| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 10615.4 | 188 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 2549.59 | 143 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2229.71 | 30 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1419.31 | 24 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1365.29 | 23 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1220.84 | 19 |
| 7 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1208.58 | 11 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1171.87 | 11 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1010.7 | 17 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 902.53 | 64 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 811.21 | 25 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 745.94 | 19 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 738.8 | 15 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 737.89 | 15 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 727.95 | 12 |
| (14) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 726.49 | 13 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 716.4 | 21 |
| 16 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 706.79 | 141 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 701.41 | 10 |
| 18 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 684.89 | 27 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 657.79 | 16 |
| (19) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 623.25 | 26 |
| (19) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 609.7 | 19 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 582.67 | 19 |
| 21 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 563.88 | 15 |
| 22 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 563.29 | 7 |
| (22) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 563.29 | 7 |
| 23 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 545.66 | 11 |
| 24 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 543.52 | 18 |
| 25 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 529.24 | 11 |
| 26 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 501.7 | 85 |
| 27 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 500.94 | 28 |
| (27) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 473.77 | 4 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 466.72 | 22 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 461.25 | 17 |
| 30 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 451.63 | 22 |
| 31 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 443.08 | 3 |
| 32 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 440.3 | 12 |
| 33 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 399.35 | 15 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 397.59 | 10 |
| 35 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 394.68 | 6 |
| 36 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 381.29 | 25 |
| 37 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 375.65 | 8 |
| (37) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 346.8 | 13 |
| 38 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 341.83 | 30 |
| 39 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 341.16 | 7 |
| (39) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 339.89 | 3 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 338.86 | 16 |
| 41 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 335.4 | 17 |
| 42 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 320.66 | 9 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 314.71 | 18 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 308.76 | 27 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 297.94 | 13 |
| 46 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 292.87 | 9 |
| (46) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 289.64 | 11 |
| 47 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 288.75 | 14 |
| 48 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 288.61 | 6 |
| 49 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 278.44 | 7 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 268.54 | 22 |
| (50) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 261.29 | 2 |
| (50) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 236.43 | 6 |
| (50) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 234.49 | 5 |
| (50) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 231.61 | 14 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 230.35 | 21 |
| 52 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 227.44 | 23 |
| (52) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 219.31 | 5 |
| (52) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 217.2 | 3 |
| 53 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 216.93 | 21 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 215.84 | 6 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 214 | 20 |
| 56 | CESifo | München, Germany | 213.85 | 34 |
| 57 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 201.28 | 54 |
| (57) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 193.44 | 5 |
| 58 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 189.66 | 7 |
| 59 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 187.46 | 4 |
| 60 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 186.75 | 6 |
| 61 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 184.75 | 7 |
| 62 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 182.57 | 19 |
| (62) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 178.48 | 21 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 176.69 | 7 |
| 64 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 166.19 | 16 |
| 65 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 164.22 | 7 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 162.94 | 16 |
| 67 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 162.03 | 2 |
| (67) | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 161.43 | 1 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 160.99 | 16 |
| (68) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 160.36 | 3 |
| 69 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 159.07 | 14 |
| (69) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 156.93 | 2 |
| 70 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 155.01 | 7 |
| (70) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 154.16 | 5 |
| (70) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 150.96 | 3 |
| (70) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 147.92 | 1 |
| 71 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 143.5 | 15 |
| (71) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 143.27 | 4 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 135.33 | 26 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 130.56 | 13 |
| (73) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 128.22 | 3 |
| (73) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 127.93 | 3 |
| 74 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 127.04 | 25 |
| 75 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 126.95 | 9 |
| (75) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 126.81 | 8 |
| (75) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 125.71 | 7 |
| (75) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 125.28 | 4 |
| 76 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 125.24 | 7 |
| (76) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 122.44 | 15 |
| 77 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 120.82 | 15 |
| 78 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 120.38 | 1 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 118.18 | 16 |
| (79) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 111.28 | 12 |
| 80 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 111.18 | 9 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 110.31 | 19 |
| 82 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 109.12 | 10 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 108.21 | 5 |
| 84 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 108.08 | 3 |
| 85 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 105.57 | 24 |
| 86 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 105.34 | 1 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 105.17 | 13 |
| 88 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 104.49 | 7 |
| 89 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 103.77 | 14 |
| 90 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 102.72 | 12 |
| (90) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 102.71 | 6 |
| (90) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 101.44 | 1 |
| (90) | 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 | 100.15 | 10 |
| 91 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 98.61 | 8 |
| (91) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 98.61 | 8 |
| 92 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 98.11 | 4 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 97.37 | 15 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 96.92 | 8 |
| 95 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 96.81 | 7 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 95.93 | 25 |
| 97 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 93.67 | 5 |
| 98 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 93.43 | 9 |
| 99 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 92.63 | 37 |
| (99) | Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 92.46 | 1 |
| 100 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 92.2 | 9 |
| (100) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 90.14 | 8 |
| 101 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 90.14 | 8 |
| 102 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 89.64 | 39 |
| 103 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 88.97 | 5 |
| 104 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 88.08 | 9 |
| 105 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 85.94 | 4 |
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