| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 17527.35 | 185 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 4380.38 | 139 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3354 | 29 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2693.5 | 23 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2333.73 | 20 |
| 6 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1970.79 | 18 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1780.02 | 18 |
| 8 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1643.2 | 11 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1638.02 | 12 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1486.99 | 11 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1425.6 | 18 |
| (11) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1397.78 | 12 |
| 12 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1369.68 | 62 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1355.16 | 17 |
| (13) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1335.46 | 14 |
| 14 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1293.07 | 26 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1287.43 | 19 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1264.5 | 25 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1196.81 | 13 |
| 18 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1191.77 | 7 |
| (18) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1191.77 | 7 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1029.89 | 19 |
| 20 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1025.07 | 16 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 934.26 | 22 |
| (21) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 917.1 | 4 |
| (21) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 910.93 | 25 |
| 22 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 907.1 | 83 |
| (22) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 869.35 | 19 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 840.73 | 17 |
| 24 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 834.27 | 11 |
| 25 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 796.59 | 21 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 796.09 | 10 |
| 27 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 794.36 | 14 |
| 28 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 783.93 | 12 |
| 29 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 780.18 | 132 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 747.83 | 16 |
| 31 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 737.44 | 8 |
| 32 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 728.92 | 14 |
| 33 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 699.92 | 29 |
| 34 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 686.87 | 10 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 652.22 | 17 |
| 36 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 631.15 | 27 |
| 37 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 629.95 | 12 |
| (37) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 624.25 | 7 |
| (37) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 624.18 | 3 |
| (37) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 600.84 | 2 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 597.14 | 22 |
| 39 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 592.3 | 22 |
| 40 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 588.31 | 18 |
| 41 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 580.46 | 3 |
| 42 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 577.84 | 4 |
| 43 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 570.21 | 5 |
| 44 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 568.24 | 8 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 548.58 | 16 |
| 46 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 506.21 | 9 |
| 47 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 495.35 | 7 |
| 48 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 486.53 | 7 |
| 49 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 481.79 | 7 |
| (49) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 472.74 | 5 |
| (49) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 469.74 | 13 |
| 50 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 461.93 | 2 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 440.58 | 28 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 438.52 | 10 |
| (52) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 437.12 | 3 |
| (52) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 406.29 | 5 |
| 53 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 395.77 | 22 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 372.17 | 21 |
| (54) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 346.52 | 20 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 346.03 | 20 |
| 56 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 345.31 | 21 |
| (56) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 327.87 | 5 |
| 57 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 314.01 | 7 |
| (57) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 312.6 | 7 |
| 58 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 309.71 | 7 |
| 59 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 304.57 | 51 |
| 60 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 303.03 | 18 |
| 61 | CESifo | München, Germany | 296.23 | 33 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 290.78 | 6 |
| (62) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 284.3 | 3 |
| (62) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 283.65 | 5 |
| (62) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 280.06 | 4 |
| (62) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 263.85 | 3 |
| (62) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 261.77 | 1 |
| (62) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 259.77 | 2 |
| (62) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 256.3 | 11 |
| 63 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 255.2 | 13 |
| (63) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 253.67 | 1 |
| 64 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 251.83 | 6 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 246.58 | 6 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 243.96 | 13 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 237.02 | 13 |
| (67) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 236.46 | 4 |
| 68 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 236.26 | 25 |
| 69 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 231.66 | 14 |
| (69) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 227.45 | 15 |
| 70 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 223.07 | 8 |
| 71 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 219.19 | 22 |
| 72 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 217.71 | 1 |
| 73 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 212.66 | 13 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 206.26 | 17 |
| 75 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 203.64 | 7 |
| 76 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 201.25 | 4 |
| 77 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 198.06 | 7 |
| (77) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 198.06 | 7 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 197.53 | 14 |
| 79 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 191.59 | 3 |
| 80 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 190.43 | 6 |
| 81 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 188.6 | 12 |
| (81) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 188.33 | 7 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 187.45 | 4 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 186.3 | 25 |
| 84 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 186.29 | 37 |
| 85 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 186.09 | 15 |
| 86 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 186.01 | 9 |
| 87 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 185.22 | 4 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 185.02 | 14 |
| 89 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 182.52 | 9 |
| (89) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 182.35 | 8 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 179.37 | 15 |
| 91 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 179.34 | 12 |
| (91) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 179.3 | 6 |
| (91) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 175.86 | 8 |
| 92 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 175.86 | 8 |
| 93 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 173.17 | 10 |
| 94 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 172.61 | 37 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 171.75 | 23 |
| 96 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 170.15 | 7 |
| 97 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 169.83 | 9 |
| 98 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 168.34 | 9 |
| 99 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | | 167.52 | 14 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 167.31 | 9 |
| (100) | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 166.1 | 1 |
| 101 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 163.84 | 36 |
| 102 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 157.58 | 6 |
| 103 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 156.14 | 7 |
| (103) | 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 | 151.38 | 9 |
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