| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5326.65 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 2569.5 | 121 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1251.56 | 111 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 978.62 | 51 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 735.74 | 25 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 673.93 | 15 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 654.54 | 25 |
| 8 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 616.2 | 68 |
| 9 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 604.4 | 11 |
| 10 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 574.36 | 18 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 536.61 | 23 |
| 12 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 497.31 | 18 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 492.06 | 26 |
| 14 | CESifo | München, Germany | 488.33 | 26 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 461.83 | 13 |
| 16 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 451.24 | 11 |
| 17 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 444.83 | 10 |
| 18 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 439.47 | 46 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 425.16 | 18 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 418.43 | 19 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 407.17 | 18 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 404.85 | 11 |
| 23 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 403.47 | 18 |
| 24 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 400.5 | 14 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 379.89 | 12 |
| 26 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 379.81 | 17 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 352.33 | 19 |
| 28 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 333.53 | 19 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 331.91 | 13 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 326.73 | 17 |
| 31 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 326.28 | 35 |
| 32 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 325.23 | 24 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 307.49 | 10 |
| 34 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 300.33 | 12 |
| 35 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 288.06 | 24 |
| 36 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 285.36 | 22 |
| 37 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 284.31 | 17 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 282.68 | 19 |
| 39 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 280.73 | 15 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 262.36 | 17 |
| 41 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 256.08 | 14 |
| 42 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 248.03 | 18 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 247.08 | 12 |
| 44 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 244.95 | 9 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 241.54 | 27 |
| 46 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 241.28 | 19 |
| 47 | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 240.56 | 12 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 240.2 | 20 |
| 49 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 238.75 | 22 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 236.33 | 21 |
| 51 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 233.91 | 10 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 232.76 | 14 |
| 53 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 231.66 | 8 |
| 54 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 226.7 | 6 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 222 | 20 |
| 56 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 220.74 | 3 |
| 57 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 216.5 | 7 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 215.83 | 21 |
| 59 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 215.49 | 6 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 215.49 | 6 |
| 61 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 210.08 | 8 |
| 62 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 209.84 | 28 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 209.61 | 21 |
| 64 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 208.58 | 9 |
| 65 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 208.41 | 4 |
| 66 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 207.48 | 41 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 207.08 | 15 |
| 68 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 204.06 | 31 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 201.11 | 15 |
| 70 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 200.58 | 28 |
| 71 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 195.9 | 13 |
| 72 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 195.28 | 11 |
| 73 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 194.36 | 15 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 193.08 | 13 |
| 75 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 192.41 | 2 |
| 76 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 191.86 | 25 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 184.66 | 13 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 183.36 | 8 |
| 79 | Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 183.28 | 8 |
| 80 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 179.88 | 21 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 174.78 | 14 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 174.16 | 6 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 174.16 | 9 |
| 84 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 173.78 | 8 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 171.58 | 11 |
| 86 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 168 | 16 |
| 87 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 166.83 | 14 |
| 88 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 164.86 | 6 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 164.45 | 10 |
| 90 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 164.41 | 2 |
| 91 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 164 | 5 |
| 92 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 163.25 | 13 |
| 93 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 162.75 | 32 |
| 94 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 162.44 | 13 |
| 95 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 162.2 | 10 |
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