| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 17692.94 | 180 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 3939.77 | 123 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3064.59 | 27 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2517.17 | 23 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2269.12 | 19 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1882.93 | 10 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1848.94 | 18 |
| 8 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1717.51 | 17 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1647.11 | 11 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1452.67 | 11 |
| 11 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1427.35 | 55 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1294.15 | 14 |
| 13 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1293.1 | 10 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1288.9 | 18 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1245.45 | 19 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1211.13 | 25 |
| 17 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1208.03 | 13 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1205.29 | 12 |
| 19 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1088.64 | 23 |
| 20 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1085.01 | 7 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1085.01 | 7 |
| 22 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 981.21 | 15 |
| 23 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 917.55 | 18 |
| 24 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 917.35 | 19 |
| 25 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 840.5 | 10 |
| 26 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 834.62 | 77 |
| 27 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 831.85 | 11 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 809.2 | 17 |
| 29 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 807.88 | 4 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 795.18 | 17 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 790.75 | 19 |
| 32 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 766.73 | 11 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 759.31 | 19 |
| 34 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 736.02 | 10 |
| 35 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 735.14 | 8 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 732.52 | 15 |
| 37 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 727.34 | 15 |
| 38 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 716.41 | 117 |
| 39 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 686.26 | 18 |
| 40 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 641.07 | 28 |
| 41 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 635.02 | 8 |
| 42 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 600.08 | 12 |
| 43 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 598.94 | 4 |
| 44 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 593.66 | 24 |
| 45 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 560.57 | 19 |
| 46 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 547.93 | 2 |
| 47 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 546.56 | 4 |
| 48 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 522.88 | 2 |
| 49 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 492.12 | 7 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 488.45 | 20 |
| 51 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 472.34 | 8 |
| 52 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 471.78 | 3 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 464.98 | 16 |
| 54 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 455.37 | 5 |
| 55 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 442.16 | 9 |
| 56 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 438.62 | 2 |
| 57 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 429.24 | 13 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 420.89 | 26 |
| 59 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 420.03 | 8 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 402.81 | 15 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 385.55 | 9 |
| 62 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 378.9 | 7 |
| 63 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 366.96 | 5 |
| 64 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 347.32 | 22 |
| 65 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 344.37 | 2 |
| 66 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 341.86 | 21 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 334.55 | 21 |
| 68 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 319.99 | 3 |
| 69 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 310.9 | 2 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 308.56 | 6 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 307.48 | 21 |
| 72 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 305.83 | 17 |
| 73 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 301.49 | 1 |
| 74 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 297.02 | 7 |
| 75 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 292.73 | 6 |
| 76 | CESifo | München, Germany | 290.6 | 27 |
| 77 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 284.7 | 7 |
| 78 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 283.93 | 7 |
| 79 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 282.07 | 18 |
| 80 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 268.79 | 3 |
| 81 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 268.2 | 2 |
| 82 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 259.54 | 48 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 247.18 | 14 |
| 84 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 244.53 | 16 |
| 85 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 244.11 | 13 |
| 86 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 241.93 | 6 |
| 87 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 239.17 | 4 |
| 88 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 232.29 | 7 |
| 89 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 230.41 | 10 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 229.01 | 13 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 226.85 | 15 |
| 92 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 224.37 | 8 |
| 93 | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 211.3 | 1 |
| 94 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 210.86 | 25 |
| 95 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 209.16 | 21 |
| 96 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 208.91 | 14 |
| 97 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 205.97 | 14 |
| 98 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 204.11 | 12 |
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