| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5626.47 | 180 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 1438.09 | 123 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 862.68 | 27 |
| 4 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 674.51 | 18 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 620.92 | 55 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 572.36 | 23 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 566.69 | 19 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 516.48 | 25 |
| 9 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 495.42 | 11 |
| 10 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 477.77 | 117 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 474.14 | 10 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 441.98 | 14 |
| 13 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 438.36 | 10 |
| 14 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 418.54 | 18 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 403.73 | 11 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 392.87 | 12 |
| 17 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 375.8 | 15 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 371.08 | 18 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 369.63 | 11 |
| 20 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 369.37 | 18 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 355.87 | 19 |
| 22 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 305.72 | 17 |
| 23 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 298.55 | 17 |
| 24 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 276.14 | 77 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 269.28 | 26 |
| 26 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 267.82 | 19 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 266.1 | 17 |
| 28 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 264.68 | 19 |
| 29 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 259 | 4 |
| 30 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 255.96 | 24 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 255.09 | 19 |
| 32 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 250.7 | 19 |
| 33 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 225.96 | 10 |
| 34 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 221.93 | 11 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 209.84 | 15 |
| 36 | CESifo | München, Germany | 207.14 | 27 |
| 37 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 186.1 | 23 |
| 38 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 185.94 | 8 |
| 39 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 184.04 | 10 |
| 40 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 182.07 | 13 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 181.57 | 15 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 174.54 | 21 |
| 43 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 173.11 | 2 |
| 44 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 172.74 | 4 |
| 45 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 170.29 | 3 |
| 46 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 169.11 | 9 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 168.31 | 13 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 165.59 | 15 |
| 49 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 164.31 | 8 |
| 50 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 163.9 | 10 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 160.9 | 20 |
| 52 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 155.32 | 12 |
| 53 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 153.25 | 21 |
| 54 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 148.06 | 2 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 146.83 | 7 |
| 56 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 144.34 | 15 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 137.45 | 21 |
| 58 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 136.55 | 7 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 136.55 | 7 |
| 60 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 132.71 | 13 |
| 61 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 130.95 | 25 |
| 62 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 130.58 | 2 |
| 63 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 130.55 | 7 |
| 64 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 127.5 | 10 |
| 65 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 126.9 | 12 |
| 66 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 126.14 | 22 |
| 67 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 124.69 | 7 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 124.69 | 7 |
| 69 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 123.96 | 14 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 122.2 | 8 |
| 71 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 121.49 | 2 |
| 72 | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 118.77 | 1 |
| 73 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 118.72 | 6 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 116.99 | 12 |
| 75 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 115.97 | 18 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 115.27 | 22 |
| 77 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 114.81 | 6 |
| 78 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 109.99 | 9 |
| 79 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 109.62 | 5 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 108.42 | 9 |
| 81 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 107.56 | 4 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 107.13 | 15 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 106.91 | 14 |
| 84 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 106.65 | 9 |
| 85 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 100 | 5 |
| 86 | Business School, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 98.06 | 7 |
| 87 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 97.88 | 28 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 97.74 | 6 |
| 89 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 97.64 | 8 |
| 90 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 97.36 | 7 |
| 91 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 97.18 | 2 |
| 92 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 96.46 | 21 |
| 93 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 96.19 | 5 |
| 94 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 95.62 | 8 |
| 95 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 92.52 | 7 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 92.15 | 13 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 90.01 | 6 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 88.01 | 6 |
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