| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4374.76 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 989.56 | 120 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 655.89 | 25 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 461.97 | 18 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 451.67 | 23 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 451.01 | 15 |
| 7 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 398.51 | 10 |
| 8 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 359.62 | 13 |
| 9 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 357.54 | 11 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 351.28 | 51 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 346.24 | 12 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 336.65 | 25 |
| 13 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 324.2 | 13 |
| 14 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 295.69 | 11 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 290.33 | 18 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 270 | 11 |
| 17 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 263.53 | 18 |
| 18 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 262.35 | 109 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 246.06 | 9 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 220.94 | 19 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 218.83 | 17 |
| 22 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 205.8 | 18 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 204.57 | 19 |
| 24 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 203.67 | 18 |
| 25 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 195.77 | 3 |
| 26 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 192.38 | 24 |
| 27 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 188.89 | 9 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 184.49 | 17 |
| 29 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 174.46 | 17 |
| 30 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 173.05 | 11 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 163.08 | 10 |
| 32 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 160.58 | 19 |
| 33 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 155.49 | 8 |
| 34 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 149.44 | 4 |
| 35 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 148.26 | 68 |
| 36 | CESifo | München, Germany | 147.1 | 26 |
| 37 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 147.1 | 2 |
| 38 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 146.14 | 18 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 141.7 | 26 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 140.64 | 7 |
| 41 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 137.57 | 10 |
| 42 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 137.33 | 8 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 136.25 | 15 |
| 44 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 124.73 | 2 |
| 45 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 120.09 | 13 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 118.22 | 21 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 117.81 | 20 |
| 48 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 117.13 | 2 |
| 49 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 109.89 | 9 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 105.39 | 16 |
| 51 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 104.95 | 13 |
| 52 | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 103.72 | 1 |
| 53 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 103.18 | 18 |
| 54 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 100.83 | 4 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 97.38 | 12 |
| 56 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 96.55 | 2 |
| 57 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 94.07 | 6 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 94.07 | 6 |
| 59 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 92.82 | 8 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 91.72 | 5 |
| 61 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 91.47 | 1 |
| 62 | Business School, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 87.17 | 6 |
| 63 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 86.87 | 5 |
| 64 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 86.69 | 9 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 84.49 | 13 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 83.84 | 6 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 83.33 | 8 |
| 68 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 82.9 | 24 |
| 69 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 82.63 | 2 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 82.48 | 15 |
| 71 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 80.62 | 7 |
| 72 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 80 | 14 |
| 73 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 79.6 | 6 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 78.49 | 13 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 77.84 | 11 |
| 76 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 77.69 | 22 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 76.9 | 12 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 76.8 | 6 |
| 79 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 75.03 | 5 |
| 80 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 74.97 | 9 |
| 81 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 71.06 | 22 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 69.99 | 21 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 67.82 | 6 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 67.55 | 19 |
| 85 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 66.46 | 13 |
| 86 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 65.07 | 6 |
| 87 | Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Business School, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 63.73 | 2 |
| 88 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 62.31 | 46 |
| 89 | Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 62.18 | 1 |
| 90 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 59.69 | 6 |
| 91 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 58.45 | 18 |
| 92 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 58.02 | 8 |
| 93 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 57.2 | 8 |
| 94 | Office of Tax Policy Research (OTPR), Business School, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 56.95 | 1 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 56.93 | 14 |
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