Think Tanks: Hot Economists
and Hot Topics

Independent public policy research institutions, aka "Think Tanks," are major contributors to the policy debate in the US and worldwide. Drawing on a small but well-defined community of scholars with the combination of academic training and practical policy interests—and usually some policymaking experience—these institutions influence legislative and executive decisions, educate the public about policy issues, and bring together disparate interest groups in substantive discussion. They also receive a significant share of foundation, corporate, and NGO funding of policy relevant research, as well as providing advice, and sometimes high-level appointees, to the US government and the major international organizations. >>> Full article

Study methodology

Alternative First Name Search

Raw Data Individual:
Updated/Corrected February 15, 2003

American Enterprise Institute [pdf]
The Brookings Institution [pdf]
The Cato Institute [pdf]
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities [pdf]
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [pdf]
The Center for Strategic and International Studies [pdf]
Council on Foreign Relations [pdf]
The Economic Policy Institute [pdf]
The Economic Strategy Institute [pdf]
The Heritage Foundation [pdf]
The Hoover Institution [pdf]
The Hudson Institute [pdf]
The Institute for International Economics [pdf]
The National Center on Policy Analysis [pdf]
The Progressive Policy Institute [pdf]
The Urban Institute [pdf]

The Milken Institute [pdf]
(added February 26, 2003)

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