| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 35163.21 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 15200.99 | 121 |
| 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7236.5 | 51 |
| 4 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 6344.43 | 111 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5685.16 | 25 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4658.41 | 15 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4560.08 | 23 |
| 8 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4323.83 | 18 |
| 9 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3996.16 | 11 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3934.66 | 18 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3880.63 | 25 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3770.66 | 12 |
| 13 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3698.5 | 10 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 3683.33 | 19 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3456.25 | 13 |
| 16 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3431.58 | 11 |
| 17 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3337.91 | 18 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3264.16 | 18 |
| 19 | CESifo | München, Germany | 3173.5 | 26 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2824.41 | 26 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2741.59 | 18 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2709.41 | 10 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2649.5 | 17 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2467.45 | 11 |
| 25 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2450 | 12 |
| 26 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2438.75 | 68 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2327.99 | 20 |
| 28 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2311.39 | 14 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2246.18 | 19 |
| 30 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2233.58 | 19 |
| 31 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2176.5 | 12 |
| 32 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2170.41 | 3 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2159.9 | 17 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2103.16 | 21 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 2045.33 | 6 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2018.91 | 20 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1961.5 | 13 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1957.41 | 19 |
| 39 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1932 | 6 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1932 | 6 |
| 41 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1912.75 | 17 |
| 42 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1829.51 | 22 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1792.16 | 15 |
| 44 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1758.83 | 9 |
| 45 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1686.7 | 24 |
| 46 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1672.63 | 17 |
| 47 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1672.16 | 19 |
| 48 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1666.33 | 11 |
| 49 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1637.25 | 10 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1609.91 | 15 |
| 51 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1517.83 | 8 |
| 52 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1487.89 | 24 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1464.16 | 14 |
| 54 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1463.5 | 46 |
| 55 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1447.41 | 8 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1424.41 | 21 |
| 57 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1399.83 | 14 |
| 58 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1395.24 | 35 |
| 59 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 1393.16 | 16 |
| 60 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1377.99 | 8 |
| 61 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1376.43 | 13 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1370.83 | 11 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 1365 | 27 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1348.75 | 6 |
| 65 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1336.33 | 9 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1332.5 | 8 |
| 67 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1328.5 | 4 |
| 68 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1304.66 | 6 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1293.88 | 15 |
| 70 | Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1288.5 | 8 |
| 71 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1266 | 15 |
| 72 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1263.75 | 7 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1263.75 | 7 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1250.99 | 14 |
| 75 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1223.5 | 16 |
| 76 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1223 | 8 |
| 77 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1221.33 | 2 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1207.66 | 16 |
| 79 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1202 | 10 |
| 80 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1193.91 | 7 |
| 81 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1182.66 | 13 |
| 82 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1181.5 | 18 |
| 83 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1169 | 8 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1151.33 | 13 |
| 85 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1134.16 | 8 |
| 86 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1119.33 | 6 |
| 87 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 1114.41 | 15 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1107 | 9 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1093.16 | 13 |
| 90 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1076.58 | 25 |
| 91 | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1073.5 | 6 |
| 92 | 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 | 1071.08 | 7 |
| 93 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1065.63 | 9 |
| 94 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1060.76 | 6 |
| 95 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1055.33 | 4 |
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