| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7628.75 | 174 |
| 2 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1559.04 | 25 |
| 3 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 1524.24 | 121 |
| 4 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1091.23 | 10 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1065.16 | 12 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 924.99 | 18 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 883.11 | 23 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 858.18 | 15 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 659.28 | 18 |
| 10 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 644.7 | 17 |
| 11 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 638.18 | 51 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 597.2 | 25 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 532.29 | 11 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 502.79 | 13 |
| 15 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 501.79 | 11 |
| 16 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 482.38 | 13 |
| 17 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 447.97 | 14 |
| 18 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 447.55 | 18 |
| 19 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 443.92 | 10 |
| 20 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 422.17 | 7 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 422.17 | 7 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 417.59 | 19 |
| 23 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 411 | 18 |
| 24 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 405.83 | 9 |
| 25 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 375.14 | 11 |
| 26 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 372.48 | 11 |
| 27 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 370.92 | 111 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 361.13 | 17 |
| 29 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 359.4 | 4 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 359.37 | 17 |
| 31 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 349.45 | 4 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 324.01 | 10 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 309.64 | 19 |
| 34 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 297.92 | 18 |
| 35 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 288.76 | 2 |
| 36 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 281.11 | 24 |
| 37 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 276.65 | 68 |
| 38 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 263.27 | 8 |
| 39 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 256.61 | 8 |
| 40 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 256.41 | 19 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 238.79 | 15 |
| 42 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 226.23 | 3 |
| 43 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 223.69 | 2 |
| 44 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 216.63 | 15 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 215.37 | 26 |
| 46 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 212.2 | 13 |
| 47 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 210.79 | 13 |
| 48 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 204.25 | 17 |
| 49 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 181.51 | 8 |
| 50 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 180.43 | 25 |
| 51 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 179.21 | 7 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 177.13 | 14 |
| 53 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 175.98 | 6 |
| 54 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 174.32 | 8 |
| 55 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 174.31 | 7 |
| 56 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 159.68 | 5 |
| 57 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 155.58 | 2 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 154.32 | 16 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 151.41 | 9 |
| 60 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 147.08 | 22 |
| 61 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 146.75 | 1 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 146.71 | 21 |
| 63 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 143.19 | 2 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 141.63 | 5 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 139.38 | 8 |
| 66 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 133.08 | 5 |
| 67 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 127.58 | 18 |
| 68 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 125.5 | 2 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 125.3 | 20 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 124.58 | 13 |
| 71 | CESifo | München, Germany | 124.5 | 26 |
| 72 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 118.87 | 22 |
| 73 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 115.56 | 6 |
| 74 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 114.83 | 7 |
| 75 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 113.28 | 21 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 110.57 | 14 |
| 77 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 108.99 | 1 |
| 78 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 106.72 | 3 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 104.93 | 6 |
| 80 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 100.5 | 15 |
| 81 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 100.34 | 46 |
| 82 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 99.8 | 6 |
| 83 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 98.23 | 2 |
| 84 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 96.31 | 8 |
| 85 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 96.16 | 6 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 95.9 | 7 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 93.84 | 10 |
| 88 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 92.3 | 9 |
| 89 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 90.65 | 24 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 90.33 | 19 |
| 91 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 89.71 | 3 |
| 92 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 89.68 | 14 |
| 93 | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 88.84 | 1 |
| 94 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 87.78 | 3 |
| 95 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 86.96 | 4 |
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