Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World

Think Tanks

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Albania

• Albanian Center for Economic Research (ACER), Tirana

Argentina

• Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Argentino (CENDA) (Center for the Study of Argentinean Development), Buenos Aires
• Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC) (Center for the Implementation of Public Policies promoting Equity and Growth), Buenos Aires
• Fundación Capital, Buenos Aires
• Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas (FIEL) (Foundation for Economic Research on Latin America), Buenos Aires
• Fundación Siena, Buenos Aires
• Grupo Sophia, Buenos Aires
• Instituto de Estudios sobre la Realidad Argentina y Latinoamericana (IERAL) (Institute for the Study of the Argentine and Latinamerican Reality), Córdoba
• Instituto Torcuato di Tella (ITDT), Buenos Aires

Armenia

• Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG), Yerevan

Australia

• Center for Independent Studies, St. Leonards
• Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Melbourne
• EarthSharing
• Evatt Foundation, Sydney
• Tax Reform Australia, Melbourne

Austria

• ARC Systems Research, Wien
• Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Wien

Azerbaijan

• Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD), Baku

Bahamas

• Nassau Institute, Nassau

Bangladesh

• Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka

Belarus

• Independent Institute of Socio-Economic & Political Studies (IISEPS), Minsk

Belgium

• Bruegel, Bruxelles/Brussel
• Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Bruxelles/Brussel
• Centre for the New Europe (CNE)
• Globalisation Institute, Bruxelles/Brussel
• von Mises Institute Europe, Brussel

Brazil

• Transparencia Brasil, Sao Paulo

Bulgaria

• Center for Economic Development, Sofia
• Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia
• Club "Ekonomika 2000", Sofia
• Economic Policy Institute, Sofia
• Institute for Market Economics (IME), Sofia

Cambodia

• Economic Institute of Cambodia, Phnom Penh

Canada

• Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Halifax
• Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC), Halifax
• C. D. Howe Institute, Toronto
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Ottawa
• Canada West Foundation, Calgary
• Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa
• Canadian Council on Social Development, Ottawa
• The Conference Board of Canada
• David Suzuki Foundation, Vancouver
• Fraser Institute, Vancouver
• Frontier Centre for Public Policy, Winnipeg
• George Morris Centre, Guelph
• Institut de Recherche en Économie Contemporaine (Research Institute on the Contemporaneaous Economy), Montréal
• Institut Économique de Montréal (IEDM) (Montréal Economic Insitute), Montréal
• Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity, Toronto
• Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), Montréal
• Queen's University, Kingston, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy (JDI)
• University of Alberta, Edmonton, Parkland Institute

Chile

• Centro de Estudios Públicos, Santiago
• Instituto Libertad, Santiago
• Libertad y Desarrollo, Santiago

Colombia

• Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) (Foundation for Higher Education and Development)

Czech Republic

• Liberální Institut (Liberal Institute), Praha

Ecuador

• Corporación de Estudios para el Desarrollo (CORDES), Quito

El Salvador

• Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social (FUSADES) (Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development), La Libertad
• Synthesis Consultores Internacionales, San Salvador

Estonia

• Eesti Konjunktuuriinstituudi, Tallinn
• Praxis Poliitikauuringute Keskus (Praxis Center for Policy Studies), Tallinn

Finland

• Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) (The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy), Helsinki
• Elinkeinoelämän Valtuuskunta (EVA) (Centre for Finnish Business and Policy Studies), Helsinki
• Government of Finland, Helsinki, Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT) (Government Institute for Economic Research)
• Palkansaajien tutkimuslaitos (Labour Institute for Economic Research), Helsinki
• Pellervon taloudellinen tutkimuslaitos (PTT) (Pellervo Economic Research Institute), Helsinki

France

• Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII), Paris
• WEFA

Georgia

• Curatio International Foundation, Tbilisi

Germany

• DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)), Berlin
• DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)), Berlin, Längschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) (German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP))
• HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (HWWA Institute for Economic Research), Hamburg
• ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. (ifo Institute for Economic Research), München
• Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft (Institute of the German Economy), Köln
• Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) (Institute for Employment Research), Nürnberg
• Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) (Institute for Employment Research), Nürnberg, Forschungsdatenzentrum der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency)
• Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) (Institute for Economic Research), Halle
• Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
• Karl-Bräuer-Institut, Berlin
• Policy Research & Consultancy, Bad Soden
• Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Essen
• WEFA, Frankfurt am Main

Ghana

• Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA), Accra

Greece

• European Research Centre for Excellence (ERCE), Athens

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Policy Research Institute

Hungary

• Budapest Economics, Budapest
• GKI Gazdaságkutató (GKI Economic Research), Budapest

India

• Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi
• South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI), New Delhi

Indonesia

• Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta
• Institut Aceh, Banda Aceh

Iran

• Sharif Think Tank, Tehran

Ireland

• Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
• Edmund Burke Institute
• Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (FEASTA), Dublin
• Freedom Institute, Dublin
• Open Republic Institute

Israel

• The Israeli Institute for Economic and Social Research (IIESR)

Italy

• Fondazione Rosselli, Torino
• Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, Centro di Economia e Politica della Scienza e della Tecnologia (CeS&T) (Centre for the Economics and Politics of Science and Technology)
• Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, Istituto di Economia dei Media (IEM) (Institute of Media Economics)
• Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, Istituto per la Pubblica Amministrazione (Institute for Public Administration)
• Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, Laboratorio di Economia dell'Innovazione "Franco Momigliano" (Laboratory of Innovation Economics)
• Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, Laboratorio di Scienze Cognitive, Metodologiche ed Economico-Sociali (LaSCOMES) (Laboratory of Cognitive, Methodological and Economico-Social Sciences)
• Fondirigenti, Roma
• Istituto Bruno Leoni, Torino
• Nomisma, Bologna
• Prometeia, Bologna
• Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA), Rimini

Japan

• Economic Research Center of Niigata (RCN), Niigata
• Fukushima Economic Research Institute (FERI), Fukushima
• Hokuriku Economic Research Institute (HOKUKEI)
• Hyakugo Economic Research Institute (HRI)
• Hyogo Economic Research Institute (HERI)
• Japanese Economic Foundation (JEF), Tokyo
• Kokumin Keizai Research Institute, Ayoama
• Nagano Economic Research Institute (NERI)
• Nakamae International Economic Research (NIER), Tokyo
• Nanto Economic Research Institute (NERI)
• Nikko Research Center (NRC), Tokyo
• Nomura Research Institute
• North East Think Tank of Japan (NETT)
• Omniversal Development Institute, Tokyo
• Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo
• Sakura Institute of Research, Tokyo
• UFJ Institute, Tokyo

Kenya

• African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi
• Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR), Nairobi
• Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Nairobi

Latvia

• Baltic International Center for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS), Riga

Lebanon

• Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Beirut

Lithuania

• Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI), Vilnius

Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic)

• Center for Economic Analyses (CEA), Skopje
• Ohrid Institute for Economic Strategies and International Affairs, Skopje
• Univerzitet "Sv. Kiril i Metodij" (St, Cyril and Methodius University), Skopje, Ekonomiski Institut (Institute of Economics)

Mexico

• Centro de Investigación Económica y de Prospectiva Política de México (CIEPP) (Centre for Economic Research and Political Investigation)
• Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) (Center for Research and Teaching of Economics), México

Montenegro

• Institut za strateske studije i prognoze (ISSPM) (Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognoses), Podgorica

Mozambique

• Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE) (Institute for Social and Economics Studies), Maputo

Netherlands

• Ecorys, Rotterdam
• Economisch Instituut voor de Bouwnijverheid (EIB) (Economic Research Institute EIB), Amsterdam
• EIM Business & Policy Research, Zoetermeer
• Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Den Haag

New Zealand

• Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL), Wellington
• Center for Independent Studies, Wellington
• Infometrics, Wellington
• Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington
• New Zealand Business Roundtable, Wellington
• New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, Wellington

Nicaragua

• Fundacion Internacional para el Desafio Economico Global (FIDEG) (International Foundation Global Economic Challenge)

Nigeria

• African Institute for Applied Economics (AIAE), Enugu
• Quantitative Economic Research Bureau (Quanterb), Aba

Norway

• Norsk Institutt for studier av forskning og utdanning - Senter for innovasjonsforskning (NIFU STEP) (Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Education - Centre for Innovation Research), Oslo

Pakistan

• Social Policy and Development Centre, Karachi

Peru

• Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) (Development Analysis Group), Lima
• Instituto de Economía de Libre Mercado (IELM) (Institute of Free Market Economics)
• Instituto de Libre Empresa (ILE) (Free Enterprise Institute), Lima
• Instituto Libertad y Democracia (ILD) (Institute for Liberty and Democracy), Lima

Poland

• Centrum Analiz Społeczno-Ekonomicznych (CASE) (Center for Social and Economic Research), Warszawa
• Centrum im. Adama Smitha (Adam Smith Center), Warszawa
• Instytut Badañ nad Gospodarka Rynkowa (Gdansk Institute for Market Economics), Gdansk
• Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research (TIGER), Warszawa

Portugal

• Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (Faculty of Science and Technology), Centro de Investigação em Inovação Empresarial e do Trabalho (IET) (Research Center on Enterprise and Work Innovation)

Romania

• CENPO Public Policy Centre, Cluj
• Grupul de Economie Aplicată (GEA) (Group of Applied Economists), Bucureşti
• Romania Think Tank (RTT), Bucureşti

Russia

• Center for Strategic Research "North West", St. Petersburg
• Expert Institute, Moscow
• Institute for Commercial Engineering, Moscow
• Institute for Macroeconomic Research and Forecating (IMRF), Moscow
• Institute for the Economy in Transition, Moscow
• Institute for the Study of the Russian Economy, Moscow
• Institute of International Trade and Law, Moscow
• International Centre for Socio-Economic Research "Leontief Centre", St. Petersburg
• New Economic School (NES), Moscow, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR)
• Russian European Centre for Economic Policy (RECEP), Moscow

Serbia

• Centar za liberalno-demokratske studije (CLDS) (Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies), Belgrade
• Center for Strategic Studies (CSS), Belgrade
• Ekonomski Institut (Economics Institute), Beograd

Singapore

• Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Singapore
• Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)

Slovakia

• Nadácia F. A. Hayeka (F. A. Hayek Foundation), Bratislava

Slovenia

• Drustvo za svobodno druzbo (Free Society Institute), Slovenska Bistrica

South Africa

• Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI), Cape Town
• National Institute for Economic Policy (NIEP), Johannesburg
• WEFA, Pretoria

South Korea

• Center for Free Enterprise
• Daewoo Economic Institute, Seoul
• First Economic Research Institute, Seoul
• Korea Center for Free Enterprise (CFE), Seoul
• Korea Research Institution for Local Administration (KRILA), Seoul
• POSCO Research Institute, Seoul
• Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI), Seoul
• Samsung Research Institute of Finance, Seoul
• SK Research Institute, Seoul

Sweden

• Econ Analys, Stockholm
• Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) (Research Institute of Industrial Economics), Stockholm
• Studieförbundet Näringsliv och Samhälle (SNS) (Centre for Business and Policy Studies)
• Timbro, Stockholm

Switzerland

• IQSensato, Genève
• Stiftung Zukunft Schweiz (Avenir Suisse), Zürich
• World Economic Forum, Cologny

Taiwan

• Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taipei
• Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
• World Economics Society, Taipei

Tanzania

• Economic Development Initiatives (E.D.I.), Bukoba
• Economics and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Dar es Salaam

Uganda

• Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Kampala

Ukraine

• Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Kyiv
• International Centre for Policy Studies, Kyiv

United Kingdom

• Adam Smith Institute, London
• Centre for Associative Economics, Canterbury
• Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London
• Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, Unifying the European Experience (UEE)
• Centre for Reform, London
• Demos, London
• Economics Research Council, London
• European Economics and Financial Centre (EEFC)
• Gold Mercury International
• Institute for Public Policy Research, London
• Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), London
• New Economics Foundation, London
• Overseas Development Institute, London
• OXONIA, The Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Oxford
• Policy Studies Institute (PSI), London
• Social Market Foundation, London
• Social Market Foundation, London, Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies
• Stockholm Network, London
• WEFA, London

United States: Arizona

• Goldwater Institute, Phoenix
• Institute for Economic Democracy, Sun City

United States: California

• California State University-Hayward, Hayward, School of Business and Economics, Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies
• Center for the Study of Democratic Societies, Manhattan Beach
• Independent Institute, Oakland
• Japan Policy Research Institute (JPRI), Cardif
• Jefferson School of Philosophy, Economics, and Psychology, Laguna Hills
• La Jolla Institute, Claremont
• McKeever Institute of Economic Policy Analysis (MIEPA), Berkeley
• Milken Institute for Job & Capital Formation, Santa Monica
• Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, San Francisco
• Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), San Francisco
• Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles
• University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE)

United States: Colorado

• Center for the New West, Denver

United States: District of Columbia

• American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF), Washington
• American Enterprise Institute, Washington
• Brookings Institution, Washington
• Brookings Institution, Washington, Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
• Brookings Institution, Washington, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
• Brookings Institution, Washington, Economic Studies
• Brookings Institution, Washington, Global Economy and Development Program
• Capital Research Center, Washington
• Cato Institute, Washington
• Center for American Progress, Washington
• Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), Washington
• Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ), Washington
• Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Washington
• Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington
• Center for National Policy (CNP), Washington
• Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washingtom
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington
• Committee for Economic Development, Washington
• Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington
• Congressional Economic Leadership Institute (CELI), Washington
• Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
• DIW DC, Washington
• Economic Policy Institute, Washington
• Economic Strategy Institute, Washington
• Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington
• Employment Policies Institute, Washington
• Employment Policy Foundation, Washington
• Enterprise Research Institute (ERI), Washington
• Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET), Washington
• George C. Marshall Institute, Washington
• Group of Thirty, Washington
• Heritage Foundation, Washington
• Hudson Institute, Washington
• Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), Washington
• Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Washington
• International Tax and Investment Center, Washington
• National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP), Washington
• National Center for Public Policy Research, Washington
• National Policy Association (NPA)
• Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington
• Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Policy Studies, Washington
• Prosperity Institute, Washington
• Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington
• Urban Institute, Washington

United States: Florida

• James Madison Institute, Tallahassee

United States: Illinois

• Heartland Institute, Palatine
• Woodstock Institute, Chicago

United States: Indiana

• Liberty Fund, Indianapolis

United States: Maine

• Institute for Human Economics, Bath

United States: Maryland

• Benjamin Banneker Center for Economic Justice, Columbia
• Calvert Institute for Policy Research, Baltimore
• Towson University, Towson, Regional Economic Studies Institute (RESI)

United States: Massachusetts

• American Institute for Economic Research, Great Barrington
• Center for Popular Economics, Amherst
• Commonwealth Institute, Cambridge
• E. F. Schumacher Society, Great Barrington
• Global Insight, Lexington
• Institute for Economic Analysis, Cambridge
• Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC), Boston
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge
• New England Economic Project (NEEP), Walpole
• Pioneer Institute, Boston
• Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
• Suffolk University, Boston, Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research

United States: Michigan

• Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Midland
• W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo

United States: Minnesota

• Center of the American Experiment, Minneapolis
• Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, Minneapolis

United States: Missouri

• Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, St. Louis

United States: Montana

• Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, Bozeman
• Gallatin Institute, Gallatin Gateway
• Political Economy Research Center (PERC), Bozeman

United States: New Jersey

• Adaptative Economics Association, Summit

United States: New York

• American Monetary Institute, Valatie
• Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, Levy Economics Institute
• Center for an Urban Future, New York City
• The Conference Board, New York City
• Council on Economic Priorities (CEP), New York City
• Demos, New York City
• Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI), New York City
• Hamilton College, Clinton, Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center
• Manhattan Institute, New York
• Manhattanville College, Purchase, Economic Freedom Institute
• Russell Sage Foundation, New York City
• Shadow Open Market Committee, Rochester

United States: North Carolina

• John Locke Foundation, Raleigh

United States: Ohio

• Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, Columbus

United States: Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), Oklahoma City
• Oklahoma Institute for Progressive Policy (OIPP), Oklahoma City

United States: Oregon

• American Institute for Full Employment (AIFE), Klamath Falls
• Cascade Policy Institute, Portland

United States: Pennsylvania

• Allegheny Institute for Public Policy, Pittsburgh
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, Harrisburg
• Dismal Sciences, West Chester
• Economy.com (formerly Regional Financial Associates)
• WEFA, Eddystone

United States: Texas

• Institute for Christian Economics, Tyler
• Institute for Policy Innovation, Lewisville
• National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas
• Texas Public Policy Foundation, San Antonio
• University of Texas-Austin, Austin, IC2 Institute

United States: Vermont

• Ethan Allen Institute, Concord
• Sustainability Institute, Hartland

United States: Virginia

• Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Fairfax
• Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE), Arlington
• CNA Corporation (CNAC), Alexandria, Institute for Public Research
• Locke Institute, Fairfax

United States: Washington

• Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, Bellevue
• Discovery Institute, Seattle
• Economic Research Institute (ERI), Redmond

Venezuela

• Centro de Divulgación del Conocimiento Económico (CEDICE) (Center for Education on Economic Knowledge), Caracas

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (ZEPARU), Harare