| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 35374.04 | 180 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 7621.59 | 123 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7133.62 | 27 |
| 4 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4818.76 | 10 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4769.65 | 23 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4304.71 | 19 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4001.58 | 11 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3749.03 | 18 |
| 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3277.13 | 55 |
| 10 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3197.19 | 17 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2893.37 | 18 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2806.76 | 12 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2670.21 | 25 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2667.28 | 11 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2555.57 | 14 |
| 16 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2552.43 | 10 |
| 17 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2407.83 | 13 |
| 18 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2378.79 | 11 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2282.9 | 19 |
| 20 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2218.03 | 18 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2210.46 | 23 |
| 22 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2168.15 | 7 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2168.15 | 7 |
| 24 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2090.64 | 19 |
| 25 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2058.83 | 10 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2014.12 | 17 |
| 27 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1996.37 | 10 |
| 28 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1987.48 | 15 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1834.05 | 18 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1830.62 | 17 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1736.11 | 11 |
| 32 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1661.55 | 117 |
| 33 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1654.26 | 4 |
| 34 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1556.95 | 4 |
| 35 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1513.01 | 8 |
| 36 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1507.07 | 77 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1470.72 | 19 |
| 38 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1256.48 | 19 |
| 39 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1206.67 | 24 |
| 40 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1201.63 | 2 |
| 41 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1165.75 | 12 |
| 42 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1163.15 | 4 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1114.33 | 15 |
| 44 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1106.7 | 19 |
| 45 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1103.06 | 8 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1081.97 | 15 |
| 47 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1058 | 3 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 996.23 | 26 |
| 49 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 983.41 | 28 |
| 50 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 912.5 | 8 |
| 51 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 898.59 | 13 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 897.83 | 9 |
| 53 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 893.19 | 7 |
| 54 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 858.55 | 5 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 856 | 15 |
| 56 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 852.49 | 2 |
| 57 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 849.05 | 7 |
| 58 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 831.14 | 9 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 820.75 | 16 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 806.26 | 20 |
| 61 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 784.02 | 2 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 741.97 | 21 |
| 63 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 726.49 | 6 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 716.66 | 8 |
| 65 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 705.33 | 2 |
| 66 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 688.98 | 7 |
| 67 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 680.89 | 7 |
| 68 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 658.11 | 21 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 656.56 | 6 |
| 70 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 642.23 | 12 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 637.2 | 7 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 636.6 | 21 |
| 73 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 634.47 | 5 |
| 74 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 631.86 | 22 |
| 75 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 606.49 | 7 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 606.49 | 7 |
| 77 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 605.2 | 2 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 595.59 | 6 |
| 79 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 573.85 | 2 |
| 80 | CESifo | München, Germany | 572.81 | 27 |
| 81 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 572.2 | 7 |
| 82 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 545.83 | 3 |
| 83 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 544.35 | 18 |
| 84 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 537.31 | 16 |
| 85 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 533.56 | 1 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 517.95 | 15 |
| 87 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 512.69 | 3 |
| 88 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 509.12 | 8 |
| 89 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 501.02 | 14 |
| 90 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 493.06 | 13 |
| 91 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 488.98 | 7 |
| 92 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 474.26 | 17 |
| 93 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 461.86 | 4 |
| 94 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 457.99 | 10 |
| 95 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 453.32 | 21 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 447.83 | 14 |
| 97 | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 441.68 | 1 |
| 98 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 436.85 | 25 |
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