| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 10384.04 | 185 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 2388.66 | 139 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2320.71 | 29 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1443.43 | 23 |
| 5 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1250.31 | 11 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1236.57 | 20 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1165.46 | 12 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1093.52 | 18 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1065.34 | 18 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 833.08 | 62 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 805.72 | 18 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 801.04 | 13 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 800.47 | 25 |
| (13) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 790.49 | 12 |
| (13) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 775.2 | 14 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 772.99 | 11 |
| 15 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 757.07 | 26 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 692.93 | 19 |
| 17 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 678.98 | 7 |
| (17) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 678.98 | 7 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 676.51 | 19 |
| 19 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 625.32 | 16 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 593.62 | 17 |
| 21 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 570.67 | 11 |
| 22 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 561.06 | 10 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 559.12 | 17 |
| (23) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 556.88 | 4 |
| 24 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 556.52 | 12 |
| (24) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 554.94 | 19 |
| (24) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 548.43 | 25 |
| 25 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 531.17 | 14 |
| 26 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 522.88 | 21 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 507.72 | 22 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 483.26 | 16 |
| 29 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 477.85 | 132 |
| 30 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 470.75 | 83 |
| 31 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 445.53 | 4 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 410.15 | 10 |
| 33 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 408.93 | 27 |
| 34 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 403.46 | 8 |
| (34) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 396.02 | 3 |
| 35 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 378.5 | 3 |
| 36 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 378.03 | 8 |
| 37 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 345.12 | 12 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 322.08 | 16 |
| 39 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 321.64 | 5 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 317.23 | 14 |
| 41 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 315.96 | 7 |
| (41) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 314.9 | 13 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 313.17 | 17 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 311.12 | 28 |
| 44 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 309.01 | 22 |
| 45 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 299.52 | 29 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 291.48 | 10 |
| 47 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 284.5 | 9 |
| 48 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 283.74 | 18 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 268.76 | 22 |
| 50 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 266.83 | 7 |
| (50) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 264.06 | 7 |
| 51 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 263.63 | 2 |
| (51) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 263.61 | 5 |
| (51) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 256.01 | 3 |
| (51) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 244.88 | 2 |
| 52 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 243.31 | 7 |
| (52) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 215.02 | 5 |
| (52) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 214.56 | 7 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 208.54 | 21 |
| 54 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 203.47 | 22 |
| (54) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 200.39 | 5 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 197.49 | 6 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 192.71 | 20 |
| (56) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 189.15 | 3 |
| 57 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 186.69 | 7 |
| 58 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 179.38 | 21 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 178.25 | 7 |
| (59) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 177.3 | 3 |
| 60 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 169.66 | 6 |
| (60) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 168.06 | 1 |
| 61 | CESifo | München, Germany | 165.24 | 33 |
| (61) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 154.9 | 5 |
| 62 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 154.83 | 51 |
| (62) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 153.52 | 20 |
| 63 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 151.8 | 18 |
| (63) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 151.23 | 2 |
| 64 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 146.05 | 6 |
| 65 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 145.25 | 4 |
| (65) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 143.88 | 7 |
| (65) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 143.16 | 11 |
| 66 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 142.83 | 13 |
| (66) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 140.62 | 4 |
| (66) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 139.79 | 4 |
| 67 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 139.28 | 15 |
| 68 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 139.14 | 14 |
| 69 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 137.82 | 8 |
| 70 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 136.39 | 25 |
| 71 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 134.37 | 7 |
| (71) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 134.37 | 7 |
| 72 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 132.88 | 13 |
| (72) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 132.65 | 1 |
| (72) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 132.65 | 15 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 129.94 | 25 |
| (73) | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 124.51 | 1 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 122.44 | 13 |
| 75 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 121.85 | 22 |
| 76 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 120.15 | 7 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 118.83 | 13 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 117.81 | 15 |
| 79 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 112.64 | 12 |
| 80 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 109.74 | 1 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 108.21 | 14 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 105.49 | 17 |
| 83 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 104.49 | 9 |
| (83) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 104.32 | 8 |
| 84 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 103.2 | 9 |
| 85 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | | 101.83 | 14 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 100.66 | 4 |
| (86) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 100.16 | 3 |
| 87 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 99.25 | 8 |
| 88 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 97.24 | 7 |
| 89 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 96.75 | 9 |
| 90 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 96.72 | 12 |
| (90) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 96.7 | 6 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 95.01 | 9 |
| 92 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 93.19 | 4 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 91.01 | 14 |
| 94 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 90.82 | 6 |
| 95 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 89.78 | 10 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 89.63 | 9 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 89.06 | 7 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 88.83 | 23 |
| 99 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 88.22 | 9 |
| 100 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 87.53 | 37 |
| 101 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 87.13 | 13 |
| 102 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 86.42 | 3 |
| (102) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 86.06 | 8 |
| 103 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 86.06 | 8 |
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