| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 15314.59 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 4961.95 | 121 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2534.08 | 25 |
| 4 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2074.35 | 15 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2016.91 | 51 |
| 6 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1801.85 | 11 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1728.42 | 23 |
| 8 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1662.19 | 111 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1608.73 | 25 |
| 10 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1559.11 | 10 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1449.8 | 18 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1431.9 | 12 |
| 13 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1397.4 | 18 |
| 14 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1298.83 | 18 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1165.04 | 18 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1114.79 | 11 |
| 17 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1073.32 | 13 |
| 18 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1065.76 | 11 |
| 19 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1061.13 | 14 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1038.68 | 19 |
| 21 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 999.35 | 18 |
| 22 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 985.6 | 17 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 972.79 | 17 |
| 24 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 966.83 | 68 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 898.56 | 17 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 866.89 | 26 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 844.06 | 10 |
| 28 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 837.29 | 19 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 747.36 | 19 |
| 30 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 736.67 | 17 |
| 31 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 711.86 | 8 |
| 32 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 693.25 | 24 |
| 33 | CESifo | München, Germany | 691.49 | 26 |
| 34 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 689.78 | 12 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 688.61 | 15 |
| 36 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 673.55 | 9 |
| 37 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 636.72 | 11 |
| 38 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 601.15 | 13 |
| 39 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 595.25 | 3 |
| 40 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 592.96 | 6 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 592.96 | 6 |
| 42 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 583.03 | 10 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 561.47 | 21 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 559.82 | 13 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 554.56 | 20 |
| 46 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 545 | 22 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 534.52 | 14 |
| 48 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 517.81 | 10 |
| 49 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 512.3 | 8 |
| 50 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 487.38 | 24 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 483.18 | 13 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 479.68 | 19 |
| 53 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 471.79 | 22 |
| 54 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 469.54 | 14 |
| 55 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 460.65 | 2 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 454.37 | 21 |
| 57 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 450.97 | 15 |
| 58 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 429.7 | 7 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 429.7 | 7 |
| 60 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 424.31 | 8 |
| 61 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 413.8 | 18 |
| 62 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 413.69 | 13 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 410.53 | 21 |
| 64 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 402.92 | 2 |
| 65 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 400.94 | 6 |
| 66 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 397.37 | 6 |
| 67 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 390.2 | 19 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 374.67 | 5 |
| 69 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 365.89 | 4 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 364.98 | 7 |
| 71 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 361.63 | 13 |
| 72 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 361.44 | 9 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 360.7 | 15 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 354.67 | 14 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 353.99 | 11 |
| 76 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 352.12 | 9 |
| 77 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 350.49 | 2 |
| 78 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 349.84 | 2 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 348.73 | 16 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 348.45 | 9 |
| 81 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 339.57 | 5 |
| 82 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 334 | 8 |
| 83 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 328.04 | 25 |
| 84 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 327.07 | 46 |
| 85 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 325.66 | 2 |
| 86 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 324.26 | 6 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 321.75 | 8 |
| 88 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 320.2 | 4 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 318.59 | 6 |
| 90 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 316.72 | 5 |
| 91 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 309.28 | 7 |
| 92 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 307.45 | 15 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 305.58 | 20 |
| 94 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 300.56 | 8 |
| 95 | Business School, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 287.45 | 6 |
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