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Top 5% Economic Institutions, as of November 2014

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Number of Citations, Discounted by Citation Age


This ranking is based on 6724 institutions with 42367 registered authors.
Same ranking by individual authors or countries and states. All institution rankings.
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

36007.956956.37
2National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

31924.0949082.63
3World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

23023.44431374.05
4International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

21691.07351307
5Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

20607.985953.62
6Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

17448.124935.51
7Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

16487.114131.56
8Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

15611.744534.6
---Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

15462.26142120.72
9London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

15128.94269186.06
10Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

12940.44172125.67
11Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

12717.944740.67
12Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

124025442.25
13Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

12286.945341.75
14Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

11688.125850.22
15Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

11395.276835.93
16Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

10373.516048.76
17Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

9214.394337.51
18Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

9100.464845.08
19Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

9013.074533.63
20Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

8874.79180124.86
21Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

8827.617058.4
---Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

8615.775749.54
22Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

8532.683834.08
23Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

8429.11150116.25
24Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

8398.175144.87
25Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (USA)

8144.654436.21
26Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

8120.31142121.92
27Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

8029.817155.62
28Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

7816.345032.07
29Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

7755.153730.55
30European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

7720.43156135.64
31Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

7624.76657105.58
32Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

7567.75133126.6
---Finance and Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

7420.622722.31
33Economics Department, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

7382.686352.38
34Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

7210.2128130.75
35Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

72098075.96
36Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

6923.583831.74
37Department of Economics, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

6479.383632.46
38Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

6242.413229.23
---Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

6224.925641.13
39Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

6120.52120106.56
40Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

6103.853026.35
41Department of Economics, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

6051.044334.53
42Monash Business School, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

6024.26126121.21
43Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

6006.543728.11
---Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York City, New York (USA)

5961.796257.46
44Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

5842.314136.1
45Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

5822.8202175.23
46Department of Economics, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

5604.456953.94
47Economics Department, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

5563.194237.57
48Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

5484.394535.31
49International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

5336.19156140.08
50Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

5323.763124.28
51Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

5291.7611680.94
52Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

5189.312919.37
---Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

5085.767366.72
53Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

5065.153732.21
54Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

5050.84019.96
55Department of Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

5035.54335.86
---Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

4944.063824.58
56Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

4908.76137.65
57Economics Department, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

4863.823936.07
58Economics Department, Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

4800.494535.84
59Department of Economics, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

4752.444428.19
---Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

4678.422724.69
60Department of Economics, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

4596.042118.55
61Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

4570.42819.36
62School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

4519.329161.65
63Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

4379.456954.42
64Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

4337.55947.86
65Department of Economics, University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

4283.342922.37
66Department of Economics, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

4261.544741.77
67Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California (USA)

4193.073531.42
68Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York

York, United Kingdom

4164.068171.51
69École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

4114.9112773.43
70Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

4021.55151141.45
---Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

4021.256325.43
---Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

3968.261410.8
71Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

3873.02161120.36
72School of Economics, University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

3835.127471.11
73CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

3776.4711272.58
74Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

3768.423427.76
75Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

3736.454845.9
76Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

3683.2510370.57
77DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

3682.7314196.6
---Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California (USA)

3675.83226.72
---Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

3672.061311.49
78Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la Gestion (IPAG)

Paris, France

3670.7310058.93
---Department of Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

3660.815855.18
79School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

3632.852615.3
---Economic Studies, Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

3624.6118.63
80Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (USA)

3623.023125.13
81Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

3571.732218.91
82Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

3516.762219.67
---Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

3407.151710.95
83Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

3395.858254.62
84Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

3363.265446.71
85Department of Economics, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

3336.335951.13
86Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

3328.1312176.74
---Département Comptabilité, Droit, Finance et Économie, Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

3322.281411.33
87Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

3298.731814.69
88Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

3296.37198.3
89Department of Economics, University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)

3289.574034.42
90Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (USA)

3254.263128.52
---Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

3253.914639.21
91Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

3223.8413782.22
92Cass Business School, City University

London, United Kingdom

3206.153933.39
93Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

3193.229765.05
94School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

3174.2810373.55
95Department of Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

3169.33532.59
---Finance Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

3159.742622.52
---Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

3128.215728.67
96School of Management, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

31282721.63
97Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

3090.27136.32
98Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

3085.338764.67
99Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

3067.247455.42
---Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

3052.536537.04
100Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

3051.575441.44
101Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique (GENES)

Paris, France

3032.437447.31
---Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

3022.588764.61
102Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE)

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

2982.28670.3
103Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

2979.085215.71
104Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (USA)

2959.451915.01
---Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM), Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE)

Marseille, France

2901.077463.23
---Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

2893.123119.45
105Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

2882.862924.27
106Economics Department, Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

2879.355244.64
107Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

2859.772725.48
108CESifo

München, Germany

2855.8525231.44
109London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

2847.723226.64
110Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

2826.089582.75
111W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (USA)

2822.154341.02
112Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

2784.682620.4
---European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

2774.876851.01
113ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

2765.02137106.94
114Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (USA)

2754.323330.9
---Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

2711.4498.29
---Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

2670.416655.89
115Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

2645.188380.55
116Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)

2626.853634.3
117Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

2623.7764.98
118Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

2602.095746.04
119Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2582.928878.84
---Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

2581.22188.46
120Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

2563.074638.39
121Banque de France

Paris, France

2555.95131106.88
122Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

2546.583629.27
123Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2518.09140135.41
---Department of Economics, Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

2475.353527.98
---Department of Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (USA)

2464.123634.52
124Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

2450.992314.71
---Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

2412.795441.97
---International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

2393.342.9
125Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

2386.884538.1
126Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

2374.24943.81
127Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (USA)

2362.852824.35
128UNSW Business School, UNSW (Australia)

Sydney, Australia

2347.457669.02
129Department of Economics, University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (USA)

2333.133127.38
130Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

2323.24539.54
131Department of Economics, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (USA)

2321.251715.69
132Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2293.62918.94
133School of Business, Management and Economics, University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

2276.787356.83
134Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

2273.55846.12
---Applied Economics Workshop, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

2260.854.98
135Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

2246.054543.04
136Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

2220.614239.02
137Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

2176.694133.54
---Volatility Institute, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

2173.5821.12
138International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

2163.474233.99
139Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

2142.4898.97
140Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

2129.689175.12
141Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

2126.425854.71
142Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

2101.723018.16
143Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

2100.664639.41
144Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

2099.782623.49
145School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

2087.097542.93
146Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

2064.466054.86
147Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2053.953323.46
148Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

2051.722622.82
149Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

2050.941914.21
150Department of Economics, George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

2050.656040.04
151Department of Economics, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

2029.882622.69
152Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (USA)

2001.742520.04
153Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

2000.345751.37
154Warrington College of Business, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

1999.571413.5
155Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

1999.517062.62
156Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz

Konstanz, Germany

1994.424240.84
157United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands

1992.148855.28
158School of Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

1985.694639.54
159Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

1970.221614.29
160Economics Department, University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

1967.664541.15
161Business School, University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

1949.437772.04
---Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

1941.775.81
162Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

1911.486856.11
163Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

1887.12131105.75
164School of Economics, University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1881.572927.21
165Economics Department, Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (USA)

1879.212622.04
166Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University

Orange, California (USA)

1877.044126.46
167Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

1869.0310888.89
168Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

1866.72018.19
169Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

1862.7810488.3
---Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

1858.51149.78
170Krannert School of Management, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

1851.532322.43
---Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

1813.86048.89
171Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

1809.951615.9
172de Nederlandsche Bank

Amsterdam, Netherlands

1809.124941.52
---Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

1799.3104.64
173Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

1797.283937.43
174Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)

Beijing, China

1776.75852.95
---Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

1775.275637.18
175Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1768.156857.11
---Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

1766.12105.63
---Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University

Orange, California (USA)

1761.353619.68
176Sveriges Riksbank

Stockholm, Sweden

1757.524036.55
177Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

1752.892419.79
178Department of Economics, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (USA)

1717.621614.47
179School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

1713.915149.97
180Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

1708.21614.63
181Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio (USA)

1693.113933.09
182Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

1682.646144.85
---Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

1677.141110.9
183Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

1666.012522.96
---China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)

Beijing, China

1653.213126.09
---Department of Economics, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

1648.021311.68
184Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

1644.073628.75
185Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

1642.046245.58
---Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1638.8365.88
---Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

1638.5763.7
186Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

1621.622522.93
187William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (USA)

1610.821311.85
188Ekonomihögskolan, Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

1610.159378.45
---Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

1608.732518.32
---Department of Economics, London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

1608.451310.7
189Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

1604.562421.63
190Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

1592.65126.4
191Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

1588.784727.37
---Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

1585.91310.1
192Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

1577.542523.28
193Department of Economics, Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

1575.292521.46
194Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

1575.235042.54
195Centre for Economics and Financial Econometrics Research (CEFER), Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

1573.172928
---Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

15732120.43
196School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary

London, United Kingdom

1568.734033.37
197School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

1564.932119.41
198RAND

Santa Monica, California (USA)

1563.343021.91
---ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

1553.99249.84
---Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

1553.372419.82
199École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

1546.34637.16
200Department of Economics, University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (USA)

1546.251716.98
---Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

1543.792218.83
201Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1538.141715.05
---Centre for Business Taxation, Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

1528.08135.92
---Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

1527.363112.97
202Department of Economics, McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

1524.283834.08
203Department of Economics, University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

1522.413532.59
204Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

1522.22017.31
205Department of Economics, International Business School, Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (USA)

1521.083025.96
206Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

1508.87144104.55
207Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

1506.722925.58
---George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1502.1810.74
208Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

1497.716342.56
209New Economic School (NES)

Moscow, Russia

1491.614329.7
---Finance Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

1483.8276.99
---Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan, Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

1472.677262.29
210National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

1459.36306266.69
---International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

1452.66858.36
211Department of Economics, European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

1451.633725.01
212School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

1442.143929.22
213School of Economics and Political Science, Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

1433.015947.87
214Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

1428.732217.39
215Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

1428.42319.21
216Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

1424.582819.83
---Department of Economics, School of Business, Management and Economics, University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

1422.914535.36
---Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

1421.024339.02
217School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

1417.5431.31
---Real Estate Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

1411.9487.4
---Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1405.762014.1
218Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1401.45158.03
219Department of Commerce, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

1401.384740.48
---School of Economics, UNSW Business School, UNSW (Australia)

Sydney, Australia

1400.284842.57
---Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

1393.382622.1
---Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

1388.562115.56
220Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

1376.842624.11
---Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR), Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

1375.244736.72
221Department of Economics, University of Houston

Houston, Texas (USA)

1374.321816.82
222Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

1371.573528.77
223Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

1368.633732.55
224John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (USA)

1363.851817.36
---Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

1358.123425.56
225Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

1355.525447.09
226Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

1350.863026.41
227Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Italy

1350.396960.73
---Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Business School, Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

1350.042827.29
228Business School, Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

1334.363429.29
229Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et Alimentation, Espace et Environnement (SAE2), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)

Rennes, France

1329.711796.5
230College of Business and Economics, Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

1328.894035.82
---Groupe de Recherche en Économie Mathématique et Quantitative (GREMAQ), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

1328.745438.48
231Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

1318.567347.36
---Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

1317.833530.82
---Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

1297.432119.11
232Economics Department, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

1297.062219.64
---Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

1294.486.5
233School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

1286.66119.5
234Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

1280.674335.72
235School of Economics, University of Kent

Canterbury, United Kingdom

1279.534539.42
236Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

1279.186456.27
237University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

1262.674338.45
---School of Economics, Singapore Management University

Singapore, Singapore

1262.413026.89
238Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

1257.583323.65
---Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

1256.934840.4
239WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

1256.224638.37
240Department of Economics, Royal Holloway

Egham, United Kingdom

1255.63024.52
241Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1253.514739.84
242Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

1243.375445.6
---Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio (USA)

1239.883124.85
243Swiss Finance Institute

Genève/Zürich, Switzerland

1235.223212.31
244Department of Economics, University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (USA)

1229.922121
245Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1229.121512.53
246Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (USA)

1226.251613.53
247College of Business, University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming (USA)

1226.151111
---Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming (USA)

1224.791010
---Department of Economics, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

1207.923122.55
---Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

1206.533312.39
248Economics Department, University of Strathclyde

Glasgow, United Kingdom

1204.883028.55
249Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (USA)

1203.3108.15
250Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus

1198.022820.96
251Department of Economics, National University of Singapore

Singapore, Singapore

1189.784339.94
252Department of Economics, University of Stirling

Stirling, United Kingdom

1184.452220.36
253Department of Economics, Rice University

Houston, Texas (USA)

1179.13119.59
254Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

Kiel, Germany

1176.642919.59
255Bangor Business School, Bangor University

Bangor, United Kingdom

1176.283430.69
256Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

1174.995.56
257Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

1173.832622.26
258Department of Economics, McGill University

Montréal, Canada

1171.562924.42
---Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

1168.582420.76
259Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

1159.3111689.38
260Facultad de Economía, Universidad de València

València, Spain

1158.16550.82
261Banco de Portugal

Lisboa, Portugal

1153.934539.2
262Département d'Économie, École Polytechnique

Palaiseau, France

1153.584633.08
263Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

1150.55117
---Departement Algemene Economie, School of Economics and Management, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

1142.332512.85
264Business School, University of Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

1141.882219.02
265Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)

1138.694948.1
266Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Richmond, Virginia (USA)

1136.972322.38
267Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck College

London, United Kingdom

1132.462521.21
268Department of Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

1124.562420.94
269Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD)

Fontainebleau, France

1123.592119.07
270Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

1120.676749.93
271Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel

Basel, Switzerland

1119.552824.42
---Center for Global Management, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

1111.263.02
272Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno", Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

1110.73733.98
273Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance, Université du Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

1110.035040.4
---Management Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

1102.744
274Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

1101.18459.05
275Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

1098.993526.62
---Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

1096.993423.74
---Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

1088.91310.96
276Department of Economics, Wellesley College

Wellesley, Massachusetts (USA)

1088.621714.9
277Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

1088.121110.85
---Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique (DEEP), École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

1079.052216.93
278Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

1078.557165.81
---Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

1076.5521.49
279Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

1073.119080.7
280Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

1071.283621.41
281School of Economics, University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

1070.012823.34
282HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Montréal, Canada

1069.992522.89
---Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

1069.893530.57
283Business School, University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

1069.022321.48
284Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Dublin, Ireland

1068.934333.2
285Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

1067.76136.45
286J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

1065.9886.87
287Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

1059.742817.95
288Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

1058.052119.05
289Department of Economics, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

1055.651815.5
290Department of Economics, Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida (USA)

1054.792826.05
---KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

1048.763525.96
291Department of Economics, Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

1048.314541.05
---Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus

1046.522217.02
292Smeal College of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

1042.59109.08
293IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra

Barcelona, Spain

1042.471712.59
294Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

1041.021816.11
295Department of Economics, University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

1039.323935.64
---Vakgroep Algemene Economie, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

1034.313319.38
---SOM Research Institute, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

1029.762615.93
---Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

1019.3533
---Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

1019.28209.73
296Management School, Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

1019.125146.54
297HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

1014.981816.5
---Finance Discipline Group, Business School, University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

1010.784240.37
---Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali, Facoltà di Economia "Giorgio Fuà", Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

10104839.4
---Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung "Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP)", DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

1008.592718.5
298LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

1006.463028.3
299Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

1000.932924.87
300Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Bilbao, Spain

998.359284.94
301Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Dallas, Texas (USA)

994.214434.78
---Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

992.866031.41
302Facoltà di Economia "Giorgio Fuà", Università Politecnica delle Marche

Ancona, Italy

992.15241.06
303Department of Economics, Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina (USA)

991.912019.04
304Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama (USA)

991.482018.51
---Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences (CARESS), Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

989.2422
305Economics Department, University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (USA)

988.581613.1
306Department of Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

987.084638.64
307Department of Economics, Central European University

Budapest, Hungary

985.183019.15
308Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino

Moncalieri, Italy

981.735627.82
---Finance Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

980.6365.85
309Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

979.991714.79
310Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

979.331613.88
---Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece

977.961413
311Nationale Bank van België/Banque national de Belqique (BNB)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

975.912622.2
---Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama (USA)

971.021615.35
312Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

969.83326.02
313McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

967.2385.9
---Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (CEPA), School of Economics, University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

966.5274.2
---Department of Economics, Management School, Lancaster University

Lancaster, United Kingdom

965.984139.28
314Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

965.885.49
315Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

963.045048.14
---Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

962.95028.63
316Rady School of Management, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (USA)

961.3885.09
317Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

960.431311.86
318Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

9593322.86
319College of Business, City University

Kowloon, Hong Kong

955.952523.23
320Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

948.6942.61
321Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

944.958266.79
322Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

936.641918.79
---Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

935.043628.42
---Department of Management, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

935.03107.87
323İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

Ankara, Turkey

931.032620.99
324Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB)

Bern/Zürich, Switzerland

927.095651.44
---Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

922.783023.86
---Økonomisk Institut, Copenhagen Business School

Frederiksberg, Denmark

922.272524.24
325Center for Economics and Neuroscience, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

916.2231.15
---Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Richmond, Virginia (USA)

910.81412.88
---Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

908.753023.46
326School of Economics, University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

906.174637.57
327Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University

Ramat-Gan, Israel

903.451514.03
328Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE), Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

901.223122.05
---Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

900.213222.59
329College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

897.24118.5
---Laboratoire d'Économie des Ressources Naturelles (LERNA), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

893.292420.2
330Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

890.34442.4
---Experimental Economics Center, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

889.1264.9
331Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

884.324331.04
332Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

883.75107.18
333Economics Division, University of Southampton

Southampton, United Kingdom

879.953127.18
334Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

877.0865.05
335School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

875.7687.48
---Centre de Recherche en Économie Appliquée (CREA), Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance, Université du Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

872.592519.31
336Département d'Économie / Department of Economics, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

872.113633.98
337Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

869.623125.04
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