)143.6225
22Department of Economics, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)142.8626
23CESifoMünchen, Germany142.38101
24Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)La Jolla, California (USA)140.4334
25Department of Economics, Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts (USA)132.6445
26Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles, California (USA)128.0935
(26)Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)116.8814
(26)Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)114.0821
27Department of Economics, University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)112.3721
28Department of Economics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)110.7531
29World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)109.54186
30Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)109.0745
31Graduate School of Business, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)102.9722
(31)Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom101.1742
32Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)London, United Kingdom100.8840
(32)Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom96.3739
33Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)95.4317
34Economics Department, Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island (USA)94.5533
35Economics Department, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)93.4328
36Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin (USA)92.6419
37Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)90.7718
38Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)90.313
39Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)86.3834
40Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)85.8363
41Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)83.147
42Department of Economics, University College London, University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom83.0841
(42)Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)81.0858
43Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale SupérieureParis, France80.1255
44Department of Economics, Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina (USA)79.3231
45College of Business, Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona (USA)78.4814
46Brookings InstitutionWashington, District of Columbia (USA)78.2814
(46)Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona (USA)77.1812
47Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)76.6533
(47)Economics Research, World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)75.7199
48Geary Institute, University College DublinDublin, Ireland75.511
49Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)72.1625
50Department of Economics, Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel70.8325
51Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)70.7815
52European Central BankFrankfurt am Main, Germany70.6790
(52)Finance Department, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)70.1819
53Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France70.1674
54Economics Department, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)70.0732
(54)Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom69.4125
55Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi BocconiMilano, Italy68.8330
56Department of Economics, University of MarylandCollege Park, Maryland (USA)68.6725
57Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)67.6116
58American Bar Foundation (ABF)Chicago, Illinois (USA)66.753
(58)Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France65.9724
59Department of Economics, University of TorontoToronto, Canada65.2653
60Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)64.4417
61Department of Economics, Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)63.5632
62Department of Economics, University of WarwickCoventry, United Kingdom62.4859
63ECORELouvain/Bruxelles, Belgium62.1278
64Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA)Rimini, Italy61.6179
65Tinbergen InstituutAmsterdam, Netherlands60.4559
(65)Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)59.4511
(65)Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)57.517
66Department of Economics, Washington UniversitySt. Louis, Missouri (USA)57.2319
67Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Israel56.4813
68School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)55.8514
69Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands55.0168
(69)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)54.620
70Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)Barcelona, Spain54.5110
71Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)Santa Barbara, California (USA)53.2413
(71)Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)52.315
72Sveriges RiksbankStockholm, Sweden51.9422
73Economics Department, University of California-DavisDavis, California (USA)51.2225
74Faculty of Economics, University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom49.9441
(74)Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)48.2510
(74)Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)48.258
(74)Economic Studies, Brookings InstitutionWashington, District of Columbia (USA)47.717
75Economics Department, Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire (USA)47.4612
76Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona, Spain46.5842
77Department of Economics, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada45.2625
(77)European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), ECOREBruxelles, Belgium43.1334
(77)Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)42.469
78Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland40.9937
(78)Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)40.9315
(78)Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)40.8531
(78)Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)40.471
79Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)39.5533
80CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands39.4881
(80)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)38.9330
81Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland (USA)37.3210
82Economics Department, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan (USA)37.0334
(82)Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)36.87
(82)Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland35.6814
83Department of Economics, European University InstituteFirenze, Italy35.2642
84Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms UniversitetStockholm, Sweden35.099
85Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)34.9939
86Department of Economics, University of ColoradoBoulder, Colorado (USA)33.1219
87Department of Economics, Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee (USA)32.6323
88Harris School of Public Policy, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)31.727
89Paris School of EconomicsParis, France31.2174
(89)Finance Group, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands30.986
90Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France30.8834
(90)Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France30.6633
91Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)Santa Cruz, California (USA)30.6214
(91)Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)30.513
92Economics Department, Queen's UniversityKingston, Canada30.3449
93Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, Pennsylvania (USA)30.0316
(93)Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)29.853
94International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesGenève, Switzerland29.8220
(94)Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)29.253
95RANDSanta Monica, California (USA)29.0817
96Economics Department, Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia (USA)29.0423
(96)ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)London, United Kingdom28.827
97School of Economics, University College DublinDublin, Ireland28.6612
98Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD)Torino, Italy28.2751
99DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)Berlin, Germany28.18109
(99)Applied Economics Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)28.165
100Department of Economics, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (USA)27.8913
101Department of Economics, University of California-IrvineIrvine, California (USA)27.6218
102Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de MadridMadrid, Spain27.1272
(102)Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section, Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)27.0711
103Department of Economics, Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York (USA)26.6523
104Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)Madrid, Spain26.4313
105William Davidson Institute, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)26.0923
106School of Management, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)25.7816
107Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of YorkYork, United Kingdom25.7230
(107)Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)25.651
(107)George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)25.651
108Department of Economics, Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio (USA)25.5519
109Sauder School of Business, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada25.4517
110Olin School of Business, Washington UniversitySt. Louis, Missouri (USA)25.3911
(110)Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada25.2514
(110)Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)24.773
111Marshall School of Business, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (USA)24.7311
112Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany24.765
(112)Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)24.644
(112)Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (USA)24.399
113Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)24.3213
114International Business School, Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts (USA)24.314
115Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätMünchen, Germany24.2127
(115)Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom23.5418
116Department of Economics, University of Western OntarioLondon, Canada23.4129
117Department of Economics, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia (USA)23.4117
118Centro de Análisis y Estudios Ríos Pérez (CAERP)Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain23.26
119Fuqua School of Business, Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina (USA)23.1610
(119)Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)23.1412
120Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam, Netherlands2355
121Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)Roma, Italy22.879
122Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of TorontoToronto, Canada22.8219
123Warrington College of Business, University of FloridaGainesville, Florida (USA)22.7810
(123)Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)22.658
124School of Economics, University of EdinburghEdinburgh, United Kingdom22.4820
125London Business School (LBS), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom22.4415
126Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala UniversitetUppsala, Sweden22.442
127Federal Reserve Bank of BostonBoston, Massachusetts (USA)21.818
128Department of Economics, University of Texas-AustinAustin, Texas (USA)21.7622
129Handelshögskolan i StockholmStockholm, Sweden21.7535
(129)Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany21.641
130School of Economics, University of NottinghamNottingham, United Kingdom21.3537
131Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of LondonEgham, United Kingdom21.1527
(131)Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Israel21.113
132United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)Maastricht, Netherlands20.6844
133Faculty of Economics, University of TokyoTokyo, Japan20.5718
134Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)Paris, France20.1885
135Department of Economics, University of IowaIowa City, Iowa (USA)20.0414
136Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)Fisciano, Italy19.9228
(136)Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)19.869
137Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)19.7313
(137)Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), ECORELouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium19.6746
138Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of DublinDublin, Ireland19.6219
139Business School, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand19.5410
140Collegio Carlo AlbertoMoncalieri, Italy19.5447
(140)International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)19.462
141John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina (USA)19.1221
142Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia19.0353
(142)Department of Economics, Business School, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand19.028
143School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)18.62
144Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin (USA)18.578
145School of Public Policy, University of MarylandCollege Park, Maryland (USA)18.512
146Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)18.419
147Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)Basel/Zürich, Switzerland18.386
148Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of DublinDublin, Ireland18.2712
149Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles, California (USA)18.217
150Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. GallenSankt Gallen, Switzerland18.1133
151Ross School of Business, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)18.1114
152Bank of EnglandLondon, United Kingdom18.0131
153Federal Reserve Bank of ClevelandCleveland, Ohio (USA)17.9613
154Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands17.7948
(154)Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia17.7738
155Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I)Paris, France17.75107
156Department of Economics, George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia (USA)17.7317
157Department of Economics, University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington (USA)17.7213
158William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of RochesterRochester, New York (USA)17.666
(158)Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)17.632
159Economics Department, University of EssexColchester, United Kingdom17.6326
160Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)17.622
(160)Department of Economics, London Business School (LBS), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom17.68
161Department of Economics, Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, Canada17.629
162Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National UniversityCanberra, Australia17.3729
163Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"Roma, Italy17.2952
(163)Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina (USA)17.285
164Swiss Finance InstituteGenève/Zürich, Switzerland17.239
165Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)17.216
166Central Bank of CyprusNicosia, Cyprus17.114
167Bank for International Settlements (BIS)Basel, Switzerland17.1111
168Department of Economics, Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts (USA)17.0818
169School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York (USA)16.938
170Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit GentGent, Belgium16.919
171Federal Reserve Bank of AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia (USA)16.716
172Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands16.6151
(172)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of BostonBoston, Massachusetts (USA)16.4912
173Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire (USA)16.462
174Deutsche BundesbankFrankfurt, Germany16.3833
175Economics Department, Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts (USA)16.3413
176Banca d'ItaliaRoma, Italy16.2162
177Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-UniversitätBonn, Germany16.0729
178Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ)Montréal, Canada15.9420
179Department of Commerce, Government of the United StatesWashington, District of Columbia (USA)15.8728
(179)Business Economics, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of TorontoToronto, Canada15.858
180Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)15.646
181Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, California (USA)15.5115
(181)Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)15.462
182École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de LausanneLausanne, Switzerland15.3820
183Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of SwedenStockholm, Sweden15.3817
(183)Institutet för Arbetsmarknadspolitisk Utvärdering (IFAU), Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of SwedenUppsala, Sweden15.3817
184Federal Reserve Bank of RichmondRichmond, Virginia (USA)15.149
185School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolBristol, United Kingdom15.0315
186Department of Economics, Korea UniversitySeoul, South Korea14.9912
187Department of Economics, University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)14.9319
188Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaBologna, Italy14.9352
189Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom14.8816
190Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)14.7315
191Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel14.718
192Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM)Marseille, France14.6133
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