| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1050775 | 200 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 550224 | 147 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 266575 | 145 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 169593 | 33 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 164347 | 65 |
| 6 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 127855 | 86 |
| 7 | Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 122881 | 21 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 122597 | 25 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 121587 | 24 |
| (9) | Econometria, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 119966 | 15 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 115928 | 25 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 101335 | 27 |
| 12 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 97829 | 19 |
| 13 | CESifo | München, Germany | 95597 | 36 |
| (13) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 90407 | 27 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 84625 | 11 |
| 15 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 84419 | 11 |
| (15) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 83731 | 19 |
| 16 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 81393 | 38 |
| 17 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 80347 | 54 |
| 18 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 77852 | 22 |
| 19 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 76861 | 20 |
| 20 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 75974 | 19 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 75070 | 16 |
| 22 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 71428 | 12 |
| 23 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 70888 | 26 |
| 24 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 68370 | 31 |
| (24) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 67018 | 12 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 66405 | 20 |
| 26 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 65642 | 19 |
| 27 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 61621 | 28 |
| 28 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 60255 | 15 |
| 29 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 60164 | 27 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 60150 | 15 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 60036 | 21 |
| 32 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 58944 | 12 |
| 33 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 58831 | 23 |
| 34 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 58671 | 34 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 58441 | 10 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 56874 | 22 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 56540 | 29 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 56360 | 16 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 54659 | 19 |
| (39) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 53808 | 17 |
| 40 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 53678 | 15 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 53562 | 21 |
| 42 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 50264 | 30 |
| 43 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 49969 | 49 |
| (43) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 49956 | 12 |
| 44 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 49942 | 25 |
| 45 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 49286 | 16 |
| 46 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 49094 | 31 |
| 47 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 48978 | 21 |
| 48 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 48708 | 37 |
| (48) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 48080 | 12 |
| 49 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 46554 | 24 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 45890 | 15 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 45451 | 24 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 45194 | 17 |
| 53 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 44429 | 28 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 44317 | 10 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 42766 | 18 |
| 56 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 42739 | 25 |
| 57 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 42051 | 42 |
| 58 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 41570 | 7 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 41342 | 17 |
| 60 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 41154 | 10 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 39899 | 27 |
| 62 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 39829 | 14 |
| (62) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 39469 | 21 |
| 63 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 39151 | 18 |
| 64 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 38689 | 8 |
| 65 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 38647 | 17 |
| (65) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 38551 | 7 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 38389 | 21 |
| (66) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 38218 | 14 |
| 67 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 37968 | 14 |
| (67) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 37459 | 29 |
| 68 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 36513 | 7 |
| 69 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 36239 | 21 |
| 70 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 36235 | 37 |
| (70) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 35545 | 3 |
| 71 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 35402 | 13 |
| (71) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 34912 | 11 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 34144 | 15 |
| (72) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 34132 | 15 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 33924 | 27 |
| (73) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 33867 | 14 |
| 74 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 32814 | 11 |
| 75 | de Nederlandsche Bank, Government of the Netherlands | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 32623 | 21 |
| 76 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 32329 | 7 |
| 77 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 32186 | 14 |
| 78 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 31831 | 11 |
| 79 | Banco de la Republica de Colombia, Government of Colombia | Bogotá, Colombia | 31288 | 16 |
| 80 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 30662 | 9 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 30547 | 19 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 30416 | 13 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 30315 | 16 |
| 84 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 30260 | 13 |
| 85 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 30107 | 8 |
| 86 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 30045 | 6 |
| 87 | IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra | Pamplona, Spain | 29978 | 4 |
| 88 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 29890 | 14 |
| 89 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 29670 | 8 |
| (89) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 29670 | 8 |
| 90 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 29519 | 9 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 29217 | 24 |
| 92 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 28909 | 3 |
| 93 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 28803 | 17 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 28778 | 8 |
| 95 | Handelshøjskolen i København | København, Denmark | 28776 | 9 |
| 96 | Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA) | Madrid, Spain | 28061 | 11 |
| 97 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 28008 | 9 |
| (97) | 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 | 27555 | 10 |
| 98 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 27240 | 11 |
| (98) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 27169 | 3 |
| (98) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 27167 | 6 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 27074 | 13 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 26620 | 8 |
| (100) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 26558 | 7 |
| 101 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 26461 | 17 |
| 102 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 26245 | 7 |
| 103 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 25968 | 19 |
| 104 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 25939 | 13 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 25772 | 13 |
| 106 | Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 25699 | 9 |
| 107 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 25654 | 10 |
| 108 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 25596 | 14 |
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