| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 23758.44 | 174 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 8362.84 | 121 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3778.09 | 25 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3137.73 | 51 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2955.64 | 15 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2790.5 | 23 |
| 7 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2573.43 | 111 |
| 8 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2403.57 | 11 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2358.33 | 25 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2291.45 | 18 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2096.59 | 12 |
| 12 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1977.24 | 10 |
| 13 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1945.68 | 18 |
| 14 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1937.53 | 18 |
| 15 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1748.07 | 17 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1725.94 | 19 |
| 17 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1719.14 | 68 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1663.12 | 18 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1658.23 | 11 |
| 20 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1632.21 | 14 |
| 21 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1613.79 | 18 |
| 22 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1592.42 | 13 |
| 23 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1579.87 | 11 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1469.89 | 17 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1400.87 | 17 |
| 26 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1319.32 | 19 |
| 27 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1287.4 | 17 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1280.95 | 26 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1237.16 | 19 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1230.34 | 10 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1209.31 | 15 |
| 32 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1171.83 | 24 |
| 33 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1097.49 | 26 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1038.4 | 21 |
| 35 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1004.4 | 8 |
| 36 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1000.14 | 12 |
| 37 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 998.5 | 9 |
| 38 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 997.69 | 22 |
| 39 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 985.72 | 13 |
| 40 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 951.29 | 11 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 902.01 | 20 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 874.23 | 13 |
| 43 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 869.9 | 3 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 840.04 | 14 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 839.05 | 15 |
| 46 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 833.6 | 10 |
| 47 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 831.12 | 22 |
| 48 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 829.44 | 6 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 829.44 | 6 |
| 50 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 788.43 | 8 |
| 51 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 778.09 | 24 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 766.49 | 19 |
| 53 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 742.79 | 14 |
| 54 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 738.2 | 10 |
| 55 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 735.45 | 18 |
| 56 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 729.46 | 7 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 729.46 | 7 |
| 58 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 727.48 | 13 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 702.03 | 13 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 701.67 | 21 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 660.93 | 14 |
| 62 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 656.32 | 6 |
| 63 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 639.4 | 19 |
| 64 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 634.6 | 2 |
| 65 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 623.96 | 21 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 615.38 | 15 |
| 67 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 609.01 | 13 |
| 68 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 606.57 | 2 |
| 69 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 599.86 | 8 |
| 70 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 598.05 | 2 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 588.65 | 16 |
| 72 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 587.17 | 9 |
| 73 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 584.2 | 8 |
| 74 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 563.94 | 6 |
| 75 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 559.48 | 9 |
| 76 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 554.02 | 46 |
| 77 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 550.97 | 8 |
| 78 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 537.51 | 35 |
| 79 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 534.49 | 25 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 531.18 | 20 |
| 81 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 517.22 | 5 |
| 82 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 517.01 | 1 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 512.46 | 5 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 505.81 | 11 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 505.76 | 9 |
| 86 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 505.63 | 6 |
| 87 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 500.98 | 2 |
| 88 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 499.11 | 5 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 497.04 | 13 |
| 90 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 487.7 | 5 |
| 91 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 483.54 | 4 |
| 92 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 470.36 | 8 |
| 93 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 468.64 | 2 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 467.9 | 8 |
| 95 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 464.07 | 7 |
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