| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 25799.04 | 180 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 8738.26 | 123 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4107.45 | 27 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3494.21 | 55 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3224.43 | 18 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3129.09 | 23 |
| 7 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2762.47 | 117 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2636.85 | 19 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2531.95 | 25 |
| 10 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2351.15 | 11 |
| 11 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2218.05 | 18 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1997.09 | 14 |
| 13 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1975.79 | 10 |
| 14 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1943.27 | 10 |
| 15 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1910.97 | 18 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1864.15 | 11 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1781.84 | 12 |
| 18 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1769.9 | 77 |
| 19 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1764.29 | 15 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1763.23 | 11 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1760.37 | 19 |
| 22 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1739.86 | 17 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1699.6 | 18 |
| 24 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1677.9 | 19 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1471.13 | 17 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1412.26 | 17 |
| 27 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1375.2 | 19 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1359.62 | 19 |
| 29 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1358 | 19 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1321.27 | 26 |
| 31 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1242.16 | 24 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1238.34 | 15 |
| 33 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1204.36 | 4 |
| 34 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1155.58 | 27 |
| 35 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1088.13 | 10 |
| 36 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1035.18 | 11 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1020.25 | 20 |
| 38 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1014.12 | 21 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1010.12 | 21 |
| 40 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 990.73 | 13 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 989.31 | 21 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 966.44 | 23 |
| 43 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 947.4 | 12 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 894.79 | 13 |
| 45 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 868.08 | 8 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 860.21 | 15 |
| 47 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 822.35 | 25 |
| 48 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 820.26 | 9 |
| 49 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 811.05 | 10 |
| 50 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 807.18 | 22 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 799.51 | 15 |
| 52 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 792.58 | 7 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 792.58 | 7 |
| 54 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 784.7 | 7 |
| 55 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 784.38 | 18 |
| 56 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 777.65 | 12 |
| 57 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 775.7 | 10 |
| 58 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 772 | 14 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 761.11 | 15 |
| 60 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 731.96 | 7 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 731.96 | 7 |
| 62 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 715.18 | 2 |
| 63 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 686.79 | 2 |
| 64 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 678.94 | 3 |
| 65 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 661.52 | 21 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 660.38 | 22 |
| 67 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 649.44 | 13 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 643.77 | 15 |
| 69 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 616.37 | 8 |
| 70 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 614.32 | 2 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 611.5 | 22 |
| 72 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 610.72 | 8 |
| 73 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 608.26 | 8 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 607.44 | 14 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 602.93 | 12 |
| 76 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 601.73 | 10 |
| 77 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 600.18 | 9 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 596.7 | 14 |
| 79 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 580.04 | 17 |
| 80 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 571.41 | 6 |
| 81 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 568.54 | 6 |
| 82 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 563.08 | 4 |
| 83 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 554.66 | 2 |
| 84 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 554.1 | 5 |
| 85 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 551.94 | 35 |
| 86 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 529.1 | 48 |
| 87 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 520.48 | 5 |
| 88 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 520.38 | 28 |
| 89 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 517.55 | 2 |
| 90 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 517.28 | 1 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 515.22 | 9 |
| 92 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 503.05 | 4 |
| 93 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 496.27 | 5 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 495.75 | 16 |
| 95 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 489.98 | 15 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 489.17 | 9 |
| 97 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 488.77 | 7 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 487.61 | 7 |
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