| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 41662 | 180 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 11086 | 123 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7554 | 27 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6353 | 23 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5443 | 19 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4737 | 55 |
| 7 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4628 | 10 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4296 | 18 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4003 | 11 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3394 | 25 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3362 | 14 |
| 12 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3352 | 10 |
| 13 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3221 | 17 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3070 | 19 |
| 15 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3039 | 18 |
| 16 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2988 | 19 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2968 | 12 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2867 | 11 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2829 | 18 |
| 20 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2556 | 23 |
| 21 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2476 | 15 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2463 | 17 |
| 23 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2431 | 11 |
| 24 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2394 | 10 |
| 25 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2263 | 117 |
| 26 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2223 | 13 |
| 27 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2214 | 77 |
| 28 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2128 | 19 |
| 29 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2061 | 17 |
| 30 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2056 | 7 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2056 | 7 |
| 32 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2050 | 10 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2002 | 18 |
| 34 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1845 | 4 |
| 35 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1833 | 4 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1726 | 19 |
| 37 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1718 | 19 |
| 38 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1573 | 11 |
| 39 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1511 | 8 |
| 40 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1497 | 28 |
| 41 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1485 | 4 |
| 42 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1480 | 7 |
| 43 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1457 | 2 |
| 44 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1367 | 12 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1342 | 15 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1321 | 15 |
| 47 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1289 | 3 |
| 48 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1252 | 8 |
| 49 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1241 | 2 |
| 49 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1241 | 24 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1237 | 21 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1215 | 20 |
| 53 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1174 | 21 |
| 54 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1159 | 8 |
| 55 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1157 | 9 |
| 56 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1085 | 22 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1078 | 15 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1072 | 26 |
| 59 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1037 | 3 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1028 | 16 |
| 61 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1014 | 18 |
| 62 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 955 | 5 |
| 63 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 938 | 13 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 929 | 21 |
| 65 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 924 | 5 |
| 66 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 913 | 48 |
| 67 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 903 | 1 |
| 68 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 894 | 9 |
| 69 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 887 | 2 |
| 70 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 871 | 7 |
| 70 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 871 | 2 |
| 72 | CESifo | München, Germany | 855 | 27 |
| 73 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 841 | 12 |
| 74 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 833 | 8 |
| 75 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 822 | 7 |
| 76 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 815 | 6 |
| 77 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 811 | 13 |
| 78 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 758 | 7 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 758 | 7 |
| 80 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 757 | 17 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 746 | 14 |
| 82 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 737 | 2 |
| 83 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 710 | 21 |
| 84 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 705 | 7 |
| 85 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 702 | 16 |
| 86 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 694 | 6 |
| 87 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 686 | 3 |
| 88 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 685 | 2 |
| 89 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 680 | 14 |
| 90 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 676 | 7 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 651 | 6 |
| 92 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 640 | 35 |
| 93 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 627 | 15 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 625 | 22 |
| 95 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 620 | 8 |
| 96 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 611 | 7 |
| 97 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 608 | 25 |
| 98 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 599 | 14 |
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