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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Central & South America, as of December 2012

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Top 10% institutions in the field of Central & South America

The scores of institutions in each field are determined by a weighted sum of all authors affiliated with the respective institutions. The weights are determined, for each author, by the proportion of all working papers announced in NEP that have also been announced in NEP-LAM (Central & South America).
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1.234739.55
2Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

2.023226.11
3Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

3.454130
4Department of Economics, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

4.651916.56
5Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

5.525743.49
6Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

6.887666.54
---Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

82117.18
---Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

82924.62
7Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

95833.38
8World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

10.03347286.27
9Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (USA)

10.522620.77
10Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

10.719873.61
---Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

10.713525.06
---Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

14.57115.22
11Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

15.694234.77
12Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

15.973727.13
---Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

16.8131106.47
13Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

16.945745.69
---Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

17.512823.17
14Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

20.168570.05
15National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

20.4246546.93
16Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

20.992521.09
---Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

20.9964.42
17School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

22.142715.4
18Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

25.24929.34
19Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität G&ouyml;ttingen

Göttingen, Germany

26.643525.93
20Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

26.71713.51
21Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

27.064318.52
22Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)

Basel/Zürich, Switzerland

28.3391.87
23Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

28.674835.77
24Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

Kiel, Germany

29.032618.08
25Department Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Zeppelin Universität

Friedrichshafen, Germany

29.3721.33
26Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

30.563736.19
---Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

32.992725.44
27Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

33.46645.6
28Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

33.763834.86
29Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

35.923833.21
30Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

37.133933.52
31International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

37.56304259.07
32Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

38.494435.91
33Department of Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

39.834436.75
34Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

41.695744.95
---Centro de Estudios Sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE), Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

43.715138.47
---Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

47.71118.07
35Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

47.798171.63
36Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

48.345140.04
---Pacific Island New Zealand Migration Study, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

48.5420.46
37Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

48.542721.7
38Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

50.310369.84
39Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Buenos Aires, Argentina

51.8465.1
40Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

52.432720.96
---Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

52.975136.88
---Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

55.9842.65
41Banco Central de Chile

Santiago, Chile

56.14642.14
42Economics Department, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

56.446651.79
43London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

56.66225153.88
44Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

56.81146.88
45Ministerio de Proteccion Social, Government of Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

58.3511
46Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

59.066146.45
---Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (CeGE), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität G&ouyml;ttingen

Göttingen, Germany

59.7531.56
47Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

61.372717.74
48Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés

Buenos Aires, Argentina

63.461410.25
49Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

63.563728.42
50Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

65.422924.34
---Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research, Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

66.9996.34
---Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

67.271510.18
51Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

La Plata, Argentina

68.183423.39
52Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

69.13931.11
53Department of Economics, University of Haifa

Haifa, Israel

69.521311.42
54Department of Economics, University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

69.62115.73
---Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

La Plata, Argentina

71.032214.87
---Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

71.332318.98
55Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

71.51143119.05
56Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

72.332414.58
---Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

72.3372.66
57Departamento de Economía, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Buenos Aires, Argentina

73.481110.88
58International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

73.93121107.48
59Department of Economics, George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

74.214735.04
60Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

74.39179150.51
61Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)

76.263230.88
---Volkswirtschaftliches Seminar, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität G&ouyml;ttingen

Göttingen, Germany

76.912316.93
62Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

78.152519.98
63Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

80.161514.08
---Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

81.043924.92
64Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

82.52152118.71
65Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

85.811711.34
66Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

86.91145100.62
67Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

86.974235.87
68Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

87.613027.96
---Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IAI), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität G&ouyml;ttingen

Göttingen, Germany

91.0284.67
69Department of Economics, Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

91.922015.9
---Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

92.15637.28
70Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

93.088712.51
71Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República

Montevideo, Uruguay

93.451611.82
---European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

93.935734.68
---Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

94.5754.13
72School of Business, Bond University

Gold Coast, Australia

96.0743.84
73Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

97.56196114
74Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

98.293935.23
75Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

99.067656.4
76Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

99.7261885.07
77Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

100.092520.39
---Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

100.535545.72
---Department of Economics, Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

101.512620.14
78Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (USA)

102.33226.59
79Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

103.94151125.56
80Centro de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

105.291010
81Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

105.482220.1
82CESifo

München, Germany

106.3422929.17
---Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

107.5532.19
---Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

108.228465.27
83Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

108.93135.18
83Economics Department, Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

108.934534.45
85Department of Economics, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

110.813631.81
---Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

112.8176.45
86Escuela de Gobierno, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Santiago, Chile

112.9755

Top 10% authors in the field of Central & South America

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RankAuthorScore
1Daron Acemoglu

Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1
2James Tobin †

2.55
3Lawrence H. Summers

Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

2.71
4Sebastian Edwards

Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California (USA)

4.88
5Dani Rodrik

Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

5.49
6William Baumol

Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)

7.4
7Jose De Gregorio

Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

7.44
8Guido Tabellini

Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy

10.08
9Alberto Alesina

Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

10.16
10Jeffrey Alexander Frankel

Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

10.57
11Andrew Murray Weiss

Department of Economics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

12.4
12Alejandro Gaviria

Ministerio de Proteccion Social, Government of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

13.2
13Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel

Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

14.27
14Ernesto Schargrodsky

Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina

17
15James Alan Robinson

Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

17.36
16Ricardo Hausmann

Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

18.28
17Torsten Persson

Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden

19.25
18Keith Blackburn

Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research, Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

19.69
19Sebastian Galiani

Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (USA)

21.17
20Avner Bar-ilan

Department of Economics, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

21.77
21Edward Andrew Miguel

Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California (USA)

24.68
22Andrew Foster

Economics Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

25.81
23Mariano Tommasi

Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina

26
24Norman V. Loayza

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

26.42
25Mauricio Cardenas

Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

27.45
26James Schmitz

Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

27.63
27Rodney Edward Falvey

School of Business, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia

28.65
28Leonardo C. Gasparini

Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

30.94
29Nora Lustig

Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

31.83
30Jeffrey Gale Williamson

31.95
31Eduardo M.R.A. Engel

Economics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

32.68
32Gary Fields

School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)

33.67
33Raquel Bernal

Centro de Estudios Sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE), Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

34.44
34Roberto Rigobon

Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

36.2
35Brian R. Copeland

Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

36.26
36Luis Servén

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

36.44
37Eduardo Fernandez-Arias

Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

36.89
38Dante Contreras

Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

37.06
39Rodrigo Reis Soares

Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

37.56
40Alain de Janvry

Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California (USA)

38.15
41Alberto Chong

École de Développement International et de Mondialisation / School of International Development and Global Studies, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

39.57
42Cesar A. Calderon

World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

41.07
43Carmen Pages

Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

41.41
44Carol Ann Rogers

Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

44.47

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