| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 254618 | 180 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 129684 | 123 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 53157 | 117 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 41190 | 55 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 37126 | 27 |
| 6 | Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 35754 | 20 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 35092 | 25 |
| 8 | Econometria, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 34978 | 15 |
| 9 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 33298 | 77 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 29746 | 23 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 28578 | 19 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 27968 | 26 |
| 13 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 24510 | 10 |
| 14 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 23880 | 18 |
| 15 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 23272 | 18 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 22783 | 11 |
| 17 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 22090 | 48 |
| 18 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 21281 | 11 |
| 19 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 20316 | 18 |
| 20 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 20250 | 19 |
| 21 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 19958 | 35 |
| 22 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 18285 | 40 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 18067 | 18 |
| 24 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 18003 | 19 |
| 25 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 17739 | 15 |
| 26 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 17668 | 14 |
| 27 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 17108 | 10 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 17020 | 27 |
| 29 | CESifo | München, Germany | 16944 | 27 |
| 30 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 16928 | 10 |
| 31 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 16778 | 23 |
| 32 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 16675 | 28 |
| 33 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 16406 | 17 |
| 34 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 16314 | 17 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 15976 | 17 |
| 36 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 15698 | 24 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 15326 | 18 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 15235 | 12 |
| 39 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 15218 | 22 |
| 40 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 15190 | 28 |
| 41 | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 14978 | 27 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 14602 | 11 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 14483 | 15 |
| 44 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 14467 | 15 |
| 45 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 14210 | 21 |
| 46 | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 13360 | 12 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 12727 | 19 |
| 48 | IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra | Pamplona, Spain | 12625 | 4 |
| 49 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 12345 | 33 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 12240 | 19 |
| 51 | de Nederlandsche Bank, Government of the Netherlands | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 11860 | 20 |
| 52 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 11431 | 23 |
| 53 | Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion (LEG), Université de Bourgogne | Dijon, France | 11288 | 13 |
| 54 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 11281 | 9 |
| 55 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 11098 | 19 |
| 56 | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 10887 | 13 |
| 57 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 10852 | 7 |
| 58 | Handelshøjskolen i København | København, Denmark | 10665 | 5 |
| 59 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 10658 | 8 |
| 60 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 10478 | 3 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 10338 | 21 |
| 62 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10304 | 32 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 10301 | 15 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 10281 | 15 |
| 65 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10230 | 24 |
| 66 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 10171 | 13 |
| 67 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 10075 | 13 |
| 68 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 10012 | 3 |
| 69 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 9997 | 15 |
| 70 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 9882 | 21 |
| 71 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 9873 | 14 |
| 72 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9787 | 17 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 9710 | 6 |
| 74 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 9654 | 11 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 9525 | 20 |
| 76 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 9509 | 12 |
| 77 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 9381 | 10 |
| 78 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9118 | 4 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 9094 | 9 |
| 80 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 8784 | 13 |
| 81 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 8771 | 16 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 8647 | 16 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 8364 | 21 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 8364 | 22 |
| 85 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 8318 | 7 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 8318 | 7 |
| 87 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 8154 | 14 |
| 88 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 8131 | 28 |
| 89 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 7805 | 7 |
| 90 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 7775 | 11 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 7704 | 13 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 7686 | 22 |
| 93 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 7683 | 16 |
| 94 | Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 7616 | 14 |
| 95 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 7596 | 10 |
| 96 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 7574 | 26 |
| 97 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 7458 | 7 |
| 98 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 7401 | 5 |
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