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Top Economic Institutions by Number of Authors Ranked in Top 5% (Last 10 Years of Publications), as of April 2026

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1London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom61.06361248.56
2National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)55.47564143.05
3European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany46.48287261.42
4World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)40.70652590.79
5International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)36.68548507.96
6Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel, Switzerland33.7510597.42
7Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)31.89211205.36
8Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy31.45190152.95
9Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City, New York (United States)29.0910399.92
10Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)28.987360.87
11Paris School of Economics, Paris, France28.10224174.39
12University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)26.316659.13
13Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain24.02185164.26
14Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)23.046252.93
15University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)21.976450.00
16Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)21.356753.51
17University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)21.298573.69
18Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)20.735043.87
19Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)20.437054.08
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)20.38150135.34
-Federal Reserve Bank of New York → Research and Statistics Group, New York City, New York (United States)20.226860.55
20Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France19.8712082.91
21Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia19.80204191.48
22University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom19.527055.80
23Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland19.14193166.87
24Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom19.05189141.15
25Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)18.954940.90
26University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)17.558976.95
27Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, California (United States)17.494138.90
28Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France17.19168160.56
29Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)16.857367.30
30University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)16.626455.45
31Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)16.506145.77
32Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom16.0541956.75
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom16.035745.39
33University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)15.956458.78
34University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada15.917568.85
35University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)15.825248.82
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland15.82114102.57
36DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany15.40142100.81
37Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg15.381035187.90
38Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)15.345244.04
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France15.075442.57
39University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)14.915245.36
40ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany14.90203154.40
41Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)14.766351.32
42Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)14.245345.24
43Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)14.234131.58
44New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)13.816048.03
45Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)13.745543.05
46Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy13.69379368.42
47Bank of England, London, United Kingdom13.21218199.93
48Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)13.156257.74
49Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)13.139147.61
-Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis → Research Division, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)13.105143.16
49Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)13.106051.86
-Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco → Economic Research, San Francisco, California (United States)133328.96
51University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)12.865142.05
52University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)12.675749.28
53New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)12.345952.43
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg12.23992146.38
54Duke University → Department of Economics, Durham, North Carolina (United States)12.225446.26
55Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)12.114442.55
56Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Palaiseau, France11.8511287.20
57University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)11.847558.67
58Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy11.69128114.58
-International Monetary Fund (IMF) → Research Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)11.655450.39
59University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)11.355852.34
60Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)11.104232.99
61Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)11.095238.07
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom11.078932.02
62Banco de España, Madrid, Spain11.03155150.76
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia10.758375.84
63Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)10.594844.54
64International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)10.50190178.92
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain10.4010375.27
65Banque de France, Paris, France10.35205181.15
66University of Wisconsin-Madison → Economics Department, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)10.313631.98
67University of Chicago → Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois (United States)10.123430.03
68UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia108977.96
69Rijksuniversiteit Groningen → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Groningen, Netherlands9.899585.61
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy9.803526.20
70Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark9.628271.13
71KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium9.59161119.49
-Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia → Research Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)9.583028.12
72Tufts University → Department of Economics, Medford, Massachusetts (United States)9.553127.58
73University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)9.235248.06
74Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)9.107366.69
75Queen Mary University of London → School of Economics and Finance, London, United Kingdom8.917365.50
76HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France8.894240.84
77University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada8.726156.88
78Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (United States)8.704644.55
79Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)8.673731.85
80London Business School (LBS), London, United Kingdom8.633328.22
81University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom8.589376.64
82Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)8.574632.87
-Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Research Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)8.542115.44
83University of Hong Kong → Faculty of Business and Economics, Pokfulam, Hong Kong8.483331.48
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)8.427264.36
83Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)8.429182.69
85Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia (United States)7.983131.03
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Milano, Italy7.984922.26
86University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)7.974845.26
87Arizona State University → W.P. Carey School of Business, Tempe, Arizona (United States)7.975149.27
88Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)7.965548.61
89Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden7.946549.97
90Vanderbilt University → Department of Economics, Nashville, Tennessee (United States)7.904139.64
91University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States)7.873734.70

Top 6%

In random order
Universität zu Köln → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Köln, Germany
University of Cambridge → Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy
Imperial College → Business School, London, United Kingdom
UNSW Sydney → UNSW Business School → School of Economics, Sydney, Australia
Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium
Université de Lausanne → Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Lausanne, Switzerland
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
University of Western Ontario → Department of Economics, London, Canada
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO), Wien, Austria
Univerzita Karlova v Praze → Institut ekonomických studií, Praha, Czech Republic
University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) → Economics Department, Santa Cruz, California (United States)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland
Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
Washington University in St. Louis → Olin School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)
Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway
WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria
Texas A&M University → Department of Economics, College Station, Texas (United States)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany
Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway

Top 7%

In random order
Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
University of Virginia → Department of Economics, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)
Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
BI Handelshøyskolen, Oslo, Norway
Aarhus Universitet → Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus, Denmark
Universiteit van Amsterdam → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Universidade Nova de Lisboa → School of Business and Economics, Lisboa, Portugal
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → School of Business and Economics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
University of Rochester → Economics Department, Rochester, New York (United States)
Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS) → Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF), Roma, Italy
Université de Lausanne → Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) → Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique (DEEP), Lausanne, Switzerland
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management → Department of Finance, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
University of Cambridge → Judge Business School, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Australian National University → Crawford School of Public Policy, Canberra, Australia
Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy
London School of Economics (LSE) → Finance Department, London, United Kingdom
University of Essex → Economics Department, Colchester, United Kingdom

Top 8%

In random order
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France
University of British Columbia → Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, Canada
Universität Bern → Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Bern, Switzerland
CESifo, München, Germany
University of Kentucky → Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics → Department of Economics, Lexington, Kentucky (United States)
Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany
Emory University → Department of Economics, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management → European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Bruxelles, Belgium
University of Kentucky → Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, Lexington, Kentucky (United States)
University of Michigan → Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Barcelona, Spain
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond → Economic Research Division, Richmond, Virginia (United States)
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) → Department of Economics, Santa Barbara, California (United States)
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
University of Pittsburgh → Department of Economics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas → Economic Research Department, Dallas, Texas (United States)
Michigan State University → Economics Department, East Lansing, Michigan (United States)
Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (United States)

Top 9%

In random order
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
Queen's University → Economics Department, Kingston, Canada
Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Curtin University → Faculty of Business and Law, Perth, Australia
University of Oregon → Department of Economics, Eugene, Oregon (United States)
WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft, Wien, Austria
Universität St. Gallen → School of Economics and Political Science, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Bank of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Finanza, Milano, Italy
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
"Sapienza" Università di Roma → Facoltà di Economia, Roma, Italy
Universidad de Zaragoza → Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Zaragoza, Spain
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
University of Melbourne → Faculty of Business and Economics, Melbourne, Australia
New York University (NYU) → Stern School of Business → Finance Department, New York City, New York (United States)
University of Arizona → Eller College of Management → Economics Department, Tucson, Arizona (United States)
University of Arizona → Eller College of Management, Tucson, Arizona (United States)
Arizona State University → W.P. Carey School of Business → Department of Economics, Tempe, Arizona (United States)
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Frankfurt, Germany
Beijing Institute of Technology → Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing, China
de Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Top 10%

In random order
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) → École des Sciences de la Gestion (ESG), Montréal, Canada
Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy
HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Université Paris-Saclay → Graduate School of Economics and Management, Saint-Aubin, France
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Paris, France
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta → Economic Research Department, Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
Ohio State University → Department of Economics, Columbus, Ohio (United States)
Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain
Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France
Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy
Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)
Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands
Lebanese American University → Adnan Kassar School of Business, Beirut/Byblos, Lebanon
McGill University → Department of Economics, Montréal, Canada
George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
Johns Hopkins University → Carey Business School, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)
ESSEC Business School, Cergy-Pontoise, France
University of York → Department of Economics and Related Studies, York, United Kingdom
Carnegie Mellon University → H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → School of Global Policy and Strategy, La Jolla, California (United States)
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