| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 23315.92 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 5393.47 | 120 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4909.49 | 25 |
| 4 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3270.99 | 10 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3117.41 | 12 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3094.85 | 23 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3055.43 | 18 |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2788.27 | 51 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2442.76 | 15 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2169.36 | 25 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1948.66 | 13 |
| 12 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1945.33 | 11 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1941.39 | 18 |
| 14 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1924.66 | 18 |
| 15 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1839.69 | 18 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1712.16 | 17 |
| 17 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1699.98 | 11 |
| 18 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1656.01 | 10 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1572.09 | 17 |
| 20 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1558.16 | 9 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1550.18 | 19 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1504.49 | 11 |
| 23 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1494.69 | 13 |
| 24 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1289.07 | 18 |
| 25 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1252.33 | 13 |
| 26 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1208.16 | 4 |
| 27 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1196.66 | 109 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1193.74 | 18 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1161.75 | 9 |
| 30 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1143.25 | 6 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1143.25 | 6 |
| 32 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1051 | 3 |
| 33 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1023.16 | 11 |
| 34 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 980.5 | 2 |
| 35 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 971.63 | 68 |
| 36 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 905.16 | 8 |
| 37 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 899.83 | 17 |
| 38 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 883.96 | 19 |
| 39 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 851.08 | 8 |
| 40 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 825.5 | 2 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 824.64 | 19 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 771.5 | 26 |
| 43 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 738.45 | 24 |
| 44 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 737.24 | 7 |
| 45 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 698.49 | 4 |
| 46 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 665.91 | 25 |
| 47 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 646.58 | 9 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 616.24 | 15 |
| 49 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 582.91 | 6 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 581.05 | 9 |
| 51 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 579.5 | 7 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 565.99 | 16 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 565 | 21 |
| 54 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 550.49 | 12 |
| 55 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 536.83 | 1 |
| 56 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 528.58 | 13 |
| 57 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 517.74 | 22 |
| 58 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 512.99 | 3 |
| 59 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 512.66 | 15 |
| 60 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 511.83 | 2 |
| 61 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 505.66 | 6 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 505.66 | 6 |
| 63 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 494.51 | 22 |
| 64 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 490.63 | 18 |
| 65 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 486.66 | 5 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 483.44 | 13 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 477.91 | 6 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 475.08 | 15 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 474.74 | 20 |
| 70 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 474.49 | 1 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 472.74 | 19 |
| 72 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 471.66 | 9 |
| 73 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 464.16 | 7 |
| 74 | CESifo | München, Germany | 462.58 | 26 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 452 | 5 |
| 76 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 446.41 | 6 |
| 77 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 444.83 | 2 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 435.54 | 14 |
| 79 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 431.33 | 8 |
| 80 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 416.66 | 13 |
| 81 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 410.16 | 6 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 404.49 | 7 |
| 83 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 387.07 | 15 |
| 84 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 378.75 | 18 |
| 85 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 370.38 | 21 |
| 86 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 370.08 | 8 |
| 87 | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 357.73 | 12 |
| 88 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 356.53 | 24 |
| 89 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 355 | 14 |
| 90 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 346.66 | 6 |
| 91 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 345.31 | 13 |
| 92 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 342.16 | 13 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 336.89 | 20 |
| 94 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 331.49 | 46 |
| 95 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 330.33 | 3 |
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