| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 60397.33 | 185 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 14811.29 | 137 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 11181.33 | 28 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8499.79 | 23 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7426.02 | 20 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 6535.74 | 11 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6432.07 | 18 |
| 8 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5839.21 | 18 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5701.35 | 12 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5371.69 | 60 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 5008.47 | 11 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4662.78 | 16 |
| 13 | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4658.38 | 11 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4433.06 | 19 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4335.28 | 25 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4285.87 | 18 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4192.17 | 12 |
| 18 | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4072.24 | 14 |
| 19 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3732.84 | 7 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3732.84 | 7 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3684.03 | 25 |
| 22 | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3556.24 | 23 |
| 23 | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3309.32 | 19 |
| 24 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3235.72 | 16 |
| 25 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3204.85 | 12 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3091.56 | 17 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2959.06 | 20 |
| 28 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2918.65 | 10 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2895.25 | 20 |
| 30 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2887.58 | 129 |
| 31 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2859.64 | 83 |
| 32 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2744.61 | 16 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2690.34 | 10 |
| 34 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2668.04 | 13 |
| 35 | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2661.18 | 4 |
| 36 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2559.91 | 8 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2527.37 | 16 |
| 38 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2458.23 | 19 |
| 39 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2452.68 | 10 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2435.55 | 14 |
| 41 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2351.25 | 29 |
| 42 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2217.86 | 26 |
| 43 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2160.81 | 12 |
| 44 | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2119.45 | 7 |
| 45 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2098.37 | 20 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2093.03 | 17 |
| 47 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2073.63 | 5 |
| 48 | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1982.35 | 2 |
| 49 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1981.8 | 4 |
| 50 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1903.17 | 3 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1793.55 | 21 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1743.52 | 15 |
| 53 | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1718.99 | 3 |
| 54 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1704.18 | 8 |
| 55 | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1703.5 | 13 |
| 56 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1684.92 | 9 |
| 57 | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1598.79 | 5 |
| 58 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1596.32 | 7 |
| 59 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1500.48 | 2 |
| 60 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1443.37 | 7 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1387.32 | 28 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1383 | 20 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1357.81 | 7 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1335.48 | 10 |
| 65 | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1328.49 | 5 |
| 66 | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1313.31 | 2 |
| 67 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1266.33 | 21 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1257.74 | 21 |
| 69 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1223.02 | 22 |
| 70 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1135.53 | 7 |
| 71 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1128.64 | 18 |
| 72 | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1103.26 | 20 |
| 73 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1095.68 | 30 |
| 74 | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1092.54 | 4 |
| 75 | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1061.19 | 4 |
| 76 | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1045.35 | 1 |
| 77 | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1033.87 | 2 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 974.83 | 6 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 971.19 | 7 |
| 80 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 963.25 | 7 |
| 81 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 944.73 | 6 |
| 82 | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 942.92 | 5 |
| 83 | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 929.3 | 3 |
| 84 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 912.65 | 13 |
| 85 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 900.33 | 51 |
| 86 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 892.71 | 13 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 889.31 | 6 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 880.44 | 13 |
| 89 | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 849.83 | 2 |
| 90 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 825.54 | 8 |
| 91 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 822.79 | 7 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 822.79 | 7 |
| 93 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 818.6 | 24 |
| 94 | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 792.78 | 14 |
| 95 | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 792.32 | 10 |
| 96 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 787.21 | 21 |
| 97 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 782.01 | 14 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 781.01 | 13 |
| 99 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 769.54 | 7 |
| 100 | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 763.25 | 4 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 760.44 | 7 |
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