| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 35477.46 | 185 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 8414.14 | 139 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7815.88 | 29 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5002.25 | 23 |
| 5 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4368.15 | 11 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4117.79 | 20 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3971.58 | 12 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3799.41 | 18 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3355.53 | 18 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3095.22 | 62 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2820.21 | 25 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2818.51 | 18 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2775.28 | 13 |
| (13) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2759.73 | 12 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2681.79 | 11 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2462.08 | 19 |
| (15) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2458.1 | 14 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2390.37 | 26 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2368.42 | 19 |
| 18 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2214.45 | 7 |
| (18) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2214.45 | 7 |
| 19 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2154.69 | 12 |
| 20 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2123.03 | 16 |
| (20) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2072.46 | 19 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2063.29 | 17 |
| 22 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2050.24 | 11 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2040.58 | 21 |
| (23) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2017.15 | 25 |
| 24 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1995.43 | 10 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1851.36 | 17 |
| 26 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1835.91 | 14 |
| 27 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1780.38 | 132 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1718.12 | 16 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1710.84 | 22 |
| (29) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1704.63 | 4 |
| 30 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1652.5 | 83 |
| 31 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1551.23 | 4 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1441.4 | 10 |
| 33 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1426.32 | 27 |
| 34 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1384.69 | 8 |
| 35 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1306.72 | 3 |
| (35) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1305.19 | 3 |
| 36 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1294 | 8 |
| 37 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1189.81 | 12 |
| 38 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1170.94 | 5 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1149.22 | 16 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1134.85 | 17 |
| 41 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1115.71 | 7 |
| 42 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1113.62 | 22 |
| (42) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1089.49 | 13 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1073.57 | 14 |
| 44 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1045.61 | 29 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1040.89 | 28 |
| 46 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1025.26 | 9 |
| 47 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1014.21 | 18 |
| 48 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 969.02 | 10 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 952.47 | 22 |
| 50 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 926.11 | 7 |
| (50) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 887.95 | 7 |
| (50) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 886.98 | 5 |
| 51 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 858.61 | 2 |
| (51) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 843.58 | 2 |
| (51) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 824.32 | 3 |
| (51) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 764.61 | 5 |
| 52 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 748.23 | 7 |
| 53 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 746.99 | 22 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 738.68 | 20 |
| (54) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 732.8 | 7 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 730.72 | 21 |
| (55) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 721.19 | 5 |
| 56 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 701.37 | 7 |
| (56) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 667.98 | 3 |
| 57 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 658.61 | 21 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 653.33 | 6 |
| 59 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 621.21 | 13 |
| 60 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 612.21 | 6 |
| 61 | CESifo | München, Germany | 606.76 | 33 |
| 62 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 598.15 | 18 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 585.74 | 7 |
| (63) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 581.87 | 3 |
| 64 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 581.53 | 7 |
| (64) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 581.53 | 7 |
| (64) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 557.45 | 1 |
| (64) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 548.15 | 5 |
| (64) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 544.39 | 20 |
| 65 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 536.07 | 51 |
| (65) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 533.46 | 4 |
| (65) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 532.71 | 2 |
| 66 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 528.79 | 6 |
| 67 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 527.09 | 8 |
| 68 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 513 | 14 |
| 69 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 511.23 | 15 |
| 70 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 498.58 | 25 |
| (70) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 496.61 | 7 |
| 71 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 496.33 | 13 |
| 72 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 495.75 | 4 |
| (72) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 487.56 | 15 |
| (72) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 485.47 | 11 |
| (72) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 479.61 | 1 |
| (72) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 467.92 | 4 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 461.81 | 25 |
| 74 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 455.52 | 22 |
| 75 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 442.38 | 7 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 437.64 | 13 |
| (76) | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 422.27 | 1 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 415.41 | 15 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 413.55 | 13 |
| 79 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 398.42 | 12 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 384.15 | 14 |
| 81 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 377.87 | 1 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 370.82 | 17 |
| (82) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 360.09 | 3 |
| 83 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 359.22 | 8 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 357.45 | 9 |
| 85 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 356.54 | 9 |
| (85) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 356.01 | 8 |
| 86 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | | 353.92 | 14 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 348.1 | 4 |
| 88 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 345.63 | 12 |
| (88) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 345.51 | 6 |
| 89 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 344.59 | 10 |
| 90 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 340.3 | 37 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 340.07 | 23 |
| 92 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 333.86 | 4 |
| 93 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 330.54 | 6 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 329.92 | 14 |
| 95 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 324.64 | 9 |
| 96 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 322.41 | 9 |
| 97 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 320.37 | 9 |
| 98 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 317.1 | 37 |
| 99 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 316.34 | 7 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 316.18 | 9 |
| 101 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 313.32 | 11 |
| (101) | Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 302.02 | 9 |
| 102 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 297.61 | 3 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 297.6 | 14 |
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