| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 29108.9 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 6769.23 | 120 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5277.44 | 25 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4201.89 | 23 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3945.21 | 12 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3822.49 | 10 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3661.67 | 15 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3313.77 | 18 |
| 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2916.66 | 51 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2466.04 | 18 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2415.73 | 13 |
| 12 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2403.12 | 11 |
| 13 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2385.43 | 11 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2353.34 | 25 |
| 15 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2261.65 | 13 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2235.72 | 9 |
| 17 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2183.38 | 18 |
| 18 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2183.33 | 18 |
| 19 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1975.99 | 109 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1958.03 | 11 |
| 21 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1842.71 | 10 |
| 22 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1809.89 | 3 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1774.88 | 19 |
| 24 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1677.34 | 9 |
| 25 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1669.86 | 11 |
| 26 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1570.07 | 18 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1547.86 | 19 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1528.59 | 17 |
| 29 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1500.26 | 18 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1427.7 | 20 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1406.09 | 19 |
| 32 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1383.98 | 2 |
| 33 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1311.18 | 17 |
| 34 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1127.51 | 8 |
| 35 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1112.76 | 4 |
| 36 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1080.16 | 17 |
| 37 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1077.98 | 24 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1059.62 | 26 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1051.57 | 21 |
| 40 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1048.01 | 26 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1034.31 | 15 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 937.65 | 19 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 910.88 | 15 |
| 44 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 895.85 | 24 |
| 45 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 882.62 | 14 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 871.54 | 21 |
| 47 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 865.99 | 9 |
| 48 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 832.86 | 10 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 824.26 | 13 |
| 50 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 819.93 | 18 |
| 51 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 818.4 | 6 |
| 52 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 808.72 | 5 |
| 53 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 803.87 | 2 |
| 54 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 780.45 | 8 |
| 55 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 769.25 | 13 |
| 56 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 754.23 | 8 |
| 57 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 746.63 | 6 |
| 58 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 745.62 | 6 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 745.62 | 6 |
| 60 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 733.42 | 6 |
| 61 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 733.03 | 7 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 704.37 | 5 |
| 63 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 687.64 | 68 |
| 64 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 674.24 | 13 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 645.64 | 20 |
| 66 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 617.52 | 2 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 614.43 | 11 |
| 68 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 607.61 | 13 |
| 69 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 603.04 | 2 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 601.54 | 6 |
| 71 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 599.82 | 8 |
| 72 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 587.08 | 16 |
| 73 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 586.51 | 12 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 585.25 | 8 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 579.93 | 14 |
| 76 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 577.21 | 5 |
| 77 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 576.87 | 2 |
| 78 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 572.47 | 3 |
| 79 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 568.88 | 15 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 561.39 | 13 |
| 81 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 548.41 | 18 |
| 82 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 545.27 | 2 |
| 83 | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 542.32 | 8 |
| 84 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 542.32 | 8 |
| 85 | Center for Economic Design, Bogazici University | Istanbul, Turkey | 541.17 | 1 |
| 86 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 534.99 | 7 |
| 87 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 522.35 | 22 |
| 88 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 520.39 | 1 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, State University of New York | Buffalo, New York (USA) | 519.03 | 2 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 503.95 | 12 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 482.61 | 9 |
| 92 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 481.78 | 4 |
| 93 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 479.27 | 22 |
| 94 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 468.7 | 5 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 468.16 | 15 |
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