| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 60021.2 | 186 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 17005.51 | 142 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 11871.98 | 30 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8996.1 | 24 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7332.09 | 23 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6421.98 | 19 |
| 7 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 6330.95 | 17 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5763.59 | 12 |
| 9 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5670.05 | 11 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5529.83 | 63 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4992.29 | 10 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4391.67 | 25 |
| (12) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4362.16 | 13 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4327.26 | 18 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4305.61 | 19 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4299.82 | 14 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4224.31 | 12 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4140.13 | 16 |
| 17 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 4003.76 | 7 |
| (17) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 4003.76 | 7 |
| (17) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3815.19 | 26 |
| 18 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3773.54 | 26 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3720.44 | 19 |
| 20 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 3711.15 | 139 |
| 21 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3574.21 | 15 |
| 22 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3526.9 | 16 |
| (22) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3419.86 | 19 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3311.63 | 22 |
| 24 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3293.06 | 85 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3268.38 | 18 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 3212.38 | 10 |
| 27 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3210.46 | 21 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3154.32 | 17 |
| 29 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3086.76 | 11 |
| 30 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3047.52 | 12 |
| 31 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2847.5 | 8 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2534.93 | 18 |
| (32) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2500.74 | 4 |
| 33 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2497.91 | 28 |
| 34 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2422.61 | 11 |
| 35 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2398.77 | 29 |
| 36 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2314.7 | 13 |
| 37 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2303.93 | 24 |
| 38 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2289.55 | 3 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2224.51 | 22 |
| 40 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2154.92 | 13 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2147.03 | 16 |
| 42 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2099.65 | 17 |
| (42) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2064.62 | 3 |
| 43 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2052.22 | 6 |
| (43) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1974.07 | 6 |
| 44 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1972.01 | 4 |
| 45 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1962.3 | 9 |
| 46 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1903.41 | 7 |
| (46) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1882.18 | 2 |
| 47 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1865.66 | 9 |
| 48 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1778.71 | 7 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1761.52 | 14 |
| (49) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1655.16 | 13 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1618.27 | 28 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1601.26 | 20 |
| (51) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1587.12 | 5 |
| 52 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1571.9 | 22 |
| (52) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1498.44 | 5 |
| (52) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1402.17 | 3 |
| 53 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1353.78 | 18 |
| 54 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1351.27 | 21 |
| 55 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1347.38 | 7 |
| 56 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1345.34 | 2 |
| (56) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1338.56 | 11 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1303.68 | 21 |
| 58 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1301.95 | 33 |
| (58) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1287.48 | 21 |
| 59 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1183.11 | 7 |
| (59) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1132.06 | 4 |
| (59) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1093.01 | 5 |
| 60 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1076.32 | 14 |
| 61 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1064.61 | 13 |
| 62 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1053.25 | 6 |
| (62) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1045.28 | 5 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 1036.6 | 6 |
| 64 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1003.32 | 52 |
| 65 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 986.8 | 7 |
| (65) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 986.8 | 7 |
| (65) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 976.57 | 1 |
| (65) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 973.02 | 3 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 965.52 | 7 |
| (66) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 963.22 | 12 |
| 67 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 914.59 | 9 |
| (67) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 911.44 | 3 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 907.12 | 12 |
| 69 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 906.36 | 6 |
| 70 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 892.61 | 7 |
| 71 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 889.05 | 14 |
| 72 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 885.78 | 24 |
| 73 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 879.28 | 25 |
| (73) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 849.64 | 15 |
| 74 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 841.85 | 15 |
| 75 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 828.34 | 4 |
| 76 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 821.14 | 1 |
| (76) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 818 | 2 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 807.72 | 13 |
| 78 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 800.02 | 7 |
| 79 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 795.76 | 16 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 794.8 | 18 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 793.25 | 16 |
| 82 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 777.61 | 37 |
| (82) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 775.63 | 1 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 769.11 | 23 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 761.38 | 26 |
| 85 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 755.8 | 7 |
| (85) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 754.51 | 3 |
| 86 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 745.75 | 37 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 739.71 | 14 |
| 88 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 732.23 | 12 |
| (88) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 732.01 | 6 |
| 89 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 720.09 | 5 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 699.01 | 5 |
| (90) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 697.54 | 4 |
| 91 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 685.29 | 3 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 684.55 | 16 |
| 93 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 658.4 | 4 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 656.26 | 10 |
| 95 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 655.59 | 10 |
| (95) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 641.86 | 7 |
| (95) | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 641.85 | 1 |
| (95) | 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 | 640.77 | 9 |
| 96 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 632.18 | 9 |
| 97 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 628.47 | 9 |
| (97) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 621.73 | 8 |
| 98 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 621.73 | 8 |
| 99 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 589.24 | 15 |
| 100 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 589.04 | 9 |
| 101 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 583.83 | 7 |
| 102 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 576.76 | 9 |
| (102) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 576.26 | 8 |
| 103 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 563.47 | 11 |
| 104 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 547.09 | 7 |
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