Top 25% Think Tanks, as of September 2015

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Top 25% Think Tanks

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Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	1	485	80.86
2	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) London, United Kingdom	2.62	295	34.64
3	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn, Germany	2.73	662	101.74
4	Brookings Institution Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	4.31	29	19.41
5	ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V. München, Germany	5.01	141	109.82
6	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) Berlin, Germany	5.42	137	94.42
7	Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	6.28	29	19.81
8	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) Stockholm, Sweden	8.39	65	43.03
9	Resources for the Future (RFF) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	8.67	35	24.46
10	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research Wellington, New Zealand	10.56	19	13.17
11	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Dublin, Ireland	13.04	45	35.42
12	Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) Essen, Germany	13.45	64	46.63
13	American Enterprise Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	13.63	17	15.66
14	Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII) Paris, France	14.07	46	28.18
15	Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) Rimini, Italy	14.18	88	13.32
16	Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Tokyo, Japan	14.5	50	26.53
17	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) Nürnberg, Germany	15.59	53	40.7
18	Bruegel Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	15.84	19	12.15
19	W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA)	16.81	12	10.89
20	Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) México, Mexico	17.5	30	29.45
21	Geary Institute, University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland	19.94	21	8.9
22	Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) San Francisco, California (USA)	20.64	7	3.64
23	Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) Halle, Germany	21.44	52	37.54
24	Urban Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	23.72	21	17.61
25	Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	24.87	12	9.52
26	Cato Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	25.67	5	2.37
27	Levy Economics Institute, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (USA)	25.8	19	11.74
28	Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Moscow, Russia	26.28	87	46.53
29	Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) Lima, Peru	28.4	20	17.88
30	Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), Oxford Martin School, Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom	30.73	7	4.64
31	Centro de Estudios Públicos Santiago, Chile	30.74	5	4.49
32	Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government of Finland Helsinki, Finland	31.03	20	17.57
33	Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) Helsinki, Finland	33.05	12	10.69
34	Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	33.08	14	12.61
35	Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	34.2	1	1
36	Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Den Haag, Netherlands	36.03	11	9.62
37	Manhattan Institute New York, New York (USA)	36.31	1	0.44
38	The Conference Board New York City, New York (USA)	37.7	4	2.76
39	Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) Colombia	37.95	19	17.21
40	C. D. Howe Institute Toronto, Canada	38.58	7	2.85
41	Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), New Economic School (NES) Moscow, Russia	38.82	13	7.19
42	CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research Warszawa, Poland	38.93	25	13.4
43	Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (JIMS) Jerusalem, Israel	45.18	1	0.33
44	Overseas Development Institute London, United Kingdom	47.62	12	8.71
45	Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	48.61	10	9
46	Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Köln, Germany	49.02	6	5.64
47	Economic Development Initiatives (E.D.I.) Bukoba, Tanzania	49.71	2	2

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