| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5615.08 | 182 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 1627.64 | 130 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 931.46 | 27 |
| 4 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 722.89 | 18 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 669.87 | 58 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 626.89 | 24 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 563.45 | 20 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 542.36 | 25 |
| 9 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 510.85 | 120 |
| 10 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 501.95 | 12 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 495.78 | 10 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 484.35 | 16 |
| 13 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 480.89 | 11 |
| 14 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 437.93 | 19 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 415.82 | 11 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 392.6 | 12 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 391.51 | 18 |
| 18 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 387.6 | 19 |
| 19 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 383.44 | 16 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 382.32 | 12 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 373.77 | 20 |
| 22 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 347.57 | 18 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 327.83 | 16 |
| 24 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 308.67 | 21 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 299.63 | 19 |
| 26 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 279.36 | 79 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 258.8 | 27 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 257.48 | 17 |
| 29 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 253.72 | 4 |
| 30 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 247.09 | 25 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 245.57 | 16 |
| 32 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 240.65 | 13 |
| 33 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 232.52 | 20 |
| 34 | CESifo | München, Germany | 231.56 | 29 |
| 35 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 227.13 | 10 |
| 36 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 218.84 | 14 |
| 37 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 213.74 | 19 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 203.91 | 25 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 194.83 | 21 |
| 40 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 190.33 | 10 |
| 41 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 186.37 | 4 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 184.4 | 13 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 183.9 | 15 |
| 44 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 183.34 | 8 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 182.83 | 20 |
| 46 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 179.76 | 3 |
| 47 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 173.98 | 13 |
| 48 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 167.18 | 7 |
| 49 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 164.73 | 11 |
| 50 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 164.11 | 21 |
| 51 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 162.77 | 9 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 162.18 | 20 |
| 53 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 161.96 | 2 |
| 54 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 158.16 | 14 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 156.98 | 7 |
| 56 | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 156.83 | 3 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 152.2 | 15 |
| 58 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 151.8 | 7 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 151.8 | 7 |
| 60 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 146.94 | 24 |
| 61 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 139.78 | 14 |
| 62 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 139.15 | 7 |
| 63 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 138.58 | 7 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 138.58 | 7 |
| 65 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 137.85 | 22 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 137.46 | 10 |
| 67 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 136.47 | 13 |
| 68 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 134.62 | 12 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 132.99 | 24 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 131.57 | 9 |
| 71 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 126.32 | 2 |
| 72 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 124.71 | 2 |
| 73 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 124.5 | 6 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 122.5 | 17 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 122.28 | 12 |
| 76 | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 122.05 | 1 |
| 77 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 121.27 | 8 |
| 78 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 119.42 | 10 |
| 79 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 118.57 | 6 |
| 80 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 118.4 | 18 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 115.74 | 8 |
| 82 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 113.43 | 20 |
| 83 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 112.62 | 7 |
| 84 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 112.18 | 4 |
| 85 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 109.67 | 5 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 107.69 | 14 |
| 87 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 107.59 | 51 |
| 88 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 107.14 | 9 |
| 89 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 104.25 | 7 |
| 90 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 102.62 | 1 |
| 91 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 101.64 | 5 |
| 92 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 101.06 | 8 |
| 93 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 97.72 | 2 |
| 94 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 94.92 | 14 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 94.15 | 22 |
| 96 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 93.18 | 5 |
| 97 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 93.01 | 29 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 92.71 | 13 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 90.65 | 16 |
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