| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 52647 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 24040 | 120 |
| 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 10419 | 51 |
| 4 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 9461 | 109 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 8544 | 25 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7296 | 23 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6508 | 15 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5974 | 25 |
| 9 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5951 | 18 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5582 | 18 |
| 11 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5560 | 11 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5533 | 12 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 5491 | 19 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5016 | 13 |
| 15 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4978 | 11 |
| 16 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4901 | 18 |
| 17 | CESifo | München, Germany | 4826 | 26 |
| 18 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4685 | 10 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4565 | 18 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 4227 | 26 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4102 | 18 |
| 22 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4090 | 68 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 4043 | 18 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3851 | 11 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 3835 | 20 |
| 26 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 3785 | 12 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3734 | 9 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3689 | 19 |
| 29 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3586 | 13 |
| 30 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3425 | 17 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3386 | 19 |
| 32 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 3309 | 12 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 3298 | 12 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 3281 | 20 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3270 | 17 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3261 | 19 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 3199 | 21 |
| 38 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 3102 | 22 |
| 39 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2987 | 3 |
| 40 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2974 | 17 |
| 41 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2954 | 6 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2954 | 6 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2949 | 15 |
| 44 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2932 | 9 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 2925 | 6 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2886 | 15 |
| 47 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2743 | 18 |
| 48 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2576 | 24 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2553 | 16 |
| 50 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2552 | 46 |
| 51 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 2517 | 8 |
| 52 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2507 | 24 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2494 | 21 |
| 54 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2442 | 11 |
| 55 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2365 | 34 |
| 56 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2346 | 7 |
| 57 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2329 | 14 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2184 | 13 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2178 | 14 |
| 60 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2161 | 13 |
| 61 | Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2158 | 7 |
| 62 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2151 | 8 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 2149 | 6 |
| 64 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2106 | 10 |
| 65 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2096 | 9 |
| 66 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 2088 | 15 |
| 67 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2075 | 18 |
| 68 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 2063 | 16 |
| 69 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2058 | 2 |
| 70 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2023 | 9 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 1996 | 25 |
| 72 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1995 | 13 |
| 73 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1986 | 15 |
| 74 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1964 | 5 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1955 | 12 |
| 76 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1946 | 10 |
| 77 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1916 | 6 |
| 78 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1901 | 6 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1901 | 6 |
| 80 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1875 | 9 |
| 81 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1864 | 8 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1843 | 11 |
| 83 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1823 | 14 |
| 84 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1817 | 4 |
| 85 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 1802 | 15 |
| 86 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1783 | 8 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1769 | 8 |
| 88 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1752 | 6 |
| 89 | 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 | 1739 | 7 |
| 90 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1735 | 22 |
| 91 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1717 | 8 |
| 92 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1716 | 31 |
| 93 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1678 | 25 |
| 94 | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1662 | 12 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1613 | 15 |
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