In this paper we provide a ranking of European economics institutions and c
ountries based on publications in a core set of 10 economic journals from 1
991 to 1996. We find that the three leading universities in Europe are the
London School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University and Oxford University while
the three top-ranked countries are the U.K., France and Israel. (C) 1999 E
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