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Top 5% Economic Institutions, as of December 2008

Number of Works


This ranking is based on 4075 institutions with 18551 registered authors.
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RankInstitutionLocationScoreAuthors
1National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)24338334
2Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Bonn, Germany19438428
3Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)London, United Kingdom18445266
4CESifoMünchen, Germany6663107
5World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)5498197
6London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom4542138
7Department of Economics, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)415144
8International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)4020164
9Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom3782118
10DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)Berlin, Germany3690113
11Tinbergen InstituutAmsterdam, Netherlands366957
(11)Economics Research, World Bank GroupWashington, District of Columbia (USA)357098
12Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA)Rimini, Italy349094
13Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam, Netherlands338854
14Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)338741
15ECORELouvain/Bruxelles, Belgium325591
16Department of Economics, Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa (USA)323737
17Department of Economics, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)301337
18CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands3000100
19Department of Economics, University of WarwickCoventry, United Kingdom275962
20Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France256983
21Department of Economics, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)253144
22Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)244440
23Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)238140
24Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)London, United Kingdom234043
(24)Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), ECORELouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium232258
25Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)226650
26Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale SupérieureParis, France226460
27Paris School of EconomicsParis, France223488
28Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)222029
29Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands210571
30Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)208931
31Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)Paris, France2087109
32Department of Economics, University College London (UCL), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom205644
(32)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri (USA)202129
33Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)187818
34Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)187638
35Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands187254
(35)Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom186640
36Department of Economics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)185033
37Economics Department, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)183931
38European Central BankFrankfurt am Main, Germany183191
39Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia182553
40Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus UniversiteitRotterdam, Netherlands176862
41Economics Department, Queen's UniversityKingston, Canada176549
42Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD)Torino, Italy174355
43Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles, California (USA)173939
(43)Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France171926
44Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)171628
45Department of Economics, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)168530
46Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)167860
47Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)167565
48Faculty of Economics, University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom167144
49Department of Economics, University of TorontoToronto, Canada165654
50Graduate School of Business, University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)164239
51Department of Economics, Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts (USA)163041
(51)Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam, Netherlands162817
52Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)Canberra, Australia160140
53Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-GesellschaftJena, Germany159955
54Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)159837
55Department of Economics, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)159136
56Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)159022
57Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)Paris, France158499
58Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)La Jolla, California (USA)157734
(58)Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNew York City, New York (USA)156456
59Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa (USA)155213
(59)Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Australia154639
60Department of Economics, European University InstituteFirenze, Italy151444
61Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO)Montréal, Canada150633
62Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland149446
63Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash UniversityClayton, Australia147958
(63)Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom147341
64Department of Economics, Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)146332
65School of Economics, University of NottinghamNottingham, United Kingdom144644
66Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France142142
67United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)Maastricht, Netherlands140850
(67)Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Government of FranceParis, France140740
(67)Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California (USA)137823
67Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)Tilburg, Netherlands137853
(68)Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)137121
69Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de MadridMadrid, Spain134971
70Geary Institute, University College DublinDublin, Ireland134219
71Department of Economics, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)133327
72Department of Economics, Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee (USA)131222
73Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi BocconiMilano, Italy130931
74Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaBologna, Italy129059
75William Davidson Institute, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)128823
76Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenLeuven, Belgium126567
77Department of Economics, Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina (USA)125832
77Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM)Marseille, France125838
79Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois (USA)124837
80Economics Department, Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island (USA)124036
81Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of YorkYork, United Kingdom121931
82Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätMünchen, Germany121727
83Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), Aarhus UniversitetAarhus, Denmark120832
84Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin (USA)120523
85Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)Wien, Austria119831
85Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany119865
87Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"Roma, Italy118653
88Economics Department, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan (USA)118133
89Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit GroningenGroningen, Netherlands117338
90Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)117219
90Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)117230
92Department of Economics, University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)115819
(92)Vakgroep Algemene Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands115330
93Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)Santa Cruz, California (USA)115215
93Department of Economics, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada115228
93Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona, Spain115241
96Department of Economics, Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel113826
97Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National UniversityCanberra, Australia112629
98International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)111641
99Department of Economics, University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut (USA)110150
100School of Economics, University of QueenslandBrisbane, Australia109639
101Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)Stockholm, Sweden108230
102Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de MontréalMontréal, Canada107318
103Economics Department, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan (USA)105437
104Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ)Montréal, Canada104120
105Department of Economics, University of MarylandCollege Park, Maryland (USA)103628
(105)European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), ECOREBruxelles, Belgium102935
106Economics Department, University of California-DavisDavis, California (USA)102725
107Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Universität St. GallenSankt Gallen, Switzerland101832
108Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)Santa Barbara, California (USA)101720
(108)Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)101529
109Department of Economics, McMaster UniversityHamilton, Canada101130
110School of Management, Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut (USA)100316
111Department of Economics, Washington UniversitySt. Louis, Missouri (USA)100118
112Resources for the Future (RFF)Washington, District of Columbia (USA)99326
113Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)Dublin, Ireland99224
114Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Israel97913
115Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)97813
116Collegio Carlo AlbertoMoncalieri, Italy96747
117Banco de la Republica de ColombiaBogotá, Colombia96448
118Department of Economics, McGill UniversityMontréal, Canada95427
119Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California (USA)94922
120Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium94838
121Department of Economics, University of GlasgowGlasgow, United Kingdom94431
122Handelshögskolan i StockholmStockholm, Sweden93337
123School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)92615
124Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala UniversitetUppsala, Sweden92442
(124)Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA)92314
125School of Economics, University College DublinDublin, Ireland91123
(125)Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität ZürichZürich, Switzerland91114
(125)Finance Department, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)88721
126Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-UniversitätBonn, Germany87931
127Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan (USA)87322
128Department of Economics, University of California-IrvineIrvine, California (USA)87018
129Department of Economics, University of Western OntarioLondon, Canada85630
130Cardiff Business School, Cardiff UniversityCardiff, United Kingdom85029
131Brookings InstitutionWashington, District of Columbia (USA)84516
132Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of EssexColchester, United Kingdom83929
133Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)83619
(133)Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York UniversityNew York City, New York (USA)82816
134Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di MilanoMilano, Italy82462
(134)Groupe de Recherche en Économie Mathématique et Quantitative (GREMAQ), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France82138
135International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesGenève, Switzerland81822
135School of Finance and Economics, University of TechnologySydney, Australia81839
137RANDSanta Monica, California (USA)81721
(137)Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlin, Germany81340
138Economics, University of ManchesterManchester, United Kingdom81125
139Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE)Montréal/Québec, Canada80521
140Department of Economics, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (USA)80412
141Sveriges RiksbankStockholm, Sweden79924
142Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Friedrich-Schiller-UniversitätJena, Germany79625
143Økonomisk Institut, Københavns UniversitetKøbenhavn, Denmark79130
143Department of Economics, University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington (USA)79114
(144)Längschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP), DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)Berlin, Germany78924
(144)Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom78723
145Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of LondonEgham, United Kingdom77627
(145)Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford UniversityOxford, United Kingdom76621
(145)Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium76429
146Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i OsloOslo, Norway76220
147Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)Fisciano, Italy76028
148Département d'Économique, Université LavalQuébec, Canada75019
149Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)Basel/Zürich, Switzerland7487
150Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)74515
151Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA)Madrid, Spain74324
152Economics Department, University of EssexColchester, United Kingdom74026
(152)Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenLeuven, Belgium73933
153Economics Department, Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia (USA)73524
154Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-UniversitätLinz, Austria73424
155Department of Economics, Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York (USA)72823
155Facultat d'Económiques, Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain72844
155Department of Economics, Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio (USA)72822
158Australian School of Business, University of New South WalesSydney, Australia72437
159Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)Kiel, Germany72123
159Department of Economics, University of CalgaryCalgary, Canada72128
161Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)72016
162Banca d'ItaliaRoma, Italy71368
163Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Venezia "Ca' Foscari"Venezia, Italy71055
164Department of Economics, Leicester UniversityLeicester, United Kingdom69531
165Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoChicago, Illinois (USA)68917
166Bank of EnglandLondon, United Kingdom68634
167Handelshøjskolen i ÅrhusAarhus, Denmark68533
168Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaPisa, Italy68430
168Faculty of Economics, University of TokyoTokyo, Japan68417
(169)Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus UniversiteitRotterdam, Netherlands68218
170SOM Research School, Rijksuniversiteit GroningenGroningen, Netherlands68021
170Department of Economics, Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, Canada68030
172School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of BristolBristol, United Kingdom67218
173Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis", Università degli Studi di TorinoTorino, Italy67029
174Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of SwedenStockholm, Sweden66420
(174)Institutet för Arbetsmarknadspolitisk Utvärdering (IFAU), Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of SwedenUppsala, Sweden66420
175Graduate School of Business, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, California (USA)66323
(175)Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts (USA)6638
176Faculty of Business, Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia66219
(176)School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia66219
(176)Maastricht research school of Economics of TEchnology and ORganizations (METEOR), Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands66220
177Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College, University of DublinDublin, Ireland66020
178Department of Economics, University of Kent at CanterburyCanterbury, United Kingdom65826
(178)Economics Section, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff UniversityCardiff, United Kingdom65824
179Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel UniversityUxbridge, United Kingdom65516
180Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)Montréal, Canada65330
181Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII)Paris, France64830
182Department of Economics, University of ColoradoBoulder, Colorado (USA)64718
183École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de LausanneLausanne, Switzerland64619
184Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)64024
185Department of Economics, Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts (USA)63918
186Department of Economics, University of StirlingStirling, United Kingdom63716
(186)Laboratoire d'Économie des Ressources Naturelles (LERNA), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)Toulouse, France63721
187Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM)Milano, Italy63631
188Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasBarcelona, Spain63422
189Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and Economics Institute (CERGE-EI)Praha, Czech Republic63132
190Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), University of BristolBristol, United Kingdom62413
191Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey (USA)62313
191Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)62312
193Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de BruxellesBruxelles, Belgium62251
194Laboratoire d'Économétrie, École PolytechniqueParis, France62127
194Federal Reserve Bank of ClevelandCleveland, Ohio (USA)62113
196Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität HannoverHannover, Germany61936
197Management School, Lancaster UniversityLancaster, United Kingdom61819
198Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain61525
199Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)Mannheim, Germany61327
(199)Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, School of Economics, University of NottinghamNottingham, United Kingdom61215
199Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia (USA)61218
201Waikato Management School, University of WaikatoHamilton, New Zealand61122
(201)Dipartimento di Economia e Istituzioni, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"Roma, Italy60425
202Federal Reserve Bank of AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia (USA)60316
203School of Economics and Finance, University of St. AndrewsFife, United Kingdom60219
203Cambridge Finance, University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom60210
203Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the NetherlandsDen Haag, Netherlands60225
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