| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 38522.16 | 186 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 11579.85 | 142 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 8434.95 | 30 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5615.77 | 24 |
| 5 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5369.87 | 11 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5248.28 | 21 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5151.98 | 19 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5103.21 | 12 |
| 9 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4962.89 | 12 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4289.75 | 63 |
| 11 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4108.43 | 139 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3570.53 | 25 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3459.8 | 23 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3413.01 | 19 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3409.12 | 18 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3225.77 | 12 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3107.24 | 14 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2953.9 | 10 |
| 18 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2908.31 | 15 |
| (18) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2644.48 | 26 |
| 19 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2561.74 | 16 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2515.04 | 16 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2459.3 | 17 |
| (21) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2454.8 | 19 |
| 22 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2450.05 | 17 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2322.88 | 18 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2319.19 | 21 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2288.57 | 19 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2206.78 | 22 |
| 27 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2155.35 | 11 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2129.23 | 28 |
| 29 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2111.75 | 6 |
| 30 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2079.45 | 17 |
| 31 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2018.37 | 14 |
| 32 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1936.69 | 3 |
| 33 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1916.32 | 11 |
| 34 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1836.28 | 28 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1823.02 | 26 |
| 36 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1795.49 | 7 |
| (36) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1795.49 | 7 |
| 37 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1755.2 | 33 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1699.18 | 20 |
| (38) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1640.23 | 13 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1637.92 | 18 |
| 40 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1601.65 | 24 |
| 41 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1553.99 | 6 |
| 42 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1493.96 | 13 |
| 43 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1476.4 | 4 |
| 44 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1455.85 | 7 |
| 45 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1441.48 | 85 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1420.09 | 22 |
| 47 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1400.53 | 9 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1371.94 | 16 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1361.09 | 16 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1356.04 | 18 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1342.42 | 10 |
| 52 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1327.72 | 25 |
| 53 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1288.87 | 7 |
| 54 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1262.09 | 7 |
| (54) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1262.09 | 7 |
| (54) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1252.62 | 15 |
| 55 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1252.6 | 15 |
| 56 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1216.9 | 38 |
| 57 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1191.88 | 7 |
| 58 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1157.34 | 9 |
| 59 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1137.06 | 21 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1131.29 | 23 |
| (60) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1090.78 | 5 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1083.44 | 9 |
| (61) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1070.07 | 13 |
| 62 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1064.33 | 9 |
| 63 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1031.16 | 24 |
| 64 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1003.77 | 18 |
| 65 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 979.97 | 26 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 978.28 | 16 |
| 67 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 934.98 | 5 |
| 68 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 928.95 | 7 |
| 69 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 926.46 | 22 |
| (69) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 926.06 | 3 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 908.8 | 12 |
| 71 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 901.23 | 8 |
| 72 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 889.2 | 6 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 885.62 | 14 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 880.68 | 8 |
| 75 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 870.02 | 13 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 869.3 | 6 |
| (76) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 864.01 | 2 |
| 77 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 793.41 | 9 |
| (77) | 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 | 793.3 | 9 |
| (77) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 786.52 | 5 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 775.39 | 12 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 768.38 | 14 |
| 80 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 742.98 | 29 |
| (80) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 736.07 | 3 |
| 81 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 722.67 | 6 |
| 82 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 721.85 | 4 |
| 83 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 713.08 | 9 |
| 84 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 711.37 | 52 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 710.29 | 17 |
| (85) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 708.28 | 7 |
| 86 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 705.05 | 37 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 702.36 | 13 |
| 88 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 692.62 | 13 |
| (88) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 689.25 | 1 |
| 89 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 686.24 | 2 |
| 90 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 683.6 | 13 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 682.81 | 6 |
| 92 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 681.49 | 37 |
| 93 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 677.15 | 9 |
| 94 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 674.23 | 14 |
| (94) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 654.12 | 8 |
| 95 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 654.12 | 8 |
| (95) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 641.16 | 11 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 639.88 | 20 |
| (96) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 635.34 | 5 |
| (96) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 635.1 | 3 |
| (96) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 632.9 | 12 |
| 97 | Center for Economic Design, Bogazici University | Istanbul, Turkey | 630.56 | 2 |
| 98 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 630.38 | 9 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 622.53 | 7 |
| 100 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 617.1 | 7 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 614.6 | 9 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 612.32 | 7 |
| 103 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 608.15 | 16 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 608.07 | 10 |
| (104) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 606.71 | 5 |
| (104) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 604.34 | 21 |
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