| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 25343.37 | 188 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 7156.57 | 143 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5609.33 | 30 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3580.86 | 24 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3160.46 | 23 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3064 | 11 |
| 7 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3018.15 | 64 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2790.86 | 11 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2773.48 | 19 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2186.08 | 25 |
| 11 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2164.51 | 141 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2034.58 | 19 |
| (12) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1996.33 | 19 |
| (12) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1986.25 | 12 |
| (12) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1974.65 | 26 |
| 13 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1839.91 | 17 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1777.58 | 15 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1644.3 | 21 |
| 16 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1637.08 | 15 |
| 17 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1589.64 | 27 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1576.21 | 19 |
| 19 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1524.36 | 11 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1505.08 | 10 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1499.68 | 17 |
| 22 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1493.58 | 11 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1472.99 | 18 |
| 24 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1443.08 | 22 |
| 25 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1400.74 | 12 |
| 26 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1387.61 | 15 |
| 27 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1357.73 | 85 |
| (27) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1339.91 | 13 |
| 28 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1176.08 | 25 |
| 29 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1157.08 | 3 |
| 30 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1114.16 | 7 |
| (30) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1114.16 | 7 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1092.74 | 16 |
| (31) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1079.66 | 4 |
| 32 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1075.49 | 28 |
| 33 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1073.83 | 6 |
| 34 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 982.41 | 15 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 959.23 | 22 |
| 36 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 953.83 | 6 |
| 37 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 942.91 | 7 |
| 38 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 935.71 | 17 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 896.66 | 10 |
| 40 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 890.91 | 30 |
| 41 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 890.66 | 8 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 877.39 | 16 |
| (42) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 864.58 | 3 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 853.24 | 20 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 839.49 | 27 |
| 45 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 825.5 | 7 |
| 46 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 764.5 | 9 |
| (46) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 747.41 | 11 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 734.16 | 18 |
| 48 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 724.46 | 14 |
| 49 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 709.53 | 21 |
| (49) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 707.99 | 13 |
| 50 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 705.99 | 9 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 666.83 | 22 |
| 52 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 661.91 | 23 |
| 53 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 656.61 | 54 |
| 54 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 636.91 | 14 |
| (54) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 636.83 | 2 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 635.28 | 21 |
| 56 | CESifo | München, Germany | 631.75 | 34 |
| (56) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 619.83 | 5 |
| 57 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 613.21 | 19 |
| 58 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 607.52 | 15 |
| (58) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 604.41 | 14 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 576.91 | 13 |
| (59) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 567.02 | 12 |
| (59) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 560.99 | 5 |
| 60 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 559.66 | 16 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 536.33 | 6 |
| (61) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 521.33 | 3 |
| 62 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 505.58 | 7 |
| (62) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 503.58 | 4 |
| 63 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 497.41 | 14 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 497 | 6 |
| 65 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 479.41 | 7 |
| (65) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 468.49 | 21 |
| 66 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 464.5 | 4 |
| 67 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 450.49 | 8 |
| (67) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 450.49 | 8 |
| (67) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 449.08 | 6 |
| (67) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 443.33 | 3 |
| (67) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 435.13 | 5 |
| 68 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 426.33 | 7 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 426.26 | 13 |
| 70 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 402.08 | 24 |
| 71 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 398.36 | 7 |
| 72 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 398.16 | 38 |
| (72) | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 394.5 | 1 |
| 73 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 391.66 | 25 |
| 74 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 386.92 | 37 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 383.2 | 25 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 382.24 | 16 |
| 77 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 381.33 | 7 |
| 78 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 380 | 7 |
| (78) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 378.24 | 15 |
| (78) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 369.16 | 3 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 361 | 26 |
| (79) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 357.41 | 2 |
| (79) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 350.49 | 7 |
| (79) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 350.33 | 3 |
| 80 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 349.11 | 9 |
| (80) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 348.08 | 5 |
| 81 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 347.83 | 2 |
| 82 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 343.33 | 15 |
| 83 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 342.16 | 9 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 340.83 | 19 |
| 85 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 331.4 | 39 |
| (85) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 326.83 | 4 |
| (85) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 325.99 | 1 |
| (85) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 320 | 3 |
| 86 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 317.08 | 16 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 311.16 | 16 |
| (87) | 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 | 311 | 10 |
| 88 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 308.64 | 1 |
| 89 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 298.99 | 12 |
| (89) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 297.99 | 6 |
| 90 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 297.28 | 37 |
| 91 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 292.66 | 4 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 288.16 | 5 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 283.5 | 15 |
| (93) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 282.83 | 1 |
| 94 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 281.26 | 10 |
| 95 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 281.18 | 48 |
| 96 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 275.83 | 7 |
| 97 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 265.33 | 5 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 260.58 | 9 |
| 99 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 260.16 | 9 |
| (99) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 259.16 | 8 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 258.91 | 8 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 246.99 | 21 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 242.16 | 9 |
| 103 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 237.96 | 9 |
| 104 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 237.74 | 7 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 237.33 | 6 |
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