| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 64133.2 | 188 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 16831.42 | 143 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 11689.17 | 30 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9309.14 | 23 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9255.79 | 24 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7072.74 | 19 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 6141.42 | 11 |
| 8 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 5949.71 | 17 |
| 9 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5880.65 | 11 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5656.97 | 64 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4681.38 | 25 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4594.97 | 16 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4562.25 | 19 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4532.19 | 10 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4455.23 | 12 |
| 15 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4394.97 | 141 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4090.44 | 27 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4017.24 | 15 |
| (17) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3924.54 | 13 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3876.12 | 19 |
| (18) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3826.25 | 26 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3744.83 | 21 |
| 20 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3710.42 | 15 |
| (20) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3694 | 19 |
| 21 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3568.82 | 85 |
| 22 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3442.85 | 15 |
| 23 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3165.56 | 7 |
| (23) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 3165.56 | 7 |
| 24 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3031.02 | 11 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3026.11 | 18 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2891.58 | 22 |
| 27 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2844.56 | 28 |
| (27) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2729.11 | 4 |
| 28 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2711.29 | 30 |
| 29 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2661.25 | 25 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2638.36 | 17 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2624.62 | 22 |
| 32 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2574.03 | 3 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2502.35 | 17 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2501.92 | 10 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2401.09 | 18 |
| 36 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2335.75 | 11 |
| 37 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2297.9 | 12 |
| (37) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2238.98 | 2 |
| 38 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2235.11 | 8 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2211.6 | 13 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2190.31 | 15 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2049.73 | 22 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2029.93 | 16 |
| (42) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2007.86 | 3 |
| 43 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1876.47 | 7 |
| 44 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1871.41 | 7 |
| 45 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1862.21 | 14 |
| (45) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1852.63 | 13 |
| (45) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1839.32 | 6 |
| 46 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1833.35 | 6 |
| 47 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1815.86 | 6 |
| 48 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1764.6 | 9 |
| 49 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1681.97 | 9 |
| 50 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1630.17 | 23 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1593.31 | 27 |
| 52 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1584.1 | 21 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1532.29 | 20 |
| (53) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1503 | 14 |
| (53) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1485.75 | 21 |
| (53) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1484.96 | 11 |
| (53) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1477.82 | 5 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1464.89 | 21 |
| 55 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1410.41 | 19 |
| (55) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1393.56 | 3 |
| 56 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1377.03 | 54 |
| 57 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1369.42 | 34 |
| 58 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1228.22 | 7 |
| (58) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1222.26 | 5 |
| (58) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1151.5 | 5 |
| (58) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1145.72 | 5 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 1115.78 | 6 |
| 60 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1112.22 | 7 |
| 61 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1104.71 | 7 |
| 62 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1100.05 | 14 |
| 63 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1033.54 | 7 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 994.55 | 13 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 966.86 | 6 |
| 66 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 965.12 | 2 |
| 67 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 956.29 | 4 |
| (67) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 955.61 | 2 |
| (67) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 951.94 | 4 |
| (67) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 937.94 | 3 |
| 68 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 888 | 15 |
| 69 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 852.46 | 15 |
| 70 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 844.77 | 1 |
| (70) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 839.89 | 3 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 833.56 | 16 |
| 72 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 828.76 | 16 |
| 73 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 820.97 | 16 |
| 74 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 815.4 | 3 |
| (74) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 799.92 | 4 |
| 75 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 795.96 | 7 |
| (75) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 789.24 | 12 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 787.36 | 19 |
| 77 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 778.23 | 7 |
| 78 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 775.44 | 25 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 771.45 | 16 |
| 80 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 765.11 | 7 |
| (80) | Global Economics @ Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 761.6 | 1 |
| 81 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 742.93 | 12 |
| (81) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 742.85 | 6 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 739.25 | 5 |
| (82) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 737.64 | 15 |
| (82) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 731.59 | 1 |
| 83 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 724.13 | 9 |
| (83) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 720.69 | 1 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 719.96 | 25 |
| 85 | Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 719.78 | 24 |
| 86 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 714.98 | 4 |
| 87 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 704.49 | 9 |
| (87) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 703.9 | 8 |
| 88 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 702.12 | 37 |
| 89 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 697.06 | 37 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 694.59 | 13 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 693.87 | 26 |
| 92 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 687.81 | 5 |
| 93 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 685.91 | 5 |
| (93) | 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 | 683.87 | 10 |
| 94 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 662.21 | 14 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 636.51 | 15 |
| 96 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 631.87 | 10 |
| 97 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 626.65 | 9 |
| (97) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 623.66 | 3 |
| 98 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 622.54 | 38 |
| (98) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 620.57 | 8 |
| 99 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 620.57 | 8 |
| 100 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 618.19 | 8 |
| (100) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 618.19 | 8 |
| 101 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 608.14 | 48 |
| (101) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 605.29 | 3 |
| 102 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 596.95 | 9 |
| 103 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 594.68 | 39 |
| 104 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 588.07 | 9 |
| 105 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 581.83 | 7 |
| (105) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 560 | 12 |
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