| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 36355.9 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 12009.94 | 120 |
| 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5971.4 | 51 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5945.67 | 25 |
| 5 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 5196.06 | 109 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4941.3 | 15 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4102.21 | 18 |
| 8 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4022.16 | 11 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3937.95 | 25 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3060.73 | 12 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3020.69 | 23 |
| 12 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2956.49 | 10 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2752.34 | 18 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2734.39 | 19 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2729.07 | 15 |
| 16 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2726.21 | 18 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2638.31 | 11 |
| 18 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2618.33 | 17 |
| 19 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2603.23 | 13 |
| 20 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2589.4 | 11 |
| 21 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2463.06 | 18 |
| 22 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2438.07 | 19 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 2310.52 | 12 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2231.86 | 26 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2206.6 | 18 |
| 26 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2199.84 | 68 |
| 27 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2137.46 | 12 |
| 28 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2092.79 | 22 |
| 29 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1985.22 | 13 |
| 30 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1972.46 | 6 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1972.46 | 6 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1916.33 | 17 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1905.06 | 9 |
| 34 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1868.19 | 8 |
| 35 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1863.16 | 13 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1853.14 | 12 |
| 37 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1686.39 | 18 |
| 38 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1650.47 | 26 |
| 39 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1489.82 | 24 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1467.51 | 19 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1438.33 | 13 |
| 42 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1416.08 | 6 |
| 43 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1406.14 | 17 |
| 44 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1351.3 | 11 |
| 45 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1348.29 | 13 |
| 46 | 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 | 1329.82 | 7 |
| 47 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1324.99 | 16 |
| 48 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1295.24 | 22 |
| 49 | Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1279.14 | 9 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1277.49 | 6 |
| 51 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1246.23 | 9 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1239.68 | 9 |
| 53 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1178.65 | 5 |
| 54 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1159.23 | 9 |
| 55 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1152.69 | 4 |
| 56 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 1151.78 | 6 |
| 57 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1146.03 | 3 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1140.08 | 21 |
| 59 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1082.23 | 46 |
| 60 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1069.74 | 10 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1053.8 | 21 |
| 62 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1035.48 | 24 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 993.63 | 20 |
| 64 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 992 | 14 |
| 65 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 968.36 | 9 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 959.59 | 14 |
| 67 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 958.9 | 34 |
| 68 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 957.02 | 18 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 935.13 | 13 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 902.45 | 10 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 885.99 | 21 |
| 72 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 884.22 | 7 |
| 73 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 876.09 | 1 |
| 74 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 869.89 | 7 |
| 75 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 861.61 | 40 |
| 76 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 847.25 | 8 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 846.71 | 19 |
| 78 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 839.07 | 9 |
| 79 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 834.82 | 18 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 834.47 | 15 |
| 81 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 821.64 | 16 |
| 82 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 812.55 | 2 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 812.3 | 15 |
| 84 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 785.72 | 31 |
| 85 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 778.68 | 2 |
| 86 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 764.7 | 8 |
| 87 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 761.94 | 9 |
| 88 | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 755.9 | 26 |
| 89 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 731.5 | 13 |
| 90 | National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) | London, United Kingdom | 728.75 | 5 |
| 91 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 711.31 | 6 |
| 92 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 698.4 | 6 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 698.4 | 6 |
| 94 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 689.66 | 25 |
| 95 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 686.85 | 4 |
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