| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 31946.04 | 174 |
| 2 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7061.02 | 25 |
| 3 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 6875.48 | 121 |
| 4 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4425.63 | 10 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4312.41 | 12 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3922.02 | 23 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3887.36 | 18 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3413.15 | 15 |
| 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3006.32 | 51 |
| 10 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2832.88 | 17 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2610.86 | 18 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2444.47 | 25 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2366.01 | 11 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2254.13 | 13 |
| 15 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2251.79 | 11 |
| 16 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2130.28 | 13 |
| 17 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2058.08 | 18 |
| 18 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1986.52 | 11 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1968.55 | 19 |
| 20 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1941.28 | 18 |
| 21 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1898.57 | 7 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1898.57 | 7 |
| 23 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1882.91 | 10 |
| 24 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1849.5 | 14 |
| 25 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1796.24 | 9 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1711.35 | 17 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1594.43 | 17 |
| 28 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1532.01 | 11 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1523.78 | 18 |
| 30 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1519.77 | 111 |
| 31 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1493.57 | 4 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1436.62 | 10 |
| 33 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1430.29 | 4 |
| 34 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1323.35 | 8 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1278.87 | 19 |
| 36 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1188.47 | 68 |
| 37 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1149.94 | 19 |
| 38 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1113.29 | 24 |
| 39 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1089.33 | 2 |
| 40 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1030.19 | 3 |
| 41 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1018.42 | 8 |
| 42 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1000.22 | 2 |
| 43 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 987.36 | 13 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 986.5 | 15 |
| 45 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 949.84 | 17 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 946.21 | 15 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 942.64 | 26 |
| 48 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 907.16 | 25 |
| 49 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 838.02 | 13 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 810.44 | 9 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 802.29 | 14 |
| 52 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 793.34 | 8 |
| 53 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 784.14 | 7 |
| 54 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 781.46 | 7 |
| 55 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 780.63 | 8 |
| 56 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 737.73 | 1 |
| 57 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 731.46 | 5 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 722.09 | 21 |
| 59 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 714.94 | 2 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 710.87 | 16 |
| 61 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 670.41 | 6 |
| 62 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 653.6 | 22 |
| 63 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 638.33 | 2 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 630.6 | 8 |
| 65 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 617.94 | 7 |
| 66 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 605.92 | 22 |
| 67 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 604.32 | 5 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 603.51 | 5 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 583.36 | 21 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 559.71 | 7 |
| 71 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 546.82 | 2 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 530.34 | 6 |
| 73 | CESifo | München, Germany | 528.8 | 26 |
| 74 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 517.39 | 6 |
| 75 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 511.91 | 12 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 511.08 | 20 |
| 77 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 497.64 | 15 |
| 78 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 488.85 | 1 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 485.62 | 14 |
| 80 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 482.05 | 6 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 482.05 | 6 |
| 82 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 481.98 | 6 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 477.04 | 13 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 473.03 | 19 |
| 85 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 469.55 | 18 |
| 86 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 467.27 | 3 |
| 87 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 456.66 | 14 |
| 88 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 455.77 | 8 |
| 89 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 455.62 | 3 |
| 90 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 438.14 | 6 |
| 91 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 437.75 | 13 |
| 92 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 423.22 | 3 |
| 93 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 408 | 46 |
| 94 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 406.53 | 9 |
| 95 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 404.85 | 2 |
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