| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 37536.44 | 188 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 9178 | 143 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7851.1 | 30 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4883.4 | 24 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4853.21 | 23 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4310.71 | 11 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4279.32 | 19 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4150.81 | 11 |
| 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3405.01 | 64 |
| 10 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3210.63 | 17 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2859.59 | 25 |
| 12 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2647.49 | 141 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2638.7 | 19 |
| (13) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2579.48 | 12 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2544.41 | 15 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2515.63 | 15 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2468.43 | 21 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2407.63 | 10 |
| 18 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2337.56 | 27 |
| (18) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2326.32 | 19 |
| (18) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2303.36 | 13 |
| (18) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2290.69 | 26 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2069.11 | 16 |
| 20 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2047.41 | 15 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2045.61 | 19 |
| 22 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1972.59 | 11 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1958.83 | 18 |
| 24 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1905.69 | 11 |
| 25 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1805.97 | 85 |
| 26 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1802.41 | 7 |
| (26) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1802.41 | 7 |
| 27 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1770.27 | 28 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1692.52 | 17 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1671.59 | 22 |
| 30 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1631.82 | 3 |
| (30) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1622.84 | 4 |
| 31 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1622.42 | 12 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1610.39 | 22 |
| 33 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1380.95 | 15 |
| 34 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1380.04 | 6 |
| 35 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1359.09 | 25 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1314.58 | 10 |
| 37 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1242.74 | 8 |
| 38 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1238.79 | 7 |
| (38) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1223.34 | 3 |
| 39 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1205.05 | 30 |
| (39) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1204.5 | 13 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1185.97 | 16 |
| 41 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1171.26 | 17 |
| 42 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1124.57 | 9 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1106.79 | 18 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1088.17 | 27 |
| 45 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1028.13 | 9 |
| 46 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1024.96 | 6 |
| 47 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1013.71 | 7 |
| (47) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1007.85 | 11 |
| 48 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 984.17 | 13 |
| 49 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 982.17 | 14 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 931.37 | 22 |
| (50) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 910.88 | 2 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 873.52 | 20 |
| 52 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 832.82 | 23 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 825.06 | 21 |
| (53) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 815.53 | 5 |
| 54 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 802.61 | 21 |
| (54) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 799.3 | 5 |
| (54) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 779.32 | 6 |
| (54) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 779.29 | 14 |
| (54) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 778.42 | 3 |
| 55 | CESifo | München, Germany | 775.75 | 34 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 760.88 | 6 |
| 57 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 711.99 | 54 |
| 58 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 685.14 | 19 |
| 59 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 682.19 | 4 |
| 60 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 663.11 | 6 |
| (60) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 652.93 | 5 |
| (60) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 650.85 | 21 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 635.62 | 7 |
| 62 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 619.89 | 14 |
| 63 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 618.48 | 16 |
| 64 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 611.07 | 7 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 594.13 | 7 |
| 66 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 593.98 | 7 |
| (66) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 593.87 | 3 |
| (66) | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 585.01 | 1 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 575.34 | 16 |
| 68 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 544.14 | 15 |
| (68) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 544 | 5 |
| (68) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 543.89 | 3 |
| (68) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 541.16 | 2 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 539.76 | 16 |
| 70 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 533.43 | 2 |
| 71 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 512 | 15 |
| 72 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 506.14 | 7 |
| (72) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 504.95 | 12 |
| (72) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 498.87 | 1 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 497.28 | 13 |
| (73) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 490.65 | 4 |
| (73) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 488.15 | 3 |
| (73) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 484.29 | 4 |
| 74 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 468.64 | 7 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 468.49 | 26 |
| 76 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 452.87 | 25 |
| (76) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 438 | 7 |
| (76) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 436.13 | 15 |
| 77 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 429.96 | 14 |
| 78 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 419.56 | 1 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 419.36 | 9 |
| (79) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 418.77 | 8 |
| (79) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 416.86 | 3 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 412.65 | 16 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 408.4 | 19 |
| 82 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 406.55 | 24 |
| 83 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 406.12 | 8 |
| (83) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 406.12 | 8 |
| 84 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 400.7 | 9 |
| 85 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 392.52 | 10 |
| 86 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 392.08 | 3 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 390.89 | 5 |
| 88 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 387.29 | 1 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 378.41 | 25 |
| 90 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 374.52 | 12 |
| (90) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 374.48 | 6 |
| 91 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 372.85 | 4 |
| 92 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 371.08 | 7 |
| (92) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 366.64 | 1 |
| (92) | 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 | 363.42 | 10 |
| 93 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 356.14 | 5 |
| 94 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 354.07 | 39 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 348.89 | 8 |
| 96 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 346.86 | 7 |
| 97 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 345.61 | 37 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 344.58 | 15 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 342.65 | 13 |
| (99) | Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 328.23 | 1 |
| 100 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 325.24 | 9 |
| 101 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 317.87 | 38 |
| 102 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 317.55 | 37 |
| 103 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 314.93 | 9 |
| 104 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 308.64 | 9 |
| 105 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 305.53 | 5 |
| (105) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 304.13 | 8 |
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