| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 59079.15 | 180 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 13872.14 | 123 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 10600.73 | 27 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8819.7 | 23 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7743.29 | 19 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 6343.78 | 10 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6078.76 | 18 |
| 8 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5811.99 | 17 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5623.59 | 11 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5236.2 | 55 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 5027.09 | 11 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4473.63 | 14 |
| 13 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4468.59 | 10 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4391.53 | 19 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4223.45 | 12 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4197.16 | 18 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4188.54 | 25 |
| 18 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4104.4 | 13 |
| 19 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3759.81 | 7 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3759.81 | 7 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3759.29 | 23 |
| 22 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3380.37 | 18 |
| 23 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3361.74 | 19 |
| 24 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3343.9 | 11 |
| 25 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3220.7 | 15 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3036.67 | 17 |
| 27 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2935.62 | 10 |
| 28 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2816.93 | 77 |
| 29 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2776.6 | 17 |
| 30 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2729.19 | 4 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2694.04 | 18 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2684.91 | 19 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2642.49 | 19 |
| 34 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2584.75 | 8 |
| 35 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2565.67 | 117 |
| 36 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2552.39 | 10 |
| 37 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2527.38 | 11 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2513.92 | 15 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2431.72 | 15 |
| 40 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2215.84 | 28 |
| 41 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2187.45 | 8 |
| 42 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2154.49 | 12 |
| 43 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2152.78 | 19 |
| 44 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2058.86 | 4 |
| 45 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1984.25 | 4 |
| 46 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1900.8 | 24 |
| 47 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1876.42 | 2 |
| 48 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1827.39 | 2 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1799.69 | 20 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1664.35 | 16 |
| 51 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1629.8 | 8 |
| 52 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1620.74 | 7 |
| 53 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1612.6 | 3 |
| 54 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1584.91 | 5 |
| 55 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1531.72 | 2 |
| 56 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1488.99 | 9 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1437.77 | 26 |
| 58 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1415.03 | 8 |
| 59 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1371.47 | 13 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1343.48 | 15 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1333.39 | 9 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1295.39 | 21 |
| 63 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1282.67 | 7 |
| 64 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1253.01 | 21 |
| 65 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1242.8 | 22 |
| 66 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1223.63 | 5 |
| 67 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1178.87 | 2 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1129.45 | 21 |
| 69 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1106.58 | 3 |
| 70 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1097.5 | 7 |
| 71 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1092.31 | 18 |
| 72 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1077.13 | 2 |
| 73 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1060.2 | 1 |
| 74 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1052.75 | 3 |
| 75 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1030.12 | 17 |
| 76 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1018.09 | 6 |
| 77 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1012.82 | 27 |
| 78 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 989.95 | 7 |
| 79 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 983.24 | 7 |
| 80 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 957.08 | 12 |
| 81 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 954.58 | 13 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 953.41 | 6 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 889.01 | 14 |
| 84 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 887.69 | 7 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 887.69 | 7 |
| 86 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 873.29 | 48 |
| 87 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 869.8 | 2 |
| 88 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 852.52 | 8 |
| 89 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 846.33 | 6 |
| 90 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 838.86 | 16 |
| 91 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 836.72 | 7 |
| 92 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 817.81 | 14 |
| 93 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 805.02 | 10 |
| 94 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 804.48 | 21 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 792.24 | 13 |
| 96 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 772.18 | 4 |
| 97 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 760.42 | 25 |
| 98 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 747.1 | 14 |
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