| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 25029.9 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 5970.05 | 121 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5352.99 | 25 |
| 4 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3564.5 | 10 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3412.08 | 12 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3125.35 | 23 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3005.26 | 18 |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2900.44 | 51 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2674.3 | 15 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2191.86 | 25 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1948.66 | 13 |
| 12 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1945.33 | 11 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1941.39 | 18 |
| 14 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1931.16 | 18 |
| 15 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1873.69 | 18 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1739.66 | 17 |
| 17 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1717.15 | 11 |
| 18 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1658.01 | 10 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1623.84 | 17 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1609.83 | 11 |
| 21 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1559.16 | 9 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1552.18 | 19 |
| 23 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1528.73 | 14 |
| 24 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1386.46 | 111 |
| 25 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1356.82 | 18 |
| 26 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1344.58 | 17 |
| 27 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1279.83 | 13 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1266.25 | 10 |
| 29 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1208.16 | 4 |
| 30 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1159.08 | 7 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1159.08 | 7 |
| 32 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1093.16 | 4 |
| 33 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1064.66 | 11 |
| 34 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1051 | 3 |
| 35 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1017.13 | 19 |
| 36 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1011.63 | 68 |
| 37 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 980.5 | 2 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 926.89 | 19 |
| 39 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 905.16 | 8 |
| 40 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 899.83 | 17 |
| 41 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 871.91 | 8 |
| 42 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 833.5 | 2 |
| 43 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 782.25 | 7 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 770 | 26 |
| 45 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 743.95 | 24 |
| 46 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 730.23 | 13 |
| 47 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 696.08 | 25 |
| 48 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 663.99 | 8 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 660.8 | 14 |
| 50 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 660.3 | 22 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 615.41 | 15 |
| 52 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 603.75 | 6 |
| 53 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 592.54 | 9 |
| 54 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 589.83 | 15 |
| 55 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 579 | 7 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 558.75 | 21 |
| 57 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 551.49 | 12 |
| 58 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 548.58 | 22 |
| 59 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 536.83 | 1 |
| 60 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 534.08 | 13 |
| 61 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 519.83 | 2 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 517.91 | 16 |
| 63 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 513.66 | 15 |
| 64 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 512.99 | 3 |
| 65 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 506.16 | 6 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 506.16 | 6 |
| 67 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 506.06 | 5 |
| 68 | CESifo | München, Germany | 492.24 | 26 |
| 69 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 489.99 | 8 |
| 70 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 489.16 | 5 |
| 71 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 487.21 | 18 |
| 72 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 486.95 | 13 |
| 73 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 481.25 | 6 |
| 74 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 478.08 | 2 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 476.24 | 19 |
| 76 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 475.66 | 7 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 474.74 | 20 |
| 78 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 473.99 | 1 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 452 | 5 |
| 80 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 448.41 | 6 |
| 81 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 447.54 | 21 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 446.63 | 14 |
| 83 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 445.05 | 46 |
| 84 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 444.83 | 2 |
| 85 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 431.33 | 8 |
| 86 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 430.33 | 14 |
| 87 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 411.33 | 6 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 404.49 | 7 |
| 89 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 398.57 | 15 |
| 90 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 389.75 | 8 |
| 91 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 383.33 | 19 |
| 92 | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 369.23 | 12 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 361.91 | 13 |
| 94 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 358.03 | 24 |
| 95 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 356.5 | 14 |
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