| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 59945.29 | 185 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 20216.91 | 139 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 11695.19 | 29 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9515.57 | 23 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8186.93 | 18 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 8070.75 | 21 |
| 7 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 7503.33 | 12 |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7232.64 | 62 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 7016.09 | 12 |
| 10 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 6572.34 | 132 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 6210.9 | 11 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5727.76 | 25 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5390.93 | 18 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5383.41 | 20 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5046.63 | 12 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4835.35 | 11 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4607.24 | 17 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4460.4 | 19 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 4304.22 | 21 |
| 19 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4291.16 | 18 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4256.42 | 22 |
| 21 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4169.07 | 16 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4155.27 | 13 |
| (22) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4154.63 | 25 |
| (22) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3863.89 | 19 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3847.93 | 19 |
| 24 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3718.2 | 14 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3696.87 | 17 |
| 26 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 3564.51 | 13 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3332.09 | 16 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3298.6 | 28 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3269.45 | 18 |
| 30 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 3123.74 | 7 |
| (30) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 3123.74 | 7 |
| 31 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3090.13 | 22 |
| 32 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3068.32 | 83 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 3067.28 | 25 |
| 34 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3036.14 | 11 |
| 35 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3013.81 | 27 |
| 36 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3013.07 | 3 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 2920.81 | 20 |
| 38 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2894.93 | 5 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2865.68 | 22 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2794.12 | 17 |
| (40) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2604.2 | 14 |
| 41 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2550.49 | 33 |
| 42 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2526.21 | 25 |
| 43 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2518.55 | 12 |
| 44 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2511.29 | 6 |
| 45 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2455.26 | 10 |
| 46 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 2443.06 | 7 |
| (46) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2353.48 | 15 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2322.79 | 17 |
| 48 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2307.46 | 9 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2282.63 | 16 |
| 50 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2276.85 | 7 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 2226.93 | 14 |
| 52 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2208.55 | 7 |
| (52) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2208.55 | 7 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2164.88 | 10 |
| 54 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2159.45 | 21 |
| 55 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2125.4 | 7 |
| 56 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 2015.81 | 8 |
| 57 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2009.13 | 12 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1994.49 | 23 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1980.16 | 14 |
| 60 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1971.06 | 18 |
| (60) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1910.97 | 13 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1889.03 | 7 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1809.93 | 26 |
| 63 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1782.6 | 22 |
| 64 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1782.41 | 4 |
| 65 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1748.79 | 8 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1678.66 | 9 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1624.26 | 8 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1606.92 | 14 |
| 69 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1570.64 | 37 |
| 70 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1567.09 | 22 |
| 71 | Département et Laboratoire d'Economie Théorique Appliquée (DELTA), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1560.05 | 15 |
| (71) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1544.13 | 5 |
| (71) | 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 | 1539.05 | 9 |
| (71) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1523.9 | 5 |
| 72 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1484.16 | 37 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1483.32 | 15 |
| (73) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1470.34 | 7 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1430.83 | 13 |
| 75 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1425.83 | 13 |
| (75) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1424.73 | 3 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1411.49 | 13 |
| 77 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1411.26 | 5 |
| 78 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1409.86 | 51 |
| (78) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1366.96 | 20 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1366.93 | 17 |
| (79) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1336.38 | 8 |
| 80 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1336.38 | 8 |
| (80) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1311.87 | 3 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1292.06 | 6 |
| 82 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1289.77 | 11 |
| 83 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1285.27 | 8 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 1281.36 | 20 |
| 85 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1272.77 | 6 |
| 86 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1257.68 | 9 |
| (86) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1250.27 | 12 |
| 87 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1250.27 | 12 |
| (87) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1241.96 | 5 |
| (87) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1210.85 | 5 |
| 88 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1193.01 | 8 |
| (88) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1189.36 | 11 |
| 89 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1184.28 | 6 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1179.89 | 12 |
| 91 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1132.09 | 9 |
| (91) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1126.41 | 4 |
| (91) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1118.78 | 2 |
| 92 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1109.77 | 4 |
| 93 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 1092.14 | 14 |
| 94 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 1087.09 | 13 |
| 95 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1080.49 | 7 |
| 96 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1074.59 | 9 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 1062.96 | 6 |
| (97) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1041.11 | 3 |
| 98 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1040.06 | 9 |
| 99 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | | 1032.72 | 14 |
| 100 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 1013.68 | 8 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1006.51 | 7 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 992.7 | 9 |
| 103 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 972.53 | 10 |
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