| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 23429.77 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 7035.27 | 120 |
| 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3882.48 | 51 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3832.49 | 25 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3556.54 | 15 |
| 6 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 3550.34 | 109 |
| 7 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2963.93 | 11 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2843.08 | 18 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2687.8 | 25 |
| 10 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2240.72 | 10 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2073.2 | 12 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1897.9 | 11 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1882.57 | 23 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1760.43 | 19 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1729.19 | 18 |
| 16 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1702.89 | 13 |
| 17 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1694.16 | 11 |
| 18 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1632.64 | 18 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1608.67 | 18 |
| 20 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1597.4 | 18 |
| 21 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1586.92 | 19 |
| 22 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1579.72 | 17 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1559.58 | 15 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1550.68 | 12 |
| 25 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1518.46 | 12 |
| 26 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1424.11 | 6 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1424.11 | 6 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1384.58 | 26 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1361.48 | 12 |
| 30 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1331.98 | 8 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1296.33 | 9 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1296.03 | 17 |
| 33 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1273.64 | 13 |
| 34 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1240.17 | 68 |
| 35 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1202.71 | 13 |
| 36 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1125.72 | 22 |
| 37 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1093.59 | 18 |
| 38 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1016.64 | 6 |
| 39 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1015.34 | 26 |
| 40 | Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 985.39 | 9 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 947.11 | 6 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 911.21 | 13 |
| 43 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 905.49 | 11 |
| 44 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 901.94 | 24 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 881.8 | 9 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 871.32 | 19 |
| 47 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 856.8 | 5 |
| 48 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 804.28 | 10 |
| 49 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 798.62 | 17 |
| 50 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 784.91 | 9 |
| 51 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 783.41 | 9 |
| 52 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 777.94 | 3 |
| 53 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 777.57 | 22 |
| 54 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 774.54 | 16 |
| 55 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 757.11 | 4 |
| 56 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 720.4 | 13 |
| 57 | Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 720.35 | 7 |
| 58 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 687.11 | 1 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 679.4 | 21 |
| 60 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 677.74 | 6 |
| 61 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 618.92 | 24 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 618.32 | 20 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 617.24 | 9 |
| 64 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 610.75 | 8 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 608.78 | 21 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 603.02 | 21 |
| 67 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 597.04 | 14 |
| 68 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 587.21 | 8 |
| 69 | National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) | London, United Kingdom | 585.1 | 5 |
| 70 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 574.67 | 2 |
| 71 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 565.25 | 46 |
| 72 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 563.66 | 7 |
| 73 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 562.33 | 18 |
| 74 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 557.05 | 10 |
| 75 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 554.12 | 4 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 551.58 | 7 |
| 77 | Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel University | Twickenham, United Kingdom | 546.64 | 8 |
| 78 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 543.32 | 16 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 529.55 | 14 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 520.46 | 19 |
| 81 | Pensions Institute, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 515.98 | 1 |
| 82 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 510.08 | 2 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 507.58 | 13 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, North Carolina State University | Raleigh, North Carolina (USA) | 498.82 | 6 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 495.01 | 15 |
| 86 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 479.75 | 34 |
| 87 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 463.31 | 18 |
| 88 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 460.23 | 7 |
| 89 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 457.85 | 15 |
| 90 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 453.53 | 2 |
| 91 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 451.84 | 9 |
| 92 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 451.39 | 9 |
| 93 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 446.16 | 13 |
| 94 | James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 437.5 | 4 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 429.95 | 15 |
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