| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 10655.49 | 185 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 2364.35 | 137 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2215.82 | 28 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1401.4 | 23 |
| 5 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1367.78 | 11 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1209.92 | 20 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1146.16 | 12 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1141.12 | 18 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1010.54 | 18 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 937.75 | 60 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 856.61 | 12 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 853.28 | 18 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 811.46 | 25 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 780.36 | 11 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 780 | 16 |
| 16 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 779.45 | 11 |
| 17 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 737.13 | 14 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 661.37 | 19 |
| 19 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 652.98 | 25 |
| 20 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 636.69 | 7 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 636.69 | 7 |
| 22 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 632.46 | 23 |
| 23 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 630.88 | 12 |
| 24 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 599.09 | 19 |
| 25 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 593.39 | 16 |
| 26 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 578.62 | 13 |
| 27 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 560.54 | 10 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 558.97 | 17 |
| 29 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 546.61 | 10 |
| 30 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 539.41 | 20 |
| 31 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 522.44 | 129 |
| 32 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 512.78 | 8 |
| 33 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 511.79 | 16 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 500.4 | 20 |
| 35 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 471.58 | 26 |
| 36 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 470.03 | 4 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 452.45 | 10 |
| 38 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 452.19 | 4 |
| 39 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 442.6 | 83 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 414.14 | 16 |
| 41 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 376.47 | 13 |
| 42 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 353.66 | 3 |
| 43 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 342.9 | 19 |
| 44 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 341.02 | 12 |
| 45 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 339.53 | 29 |
| 46 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 327.87 | 3 |
| 47 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 324.88 | 14 |
| 48 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 314.15 | 5 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 314.06 | 15 |
| 50 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 308.39 | 8 |
| 51 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 305.51 | 7 |
| 52 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 303.88 | 20 |
| 53 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 298.34 | 10 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 296.45 | 17 |
| 55 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 285.12 | 9 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 280.51 | 28 |
| 57 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 274.96 | 2 |
| 58 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 271.17 | 7 |
| 59 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 257.5 | 5 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 244.19 | 21 |
| 61 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 242.65 | 7 |
| 62 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 240.35 | 2 |
| 63 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 223.5 | 7 |
| 64 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 223.13 | 2 |
| 65 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 215.77 | 5 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 213.94 | 21 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 210.68 | 7 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 208.32 | 7 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 202.04 | 6 |
| 70 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 198.98 | 7 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 197.69 | 20 |
| 72 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 187.51 | 7 |
| 73 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 181.38 | 21 |
| 74 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 180.85 | 5 |
| 75 | CESifo | München, Germany | 179.17 | 30 |
| 76 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 178.24 | 2 |
| 77 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 178.04 | 22 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 176.62 | 6 |
| 79 | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 170.03 | 3 |
| 80 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 166.82 | 1 |
| 81 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 163.31 | 2 |
| 82 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 161.47 | 18 |
| 83 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 160.7 | 4 |
| 84 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 156.88 | 4 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 155.65 | 15 |
| 86 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 154.73 | 6 |
| 87 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 154.69 | 13 |
| 88 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 151.56 | 15 |
| 89 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 151.39 | 20 |
| 90 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 145.72 | 7 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 145.72 | 7 |
| 92 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 137.42 | 10 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 135.73 | 25 |
| 94 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 135.73 | 4 |
| 95 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 133.36 | 7 |
| 96 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 131.07 | 8 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 128.94 | 13 |
| 98 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 127.65 | 24 |
| 99 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 126.9 | 51 |
| 100 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 126.04 | 14 |
| 101 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 124.94 | 4 |
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