| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 141960.27 | 182 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 43221.83 | 130 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 27666.29 | 27 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 21512.53 | 24 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 20987.29 | 18 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 20525.84 | 58 |
| 7 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 18819.58 | 12 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 18592.18 | 19 |
| 9 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 18212.39 | 10 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 17163.25 | 12 |
| 11 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 14705.83 | 120 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 14404.13 | 25 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 13468.11 | 20 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 12539.63 | 16 |
| 15 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 12431.31 | 11 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 12343.19 | 18 |
| 17 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 12192.37 | 19 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 11776.68 | 12 |
| 19 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 11506.29 | 21 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 10442.97 | 11 |
| 21 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9642.65 | 16 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 9340.63 | 17 |
| 23 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 8879.96 | 13 |
| 24 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 8721.46 | 16 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 8439.11 | 20 |
| 26 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 8285.53 | 13 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 8246.92 | 19 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 8148.91 | 20 |
| 29 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 8095.11 | 18 |
| 30 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8005.95 | 4 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 7818.72 | 10 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 7775.12 | 27 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 7568.12 | 19 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 7521.4 | 21 |
| 35 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7486.12 | 10 |
| 36 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 7238.6 | 7 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 7238.6 | 7 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 6712.85 | 16 |
| 39 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6533.13 | 7 |
| 40 | CESifo | München, Germany | 6503.42 | 29 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 6262.01 | 24 |
| 42 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 6063.44 | 2 |
| 43 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 5780.47 | 6 |
| 44 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5741.39 | 79 |
| 45 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5481.07 | 20 |
| 46 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 5278.43 | 25 |
| 47 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5226.11 | 14 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 5168.86 | 15 |
| 49 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5084.83 | 9 |
| 50 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5053.89 | 4 |
| 51 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4965.67 | 5 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 4937.14 | 13 |
| 53 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 4877.69 | 21 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 4869.91 | 17 |
| 55 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4689.77 | 24 |
| 56 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 4681.66 | 7 |
| 57 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4616.45 | 14 |
| 58 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4602.53 | 12 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 4524.1 | 22 |
| 60 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 4410.67 | 11 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4303.03 | 20 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 4128.75 | 9 |
| 63 | 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 | 4109.47 | 8 |
| 64 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 4084.86 | 20 |
| 65 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 4076.87 | 8 |
| 66 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 4053.48 | 8 |
| 67 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 4038.3 | 7 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 4038.3 | 7 |
| 69 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 4002.94 | 18 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 3906.55 | 8 |
| 71 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3836.1 | 2 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 3826.52 | 16 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 3735.25 | 15 |
| 74 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 3730.2 | 5 |
| 75 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 3455.49 | 16 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3429.57 | 25 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 3390.38 | 6 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 3377.13 | 12 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 3361.74 | 9 |
| 80 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 3343.38 | 6 |
| 81 | Département et Laboratoire d'Economie Théorique Appliquée (DELTA), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 3334.63 | 15 |
| 82 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3295.22 | 14 |
| 83 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 3282.64 | 22 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3208.11 | 14 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 3179.16 | 14 |
| 86 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3178.2 | 2 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 3166.03 | 13 |
| 88 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3127.96 | 6 |
| 89 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3026.29 | 8 |
| 90 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2936.6 | 8 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 2898.08 | 6 |
| 92 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2888.9 | 7 |
| 93 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2843.82 | 13 |
| 94 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 2755.75 | 8 |
| 95 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2731.3 | 51 |
| 96 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 2713.5 | 6 |
| 97 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 2661.91 | 4 |
| 98 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2647.83 | 2 |
| 99 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 2628.82 | 16 |
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