| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8835.09 | 180 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 2432 | 123 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1281.48 | 27 |
| 4 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 993.97 | 18 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 955.86 | 55 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 933.13 | 23 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 899.91 | 19 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 768.84 | 25 |
| 9 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 732.22 | 117 |
| 10 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 666.05 | 11 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 662.24 | 14 |
| 12 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 656.7 | 10 |
| 13 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 617.45 | 18 |
| 14 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 608.99 | 10 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 590.94 | 11 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 586.7 | 19 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 583.42 | 12 |
| 18 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 581.59 | 15 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 542.15 | 11 |
| 20 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 533.17 | 17 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 530.81 | 18 |
| 22 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 519.55 | 18 |
| 23 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 501.92 | 77 |
| 24 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 479.5 | 17 |
| 25 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 446.21 | 19 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 438.35 | 19 |
| 27 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 437.04 | 19 |
| 28 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 429.06 | 24 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 414.43 | 19 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 408.65 | 26 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 400.5 | 17 |
| 32 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 387.97 | 4 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 372.64 | 15 |
| 34 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 336.49 | 10 |
| 35 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 334.6 | 11 |
| 36 | CESifo | München, Germany | 328.69 | 27 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 305.03 | 20 |
| 38 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 301.73 | 13 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 287.51 | 21 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 284.69 | 23 |
| 41 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 277.97 | 21 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 269.75 | 15 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 267.7 | 15 |
| 44 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 266.78 | 8 |
| 45 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 264.97 | 9 |
| 46 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 261.73 | 10 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 259.7 | 13 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 259.65 | 15 |
| 49 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 237.22 | 10 |
| 50 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 233.85 | 2 |
| 51 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 232.52 | 2 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 230.78 | 21 |
| 53 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 228.2 | 3 |
| 54 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 226.86 | 12 |
| 55 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 226.52 | 22 |
| 56 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 225.49 | 12 |
| 57 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 222.57 | 2 |
| 58 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 217.03 | 7 |
| 59 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 216.55 | 10 |
| 60 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 216.43 | 13 |
| 61 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 216.26 | 7 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 216.26 | 7 |
| 63 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 215.17 | 4 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 214.81 | 8 |
| 65 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 211.21 | 25 |
| 66 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 209.74 | 8 |
| 67 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 205.46 | 18 |
| 68 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 196.97 | 14 |
| 69 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 192.66 | 7 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 192.66 | 7 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 191.75 | 14 |
| 72 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 191.34 | 8 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 190.81 | 15 |
| 74 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 190.65 | 5 |
| 75 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 187.17 | 2 |
| 76 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 186.58 | 6 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 182.47 | 22 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 178.87 | 12 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 174.48 | 9 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 173.92 | 7 |
| 81 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 170.99 | 17 |
| 82 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 166.4 | 28 |
| 83 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 164.95 | 5 |
| 84 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 163.2 | 6 |
| 85 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 162.99 | 4 |
| 86 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 159.12 | 21 |
| 87 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 158.91 | 1 |
| 88 | Business School, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 156.35 | 7 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 156.01 | 9 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 154.83 | 14 |
| 91 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 153.02 | 5 |
| 92 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 152.49 | 7 |
| 93 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 152.49 | 2 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 150.94 | 16 |
| 95 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 145.55 | 8 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 145.18 | 13 |
| 97 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 145.18 | 6 |
| 98 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 144.97 | 9 |
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