| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6303.92 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 1238.36 | 120 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1177.02 | 25 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 901.3 | 18 |
| 5 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 833.29 | 10 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 814.64 | 23 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 808.17 | 12 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 698.31 | 15 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 597.68 | 18 |
| 10 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 582.25 | 17 |
| 11 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 501.72 | 51 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 492.15 | 25 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 441.98 | 13 |
| 14 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 441.04 | 11 |
| 15 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 436.22 | 13 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 435.49 | 11 |
| 17 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 428.26 | 13 |
| 18 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 406.66 | 10 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 395.06 | 19 |
| 20 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 394.9 | 6 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 394.9 | 6 |
| 22 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 384.68 | 9 |
| 23 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 378.13 | 18 |
| 24 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 328.47 | 4 |
| 25 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 317.07 | 18 |
| 26 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 288.57 | 11 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 286.91 | 18 |
| 28 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 285.98 | 11 |
| 29 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 258.88 | 109 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 257.73 | 9 |
| 31 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 256.45 | 24 |
| 32 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 253.91 | 2 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 251.68 | 17 |
| 34 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 247.3 | 68 |
| 35 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 245.24 | 8 |
| 36 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 221.8 | 2 |
| 37 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 215.88 | 3 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 201.03 | 15 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 199.87 | 19 |
| 40 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 197.22 | 18 |
| 41 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 193.65 | 19 |
| 42 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 190.44 | 13 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 186.85 | 16 |
| 44 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 185.3 | 8 |
| 45 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 178.05 | 17 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 178.02 | 26 |
| 47 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 171.87 | 7 |
| 48 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 171.06 | 7 |
| 49 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 161.25 | 25 |
| 50 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 159.61 | 18 |
| 51 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 155.7 | 9 |
| 52 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 155.38 | 9 |
| 53 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 140.19 | 1 |
| 54 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 139.91 | 2 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 133.35 | 5 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 133.17 | 21 |
| 57 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 130.91 | 8 |
| 58 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 124.59 | 5 |
| 59 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 122.26 | 2 |
| 60 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 114.55 | 6 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 114.15 | 20 |
| 62 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 104.68 | 6 |
| 63 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 104.65 | 1 |
| 64 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 102.92 | 3 |
| 65 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 100.49 | 6 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 97.88 | 13 |
| 67 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 97.15 | 22 |
| 68 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 94.79 | 9 |
| 69 | CESifo | München, Germany | 94.61 | 26 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 92.48 | 15 |
| 71 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 91.9 | 2 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 90.12 | 14 |
| 73 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 89.97 | 10 |
| 74 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 89.9 | 15 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 87.18 | 7 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 86.56 | 21 |
| 77 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 86.44 | 6 |
| 78 | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 84.94 | 1 |
| 79 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 84.4 | 3 |
| 80 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 83.7 | 4 |
| 81 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 83.33 | 9 |
| 82 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 80.14 | 8 |
| 83 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 77.93 | 13 |
| 84 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 77.47 | 46 |
| 85 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 77.29 | 22 |
| 86 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 76.49 | 24 |
| 87 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 75.73 | 14 |
| 88 | Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata | La Plata, Argentina | 75.63 | 1 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 74.7 | 19 |
| 90 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 74.69 | 15 |
| 91 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 74.38 | 3 |
| 92 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 73.78 | 3 |
| 93 | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 72.45 | 1 |
| 94 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 72.4 | 4 |
| 95 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 70.53 | 13 |
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