| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 36580.05 | 182 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 16926.99 | 130 |
| 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7990.66 | 58 |
| 4 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 7237.85 | 120 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 6271.99 | 27 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5268.25 | 24 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4841.58 | 18 |
| 8 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4643.16 | 19 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 4402.16 | 20 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4157.99 | 19 |
| 11 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4065.5 | 12 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4038.8 | 25 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3718.08 | 16 |
| 14 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3697.5 | 10 |
| 15 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3653.41 | 11 |
| 16 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3601.41 | 21 |
| 17 | CESifo | München, Germany | 3390.83 | 29 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3376.25 | 12 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3371.66 | 12 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3292.83 | 18 |
| 21 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3184 | 79 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3053.41 | 27 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2749.93 | 20 |
| 24 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2696.5 | 16 |
| 25 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2525.33 | 13 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2513.83 | 22 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2495.94 | 11 |
| 28 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2405.56 | 16 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2381.68 | 20 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2297.16 | 24 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 2284.16 | 13 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2222.4 | 17 |
| 33 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2207.91 | 4 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 2187.33 | 8 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2185.91 | 21 |
| 36 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2131 | 11 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2102.08 | 19 |
| 38 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2014.66 | 7 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2014.66 | 7 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2001.33 | 18 |
| 41 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1969.66 | 13 |
| 42 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1966.95 | 25 |
| 43 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1908.91 | 19 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1866.16 | 17 |
| 45 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1824.33 | 20 |
| 46 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1823.51 | 21 |
| 47 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1819.41 | 51 |
| 48 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1785.16 | 10 |
| 49 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1740.74 | 36 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1672.66 | 12 |
| 51 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1664.75 | 10 |
| 52 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1657.13 | 20 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 1656 | 29 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1629.41 | 16 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1595.83 | 15 |
| 56 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1532.91 | 6 |
| 57 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1529.53 | 34 |
| 58 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 1516.16 | 16 |
| 59 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1504.99 | 9 |
| 60 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1477.16 | 7 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1468 | 25 |
| 62 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1455.39 | 24 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 1454.66 | 18 |
| 64 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1447.41 | 8 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1433.81 | 9 |
| 66 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1426.93 | 12 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1404.41 | 20 |
| 68 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1387.83 | 6 |
| 69 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1385.83 | 14 |
| 70 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1377 | 15 |
| 71 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1347.33 | 18 |
| 72 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1328.5 | 4 |
| 73 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1321.83 | 16 |
| 74 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1310.83 | 7 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1310.83 | 7 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1300.16 | 7 |
| 77 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1294.5 | 8 |
| 78 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1271.25 | 14 |
| 79 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1269 | 11 |
| 80 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1268.33 | 2 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1249.66 | 13 |
| 82 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1249.41 | 7 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1240.33 | 9 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1230.66 | 16 |
| 85 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1223.93 | 7 |
| 86 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1217.38 | 14 |
| 87 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1214.51 | 9 |
| 88 | Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1205.08 | 8 |
| 89 | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1201.5 | 7 |
| 90 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1195.33 | 8 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1185.16 | 14 |
| 92 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 1167.91 | 16 |
| 93 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1166.08 | 29 |
| 94 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1158.46 | 10 |
| 95 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1149.91 | 22 |
| 96 | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1141.66 | 12 |
| 97 | Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1134.83 | 13 |
| 98 | Département et Laboratoire d'Economie Théorique Appliquée (DELTA), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1134.06 | 15 |
| 99 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1127.33 | 4 |
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