| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 10303 | 182 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 5827 | 130 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2704 | 120 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1943 | 58 |
| 5 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1433 | 79 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1416 | 27 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1228 | 25 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1207 | 24 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1204 | 18 |
| 10 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1082 | 19 |
| 11 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1034 | 29 |
| 12 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 953 | 12 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 929 | 27 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 895 | 16 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 884 | 20 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 882 | 20 |
| 17 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 874 | 21 |
| 18 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 866 | 11 |
| 19 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 845 | 19 |
| 20 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 803 | 36 |
| 21 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 765 | 16 |
| 22 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 762 | 51 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 757 | 20 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 742 | 11 |
| 25 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 732 | 16 |
| 26 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 714 | 25 |
| 27 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 660 | 18 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 649 | 12 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 649 | 18 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 632 | 13 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 610 | 17 |
| 31 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 610 | 10 |
| 33 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 606 | 24 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 605 | 14 |
| 35 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 602 | 21 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 580 | 19 |
| 37 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 577 | 22 |
| 38 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 574 | 18 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 566 | 12 |
| 40 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 552 | 20 |
| 41 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 546 | 31 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 538 | 20 |
| 43 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 528 | 14 |
| 44 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 527 | 13 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 526 | 25 |
| 46 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 512 | 19 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 511 | 21 |
| 48 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 508 | 34 |
| 49 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 487 | 15 |
| 50 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 486 | 20 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 482 | 22 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 462 | 10 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 451 | 16 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 447 | 29 |
| 55 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 437 | 11 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 430 | 17 |
| 57 | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 427 | 12 |
| 58 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 420 | 4 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 417 | 15 |
| 60 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 415 | 28 |
| 60 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 415 | 18 |
| 62 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 405 | 40 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 402 | 14 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 399 | 6 |
| 65 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 396 | 9 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 394 | 24 |
| 67 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 393 | 12 |
| 67 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 393 | 11 |
| 69 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 392 | 25 |
| 69 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 392 | 29 |
| 71 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 389 | 15 |
| 72 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 388 | 13 |
| 73 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 383 | 7 |
| 73 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 383 | 7 |
| 75 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 379 | 16 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 378 | 9 |
| 77 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 367 | 13 |
| 78 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 364 | 3 |
| 79 | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 359 | 14 |
| 80 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 356 | 16 |
| 80 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 356 | 7 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 356 | 7 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 356 | 14 |
| 84 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 350 | 10 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 348 | 13 |
| 86 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 344 | 13 |
| 87 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 342 | 2 |
| 88 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 341 | 14 |
| 89 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 340 | 7 |
| 90 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 338 | 14 |
| 91 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 335 | 24 |
| 92 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 330 | 33 |
| 92 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 330 | 21 |
| 94 | Département et Laboratoire d'Economie Théorique Appliquée (DELTA), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 326 | 15 |
| 94 | Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA) | Madrid, Spain | 326 | 10 |
| 96 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 325 | 9 |
| 97 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 324 | 14 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 316 | 15 |
| 99 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 311 | 4 |
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