| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 44593.17 | 188 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 13816.38 | 143 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 9217.95 | 30 |
| 4 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6428.41 | 19 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5967.99 | 24 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5501.86 | 11 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5200.69 | 11 |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5190.7 | 64 |
| 9 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4753.01 | 141 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4678.96 | 23 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4604.15 | 22 |
| 12 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4260.86 | 12 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4228.58 | 25 |
| 14 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4054.99 | 19 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3877.79 | 12 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3579.49 | 15 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3344.8 | 21 |
| (16) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3176.31 | 26 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3101.35 | 10 |
| (17) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2963.74 | 19 |
| 18 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2958.9 | 15 |
| 19 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2863.42 | 15 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2657.08 | 19 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2603.71 | 21 |
| 22 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2594.53 | 6 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2579.73 | 16 |
| 24 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2530.43 | 18 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2516.04 | 22 |
| 26 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2488.01 | 17 |
| 27 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2380.75 | 11 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2380.13 | 17 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2240.17 | 27 |
| 30 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2181.43 | 17 |
| 31 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2147.32 | 11 |
| 32 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2146.77 | 7 |
| 33 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2070.57 | 28 |
| 34 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2013.41 | 3 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2005.93 | 26 |
| 36 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1929.87 | 34 |
| 37 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1912.36 | 25 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1871.02 | 20 |
| 39 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1759.01 | 9 |
| 40 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1753.46 | 7 |
| 41 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1750.98 | 85 |
| 42 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1661.27 | 14 |
| (42) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1630.93 | 13 |
| (42) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1587.5 | 5 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1583.22 | 18 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1561.24 | 16 |
| 45 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1532.04 | 14 |
| 46 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1513.08 | 25 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1509.64 | 16 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1501.64 | 10 |
| 49 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1476.21 | 8 |
| (49) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1476.21 | 8 |
| 50 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1461.27 | 6 |
| (50) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1431.16 | 15 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1410.04 | 19 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1378 | 22 |
| 53 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1316.96 | 27 |
| 54 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1291.73 | 9 |
| 55 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1287.45 | 39 |
| 56 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1286.44 | 21 |
| 57 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1257.18 | 7 |
| 58 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1255.58 | 15 |
| 59 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1226.73 | 7 |
| (59) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1226.73 | 7 |
| 60 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1203.7 | 7 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1199.29 | 9 |
| 62 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1183.22 | 23 |
| 63 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1159.91 | 19 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1157.55 | 15 |
| (64) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1150.9 | 13 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1148.11 | 16 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1146.55 | 25 |
| 67 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1140.01 | 5 |
| 68 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1108.21 | 9 |
| (68) | 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 | 1095.77 | 10 |
| 69 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1090.65 | 7 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1070.29 | 15 |
| 71 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1065.39 | 24 |
| (71) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1046.15 | 5 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1034.5 | 9 |
| (72) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1029.33 | 3 |
| 73 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 988.31 | 7 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 971.31 | 6 |
| 75 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 964.16 | 54 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 961.25 | 13 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 958.89 | 12 |
| (77) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 933.84 | 14 |
| (77) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 927.87 | 2 |
| (77) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 925.45 | 3 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 901.99 | 10 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 893.86 | 6 |
| (79) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 888.78 | 8 |
| 80 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 888.78 | 8 |
| 81 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 884.88 | 30 |
| 82 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 871.97 | 8 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 867.05 | 18 |
| (83) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 850.06 | 5 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 822.3 | 23 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 812.68 | 13 |
| 86 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 803.35 | 9 |
| (86) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 802.77 | 3 |
| 87 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 799.62 | 11 |
| 88 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 795.86 | 5 |
| 89 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 795.53 | 4 |
| 90 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 789.21 | 6 |
| 91 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 779.23 | 2 |
| 92 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 774.45 | 37 |
| 93 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 757.44 | 16 |
| 94 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 755.52 | 38 |
| (94) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 749.45 | 11 |
| 95 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 747.96 | 13 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 734.2 | 13 |
| (96) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 724.86 | 21 |
| (96) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 724.81 | 1 |
| 97 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 724.7 | 7 |
| (97) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 719.38 | 3 |
| 98 | Center for Economic Design, Bogazici University | Istanbul, Turkey | 713.08 | 2 |
| 99 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 697.14 | 9 |
| (99) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 682.13 | 7 |
| 100 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 669.84 | 9 |
| (100) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 667.55 | 5 |
| 101 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 655.99 | 13 |
| 102 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 648.82 | 9 |
| (102) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 648.7 | 8 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 636.17 | 10 |
| 104 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 635.67 | 7 |
| (104) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 632.4 | 1 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 629.65 | 7 |
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