| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 17341.74 | 186 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 6438.68 | 142 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3345.44 | 30 |
| 4 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2290.49 | 19 |
| 5 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2252.44 | 139 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2210.11 | 63 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2059.61 | 24 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1872.85 | 25 |
| 9 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1753.14 | 12 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1605.55 | 23 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1516.14 | 18 |
| 12 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1514.39 | 11 |
| 13 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1487.12 | 21 |
| (13) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1459.8 | 12 |
| (13) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1363.37 | 19 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1323.69 | 12 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1253.01 | 10 |
| 16 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1227.11 | 16 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1221.93 | 19 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1184.09 | 14 |
| 19 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1176.71 | 85 |
| (19) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1157.29 | 26 |
| 20 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1105.24 | 18 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1043.88 | 22 |
| 22 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 980.03 | 28 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 966.93 | 28 |
| 24 | CESifo | München, Germany | 965.69 | 33 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 961.9 | 19 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 937.6 | 17 |
| 27 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 879.3 | 15 |
| 28 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 851.72 | 24 |
| 29 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 817.7 | 6 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 796.38 | 21 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 781.94 | 16 |
| 32 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 781.17 | 11 |
| 33 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 771.14 | 17 |
| 34 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 716.96 | 17 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 683.79 | 16 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 680.69 | 20 |
| 37 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 666.56 | 14 |
| 38 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 643.35 | 25 |
| 39 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 624.28 | 9 |
| 40 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 612.45 | 15 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 610.78 | 22 |
| 42 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 610.76 | 11 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 610.41 | 10 |
| 44 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 603.2 | 7 |
| (44) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 600.89 | 3 |
| (44) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 598.23 | 15 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 592.98 | 16 |
| 46 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 583.4 | 21 |
| 47 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 580.83 | 7 |
| (47) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 580.83 | 7 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 570.96 | 16 |
| 49 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 562.75 | 13 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 559.56 | 26 |
| 51 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 552.46 | 22 |
| 52 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 531.25 | 3 |
| 53 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 523.26 | 7 |
| 54 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 521.83 | 14 |
| (54) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 514.69 | 3 |
| 55 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 510.1 | 18 |
| 56 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 507.34 | 24 |
| (56) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 505.77 | 13 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 494.06 | 18 |
| (57) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 491.32 | 13 |
| 58 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 488.75 | 52 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 487.98 | 26 |
| 60 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 485 | 4 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 469.99 | 18 |
| 62 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 469.49 | 9 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 453.53 | 13 |
| 64 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 452.61 | 6 |
| 65 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 443.78 | 38 |
| (65) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 438.86 | 11 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 435.26 | 12 |
| (66) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 420.76 | 12 |
| (66) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 412.88 | 21 |
| 67 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 408.5 | 7 |
| (67) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 408.5 | 7 |
| 68 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 406.84 | 6 |
| 69 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 400.67 | 14 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 399.25 | 23 |
| (70) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 394.85 | 3 |
| 71 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 390.16 | 8 |
| (71) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 387.95 | 5 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 385.41 | 9 |
| 73 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 378.43 | 29 |
| 74 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 371.02 | 15 |
| 75 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 370.66 | 37 |
| 76 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 368.85 | 7 |
| (76) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 361.92 | 3 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 360.48 | 9 |
| 78 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 349.61 | 4 |
| 79 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 347.6 | 5 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 346.67 | 12 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 346.18 | 8 |
| (81) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 346.16 | 5 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 344.66 | 14 |
| (82) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 337.69 | 2 |
| 83 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | | 336.45 | 15 |
| (83) | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 336.39 | 1 |
| 84 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 333.02 | 9 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 332.42 | 6 |
| 86 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 331.85 | 9 |
| (86) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 322 | 7 |
| (86) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 320.88 | 12 |
| (86) | 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 | 305.15 | 9 |
| 87 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 302.33 | 37 |
| (87) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 295.49 | 1 |
| (87) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 291.23 | 6 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 289.62 | 14 |
| 89 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 278.23 | 9 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 275.51 | 6 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 272.9 | 8 |
| 92 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 267.42 | 13 |
| (92) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 266.63 | 4 |
| 93 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 263.34 | 16 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 263.11 | 17 |
| 95 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 261.09 | 13 |
| 96 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 259.35 | 16 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 254.78 | 7 |
| 98 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 248.29 | 6 |
| 99 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 246.73 | 7 |
| 100 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 245.32 | 9 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 241.49 | 16 |
| 102 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 240.97 | 10 |
| (102) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 235.61 | 4 |
| 103 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 233.1 | 13 |
| 104 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 230.82 | 5 |
| (104) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 230.52 | 3 |
| (104) | Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 228.52 | 2 |
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