Top 25% Think Tanks, as of February 2016

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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	486	80.2
2	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn, Germany	2.64	666	104.88
3	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) London, United Kingdom	2.82	294	33.19
4	Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	4.58	32	21.58
5	Brookings Institution Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	4.9	29	19.42
6	ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V. München, Germany	5.22	152	120.33
7	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) Berlin, Germany	5.48	140	94.01
8	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) Stockholm, Sweden	8.77	67	45.07
9	Resources for the Future (RFF) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	9.52	35	24.58
10	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research Wellington, New Zealand	10.43	18	13.36
11	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Dublin, Ireland	13.07	45	34.97
12	American Enterprise Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	13.47	18	16.65
13	Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) Rimini, Italy	13.59	88	12.74
14	Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Tokyo, Japan	13.86	51	26.54
15	Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII) Paris, France	14.56	48	28.68
16	Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) Essen, Germany	14.77	66	48.12
17	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) Nürnberg, Germany	15.37	54	41.88
18	Bruegel Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	15.5	20	12.56
19	Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) México, Mexico	17.26	33	31.75
20	W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA)	17.37	12	10.89
21	Geary Institute, University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland	20.27	21	8.37
22	Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) Halle, Germany	20.48	52	37.73
23	Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) San Francisco, California (USA)	21.12	7	3.64
24	Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Moscow, Russia	22.74	92	51.86
25	Urban Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	23.95	22	18.59
26	Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) Lima, Peru	25.13	21	17.93
27	Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	25.82	12	9.52
28	Levy Economics Institute, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (USA)	26.57	22	14.74
29	Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government of Finland Helsinki, Finland	29.53	22	19.67
30	Centro de Estudios Públicos Santiago, Chile	30.19	5	4.49
31	Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), Oxford Martin School, Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom	31.47	9	6.15
32	Cato Institute Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	32.14	4	2.25
33	Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) Helsinki, Finland	32.67	14	11.71
34	Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	32.8	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)	33.79	1	1
36	Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Den Haag, Netherlands	35.61	11	8.81
37	Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) Colombia	36.9	18	15.72
38	Manhattan Institute New York, New York (USA)	37.37	1	0.44
39	The Conference Board New York City, New York (USA)	37.64	4	2.86
40	C. D. Howe Institute Toronto, Canada	38.44	7	2.85
41	CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research Warszawa, Poland	39.53	25	13.11
42	Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (JIMS) Jerusalem, Israel	40.71	1	0.33
43	Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), New Economic School (NES) Moscow, Russia	43.1	12	6.54
44	Overseas Development Institute London, United Kingdom	44.85	12	8.71
45	Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	46.84	10	8.19
46	Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Köln, Germany	47.9	6	5.64
47	Niedersächsisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (NIW) Hannover, Germany	51.2	4	3.5

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