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For Central Banking, these are 2904 authors affiliated with 1926 institutions.
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Rank | Score | Institution |
1 | 2.12 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago |
2 | 2.32 | International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
3 | 2.5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge |
4 | 3.28 | European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main |
5 | 3.56 | Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge |
6 | 6.28 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York City |
7 | 7.48 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
8 | 8.51 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City |
9 | 9.73 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
(10) | 11.26 | Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
(10) | 11.43 | Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City |
10 | 11.64 | Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley |
11 | 15.08 | Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC), Santa Cruz |
12 | 16.29 | Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE), Barcelona |
13 | 17.35 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge |
14 | 17.78 | Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), New York City |
15 | 18.02 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco |
16 | 21.87 | Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington |
17 | 22.55 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York City |
18 | 22.96 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton |
(19) | 24.51 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York City |
19 | 24.72 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich, Zürich |
20 | 25.22 | Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton |
21 | 26.5 | Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, New Haven |
(22) | 27.19 | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich, Zürich |
(22) | 27.19 | Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich, Zürich |
(22) | 27.99 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
22 | 29 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston |
23 | 29.71 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam |
24 | 30.1 | Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford |
25 | 31.44 | Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm |
26 | 32.43 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh |
(27) | 32.49 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco |
27 | 32.94 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam |
28 | 34.28 | Department of Economics, Boston University, Boston |
29 | 34.98 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge |
(30) | 35.25 | Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam |
30 | 35.54 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge |
(31) | 36.16 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE), Barcelona |
31 | 36.62 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University, Stanford |
32 | 36.72 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
33 | 37.97 | Bank of Canada, Ottawa |
34 | 39.75 | Economics Department, Yale University, New Haven |
(35) | 40.42 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh |
(35) | 40.59 | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam |
35 | 41.1 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm |
36 | 41.75 | Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago |
37 | 43.92 | Banca d'Italia, Roma |
38 | 45.76 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
39 | 47.84 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
40 | 48.53 | Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla |
41 | 49.11 | Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford |
(42) | 50.17 | Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University, Stanford |
42 | 50.67 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
43 | 51.57 | Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington |
44 | 51.87 | Banque de France, Paris |
45 | 52.94 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
46 | 62.27 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver |
47 | 63.61 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg, Tilburg |
48 | 63.65 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta |
49 | 64.34 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Brunswick |
50 | 64.81 | Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles |
51 | 65.49 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London |
52 | 66.44 | London Business School (LBS), London |
(53) | 68.72 | Department of Economics, London Business School (LBS), London |
53 | 69.93 | London School of Economics (LSE), London |
54 | 71.86 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris |
(55) | 74.26 | Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton |
55 | 74.27 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, New York City |
56 | 76.79 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano |
57 | 77.05 | Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow |
(57) | 77.05 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow |
58 | 78.62 | Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam |
59 | 79.2 | Banco de España, Madrid |
60 | 79.77 | Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität, Linz |
61 | 79.98 | Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel |
62 | 80.26 | RAND, Santa Monica |
63 | 80.67 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Stanford |
64 | 80.94 | Bank of England, London |
(65) | 81.22 | Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section, Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington |
65 | 81.24 | Economics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
66 | 81.25 | Business School, University of Auckland, Auckland |
(67) | 85.13 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland, Auckland |
67 | 87.65 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles |
68 | 87.69 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley |
69 | 88.12 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
(70) | 88.14 | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris |
70 | 88.48 | Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU), New York City |
71 | 88.58 | École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve |
(72) | 90.36 | Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge |
(72) | 91.21 | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles |
72 | 92.53 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston |
73 | 93.56 | Česká Národní Banka, Praha |
74 | 93.77 | Department of Economics, University of Sussex, Brighton |
75 | 93.86 | Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham |
76 | 93.94 | Department of Economics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill |
77 | 94.48 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma |
78 | 94.64 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
79 | 96.44 | Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles |
80 | 97.07 | International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Genève |
(81) | 97.46 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley |
81 | 97.62 | de Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam |
82 | 97.91 | Bank of Japan, Tokyo |
83 | 98.32 | Department of Economics, University of Kansas, Lawrence |
84 | 98.8 | Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm |
85 | 101.67 | Economics Department, Williams College, Williamstown |
86 | 101.77 | Cambridge Finance, University of Cambridge, Cambridge |
87 | 101.87 | Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main |
88 | 102.42 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge |
89 | 104.22 | Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB), Bern/Zürich |
90 | 104.59 | College of Business and Economics, Australian National University, Canberra |
(90) | 104.59 | Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University, Canberra |
91 | 104.76 | Department of Economics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville |
92 | 105.28 | Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse |
(93) | 105.32 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston |
93 | 105.95 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
(93) | 105.95 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
(94) | 106.88 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles |
94 | 107.53 | Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck College, London |
95 | 108.76 | School of Economics, University of Surrey, Guildford |
96 | 109.03 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston |
97 | 111.86 | School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney |
98 | 112.18 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo |
99 | 113.08 | Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Clayton |
(100) | 113.74 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis |
100 | 116.26 | Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Wien, Wien |
(100) | 116.26 | Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Wien, Wien |
101 | 116.65 | Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin |
(102) | 117.56 | Dipartimento di Economia e Istituzioni, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma |
(102) | 118.02 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston |
102 | 118.48 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond |
103 | 119.54 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin |
104 | 119.71 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Bologna |
(105) | 121.45 | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University, Canberra |
105 | 122.16 | Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry |
106 | 122.46 | Banco de Portugal, Lisboa |
107 | 123.14 | Paris School of Economics, Paris |
108 | 125.6 | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas |
109 | 127.28 | School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht |
110 | 128.34 | Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester |
111 | 128.35 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv |
112 | 128.5 | Department of Economics, George Washington University, Washington |
113 | 129.3 | Banco Central de Chile, Santiago |
114 | 132.42 | Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Barbara |
115 | 132.97 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
116 | 133.01 | Department of Economics, European University Institute, Firenze |
117 | 133.12 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry |
118 | 135 | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
119 | 136.33 | Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Freie Universität, Berlin |
120 | 136.88 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago |
121 | 137.14 | National Bank of Belgium (NBB), Bruxelles/Brussel |
(122) | 138.56 | Center for Quantitative Economic Research (CQER), Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta |
122 | 138.73 | Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff |
123 | 140.01 | Economics Department, Brown University, Providence |
(124) | 140.87 | Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Clayton |
(124) | 142.49 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU), New York City |
(124) | 142.94 | Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), London |
(124) | 143.2 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse |
124 | 144.21 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
(125) | 144.63 | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond |
125 | 145.44 | Economics Department, Queen's University, Kingston |
126 | 145.87 | World Bank Group, Washington |
127 | 146.39 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto |
(128) | 146.65 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas |
(128) | 147.27 | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv |
128 | 149.32 | Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt |
129 | 150.12 | ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V., München |
(130) | 154.08 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland |
130 | 155.84 | Economics Department, University of California-Davis, Davis |
131 | 157.65 | Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet, København |
132 | 159.36 | Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA), Rimini |
(133) | 161.33 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge |
133 | 164.29 | Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
134 | 166.51 | Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa |
135 | 169.42 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn |
136 | 171.45 | Department of Economics, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas |
137 | 173.23 | Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine, Irvine |
138 | 173.28 | Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto |
139 | 175.7 | Department of Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene |
140 | 175.8 | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
141 | 177.63 | Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD), Fontainebleau |
142 | 177.83 | Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma |
143 | 178.65 | Department of Economics, Loughborough University, Loughborough |
144 | 179.24 | Economics Division, University of Southampton, Southampton |
145 | 179.33 | CESifo, München |
146 | 182.12 | Sciences économiques, Sciences Po, Paris |
147 | 182.83 | SOM Research Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen |
(148) | 183.06 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta |
148 | 183.37 | Department of Economics, University of Washington, Seattle |
(149) | 184.96 | Economics Section, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff |
149 | 185.75 | Norges Bank, Oslo |
150 | 188.1 | Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin |
(151) | 188.31 | Unidade de Estudos sobre Complexidade e Economia (UECE), Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa |
(151) | 189.26 | Business Economics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto |
(151) | 189.57 | Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Freie Universität, Berlin |
151 | 191.48 | Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Wien |
(152) | 191.95 | Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington |
152 | 192.49 | Economics Department, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville |
153 | 192.74 | Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney |
(154) | 192.8 | Economic and Political Sciences Area, Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD), Fontainebleau |
154 | 192.91 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, York |
155 | 196.04 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville |
156 | 197.29 | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique (GENES), Paris |
157 | 200.53 | Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin |
158 | 202.25 | Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston |
159 | 202.31 | Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca |
160 | 203.34 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne, Lausanne |
(161) | 204.11 | IMF Institute, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington |
161 | 206.38 | Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen |
(162) | 208.2 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve |
162 | 208.72 | Cass Business School, City University, London |
163 | 210 | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City |
164 | 210.87 | Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green |
165 | 211.12 | School of Management, Yale University, New Haven |
166 | 213.49 | Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame, South Bend |
167 | 213.6 | School of Economics and Finance, University of St. Andrews, Fife |
(168) | 214.35 | Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen |
168 | 214.84 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge |
169 | 215.33 | Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Paris |
(170) | 215.76 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago |
(170) | 218.29 | Abteilung Geld und Währung, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main |
170 | 220.77 | Department of Economics, University College London (UCL), London |
171 | 220.97 | Department of Economics, Carleton University, Ottawa |
172 | 222.37 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin |
(173) | 223.11 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City |
173 | 224.08 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby |
174 | 224.94 | Geary Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin |
(175) | 225.33 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE), Barcelona |
(175) | 225.42 | Vakgroep Algemene Economie, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht |
175 | 225.83 | Bank of Greece, Athens |
176 | 226.29 | Department of Economics, State University of New York-Albany (SUNY), Albany |
177 | 227.99 | İktisat Bölümü, Bilkent Üniversitesi, Ankara |
(178) | 228.02 | Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
(178) | 228.94 | Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley |
178 | 229.31 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford |
179 | 229.35 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen |
(180) | 232.56 | Finance Discipline Group, Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney |
(180) | 233.99 | Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE), Barcelona |
180 | 235.52 | Department of Economics, International Business School, Brandeis University, Waltham |
(181) | 236.39 | Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria |
181 | 236.39 | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria |
182 | 236.62 | Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF), Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS), Roma |
183 | 236.63 | Facoltà di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena |
184 | 237.24 | Inter-American Development Bank, Washington |
(185) | 243.74 | Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE), Barcelona |
(185) | 244.88 | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge |
(185) | 245.4 | Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Facoltà di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena |
185 | 245.8 | Bruegel, Bruxelles/Brussel |
186 | 247.01 | Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW), Kiel |
187 | 247.24 | Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ), Zürich |
(188) | 247.66 | Sonderforschungsbereich 373, Quantifikation und Simulation ökonomischer Prozesse, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin |
188 | 248.89 | Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano |
189 | 249.28 | Department of Economics, Indiana University, Bloomington |
190 | 250.24 | Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, Bruxelles/Brussel |
(191) | 250.51 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU), New York City |
191 | 250.89 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester, Rochester |
192 | 251.1 | Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago |
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