| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 43684.01 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 11152.94 | 120 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 8243.16 | 25 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6590 | 23 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5681.99 | 12 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5459.14 | 15 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5051.08 | 18 |
| 8 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4453.05 | 10 |
| 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4210.85 | 51 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3611.01 | 25 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3557.87 | 18 |
| 12 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3436.64 | 13 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3390.62 | 13 |
| 14 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3366.45 | 11 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3105.23 | 9 |
| 16 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3056.22 | 11 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2958.87 | 11 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2904.33 | 19 |
| 19 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2880.09 | 18 |
| 20 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2858.65 | 18 |
| 21 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2856.67 | 109 |
| 22 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2762.98 | 9 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2713.63 | 19 |
| 24 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2510.35 | 3 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2425.38 | 18 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2374.91 | 20 |
| 27 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2366.57 | 17 |
| 28 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2268.6 | 11 |
| 29 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2256.56 | 2 |
| 30 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2249.79 | 18 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2166.14 | 10 |
| 32 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2143.65 | 19 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2142.39 | 17 |
| 34 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2031.12 | 17 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1770.15 | 15 |
| 36 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1759.84 | 24 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1740.39 | 21 |
| 38 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1619.58 | 4 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1563.7 | 21 |
| 40 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1544.27 | 26 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1532.34 | 15 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1500.73 | 26 |
| 43 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1414.87 | 10 |
| 44 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1403.91 | 24 |
| 45 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1391.41 | 9 |
| 46 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1388.21 | 8 |
| 47 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1385.76 | 8 |
| 48 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1379.86 | 6 |
| 49 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1377.29 | 18 |
| 50 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1376.34 | 14 |
| 51 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1363.4 | 8 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1362.64 | 19 |
| 53 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1358.37 | 2 |
| 54 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1332.74 | 68 |
| 55 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1270.08 | 16 |
| 56 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1207.1 | 6 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1207.1 | 6 |
| 58 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1199.75 | 5 |
| 59 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1189.45 | 13 |
| 60 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1160.63 | 7 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1152.25 | 13 |
| 62 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1135.16 | 13 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1092.99 | 20 |
| 64 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1066.88 | 2 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1043.67 | 14 |
| 66 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1041.67 | 9 |
| 67 | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1037.49 | 8 |
| 68 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1037.49 | 8 |
| 69 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1027.81 | 13 |
| 70 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1012.08 | 15 |
| 71 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1006.15 | 1 |
| 72 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 996.84 | 22 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 948.16 | 13 |
| 74 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 943.19 | 6 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 937.58 | 8 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 926.27 | 5 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 925.76 | 6 |
| 78 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 920.66 | 5 |
| 79 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 911.9 | 12 |
| 80 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 893.09 | 6 |
| 81 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 889.94 | 5 |
| 82 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 884.34 | 18 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 875.49 | 12 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 867.69 | 11 |
| 85 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 863.58 | 8 |
| 86 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 851.45 | 3 |
| 87 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 845.67 | 22 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 843.03 | 15 |
| 89 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 816.66 | 7 |
| 90 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 810.72 | 2 |
| 91 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 807.79 | 3 |
| 92 | Business School, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 790.95 | 6 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 769.78 | 9 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 763.96 | 6 |
| 95 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 754.6 | 2 |
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