| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 39214.7 | 185 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 11849.99 | 139 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7819.78 | 29 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6050.17 | 23 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5903.81 | 21 |
| 6 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5697.61 | 12 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5523.17 | 18 |
| 8 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4932.4 | 11 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4692.14 | 12 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4684.07 | 62 |
| 11 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4218.82 | 132 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3718.95 | 25 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3620.84 | 18 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3510.68 | 20 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3434.05 | 12 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3098.78 | 11 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2982.32 | 19 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2964.06 | 13 |
| (17) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2800.5 | 19 |
| 18 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2659.14 | 16 |
| (18) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2640.7 | 25 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2631.2 | 17 |
| 20 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2531.92 | 14 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2530.39 | 17 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2493.79 | 21 |
| 23 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2435.5 | 18 |
| 24 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2401.8 | 13 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2393.99 | 19 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2379.24 | 22 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2192.15 | 28 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2192.13 | 16 |
| 29 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2168.85 | 7 |
| (29) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2168.85 | 7 |
| 30 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2112.22 | 18 |
| 31 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2080.19 | 5 |
| 32 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1984.75 | 10 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1967.98 | 25 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1899.35 | 20 |
| 35 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1855.87 | 3 |
| 36 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1836.41 | 27 |
| 37 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1827.2 | 11 |
| 38 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1679.67 | 22 |
| 39 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1662.86 | 33 |
| 40 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1622.01 | 83 |
| 41 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1589.18 | 7 |
| 42 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1583.95 | 6 |
| (42) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1580.57 | 14 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1580.37 | 17 |
| 44 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1516.01 | 12 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1507.12 | 22 |
| 46 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1480.18 | 9 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1464.88 | 16 |
| 48 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1460.14 | 25 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1433.47 | 14 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1417.64 | 17 |
| 51 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1388.33 | 7 |
| (51) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1374.07 | 15 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1369.37 | 10 |
| 53 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1325.99 | 7 |
| 54 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1278.51 | 7 |
| (54) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1278.51 | 7 |
| 55 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1216.24 | 26 |
| 56 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1206.52 | 4 |
| 57 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1189.58 | 12 |
| (57) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1172.04 | 5 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1166.03 | 9 |
| 59 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1165.93 | 21 |
| 60 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1161.69 | 8 |
| (60) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1150.81 | 13 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1125.06 | 23 |
| 62 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1112.91 | 8 |
| 63 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1105.07 | 18 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1053.86 | 8 |
| 65 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1011.62 | 22 |
| 66 | Département et Laboratoire d'Economie Théorique Appliquée (DELTA), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 991.76 | 15 |
| 67 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 986.93 | 14 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 971.43 | 15 |
| 69 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 959.95 | 22 |
| 70 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 943.2 | 7 |
| 71 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 923.2 | 5 |
| 72 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 904.45 | 8 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 873.42 | 14 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 867.63 | 6 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 848.41 | 12 |
| (75) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 845.88 | 3 |
| 76 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 841.49 | 6 |
| 77 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 839.9 | 9 |
| 78 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 837.6 | 13 |
| (78) | 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 | 833.36 | 9 |
| (78) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 823.88 | 2 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 798.43 | 13 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 793.44 | 17 |
| 81 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 786.46 | 51 |
| (81) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 783.47 | 5 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 777.45 | 13 |
| 83 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 775.12 | 37 |
| 84 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 773.42 | 37 |
| 85 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 769.8 | 9 |
| 86 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 760.6 | 13 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 754.17 | 6 |
| 88 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 754 | 11 |
| (88) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 752.58 | 3 |
| 89 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 749.94 | 14 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 748.24 | 6 |
| (90) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 725.3 | 3 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 720.51 | 20 |
| (91) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 717.92 | 7 |
| 92 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 715.92 | 8 |
| 93 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 711.46 | 8 |
| (93) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 709.89 | 8 |
| 94 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 709.89 | 8 |
| (94) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 700.93 | 5 |
| 95 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 685.32 | 4 |
| 96 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 678.63 | 9 |
| (96) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 678.48 | 8 |
| 97 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | | 666.45 | 14 |
| 98 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 658.81 | 7 |
| (98) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 652.78 | 20 |
| (98) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 649.02 | 1 |
| (98) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 647.97 | 11 |
| 99 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 645.9 | 4 |
| 100 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 643.34 | 2 |
| (100) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 636.56 | 4 |
| (100) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 619.9 | 5 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 619.79 | 9 |
| (101) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 600.55 | 7 |
| 102 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 597.68 | 10 |
| 103 | Center for Economic Design, Bogazici University | Istanbul, Turkey | 593.63 | 1 |
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