| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 10380.97 | 182 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 2197.68 | 130 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2123.08 | 27 |
| 4 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1413.96 | 10 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1393.98 | 24 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1233.56 | 20 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1156.7 | 18 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1143.39 | 12 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1035.92 | 18 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 907.89 | 58 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 872.52 | 18 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 813.53 | 11 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 804.43 | 12 |
| 14 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 777.53 | 14 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 764.35 | 16 |
| 16 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 763.74 | 11 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 737.08 | 25 |
| 18 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 687.3 | 7 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 687.3 | 7 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 676.48 | 19 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 662.8 | 25 |
| 22 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 628.43 | 12 |
| 23 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 598.71 | 21 |
| 24 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 590.07 | 19 |
| 25 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 584.92 | 10 |
| 26 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 566.5 | 16 |
| 27 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 548.44 | 10 |
| 28 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 543.04 | 13 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 541.34 | 17 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 532.06 | 16 |
| 31 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 500.19 | 4 |
| 32 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 481.3 | 19 |
| 33 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 472.88 | 120 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 467.52 | 20 |
| 35 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 460.67 | 4 |
| 36 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 458.78 | 8 |
| 37 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 419.68 | 79 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 375.27 | 9 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 361.91 | 16 |
| 40 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 343.95 | 12 |
| 41 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 334.16 | 19 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 330.76 | 14 |
| 43 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 322.67 | 2 |
| 44 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 318.17 | 25 |
| 45 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 315.58 | 3 |
| 46 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 309.44 | 4 |
| 47 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 305.08 | 29 |
| 48 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 300.97 | 20 |
| 49 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 298.22 | 7 |
| 50 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 281.35 | 7 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 280.06 | 27 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 267.94 | 10 |
| 53 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 261.49 | 2 |
| 54 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 261.08 | 5 |
| 55 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 260.03 | 6 |
| 56 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 250.97 | 2 |
| 57 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 249.71 | 9 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 238.54 | 15 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 234.92 | 16 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 232.88 | 20 |
| 61 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 230.69 | 13 |
| 62 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 224.86 | 7 |
| 63 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 214.26 | 2 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 211.66 | 8 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 207.78 | 6 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 205.96 | 20 |
| 67 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 197.35 | 7 |
| 68 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 196.28 | 5 |
| 69 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 186.84 | 7 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 186.16 | 21 |
| 71 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 185.4 | 5 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 183.81 | 7 |
| 73 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 177.53 | 21 |
| 74 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 176.38 | 7 |
| 75 | CESifo | München, Germany | 175.17 | 29 |
| 76 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 174.21 | 2 |
| 77 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 172.84 | 22 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 169.38 | 6 |
| 79 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 162.04 | 2 |
| 80 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 154.46 | 1 |
| 81 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 152.99 | 4 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 148.67 | 15 |
| 83 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 147.31 | 13 |
| 84 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 143.34 | 4 |
| 85 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 143.13 | 16 |
| 86 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 138.81 | 18 |
| 87 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 138.32 | 7 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 138.32 | 7 |
| 89 | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 138.06 | 1 |
| 90 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 137.86 | 10 |
| 91 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 137.65 | 6 |
| 92 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 135.67 | 4 |
| 93 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 135.63 | 8 |
| 94 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 130.63 | 18 |
| 95 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 129.64 | 24 |
| 96 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 129.42 | 7 |
| 97 | College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 129.09 | 16 |
| 98 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 126.99 | 14 |
| 99 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 126.73 | 13 |
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