| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 45141.99 | 200 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 23713.98 | 147 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 9483.84 | 145 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 8764.66 | 33 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 8661.91 | 65 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6336.33 | 25 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 5202.58 | 21 |
| 8 | CESifo | München, Germany | 5147.83 | 36 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4995.08 | 19 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4900.75 | 20 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4792.16 | 22 |
| (11) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4618 | 19 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4597.33 | 25 |
| 13 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4587.01 | 86 |
| 14 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4327.75 | 11 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4281.08 | 12 |
| 15 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4273.99 | 12 |
| (15) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4013.75 | 27 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3835.66 | 21 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3785.6 | 24 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3689.5 | 11 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3616.41 | 16 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3599.74 | 27 |
| 21 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3355.56 | 27 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 3291.91 | 17 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3254.9 | 20 |
| (23) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3133.5 | 17 |
| 24 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3117.16 | 19 |
| 25 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3019.2 | 31 |
| 26 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2974.08 | 25 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2871.83 | 27 |
| 28 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2849.4 | 15 |
| 29 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2809.69 | 54 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2775.45 | 10 |
| 31 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2774.05 | 42 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2745.91 | 27 |
| 33 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2744.73 | 26 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2737.91 | 19 |
| 35 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2652.18 | 16 |
| 36 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2626.49 | 14 |
| 37 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2597.33 | 10 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2587.91 | 21 |
| 39 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2510.83 | 24 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2463.01 | 22 |
| 41 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2451.5 | 7 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 2432.16 | 9 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2419.5 | 11 |
| 44 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2391.23 | 38 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2384.83 | 16 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2374.68 | 24 |
| 47 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2291.11 | 37 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2214.16 | 15 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 2171.66 | 23 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2110.58 | 28 |
| 51 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2050.16 | 8 |
| (51) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2050.16 | 8 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2032.5 | 19 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1992.66 | 18 |
| 54 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1971.13 | 15 |
| 55 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1948.58 | 19 |
| 56 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1934.7 | 14 |
| 57 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1928.5 | 21 |
| 58 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1923.66 | 12 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1894.66 | 12 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 1879.5 | 29 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1839.5 | 10 |
| 62 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1830.48 | 10 |
| 63 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1824.75 | 11 |
| 64 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1801.74 | 23 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1769.91 | 6 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1759.66 | 17 |
| 67 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1752.41 | 30 |
| 68 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1723.74 | 7 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1689.66 | 8 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1689 | 10 |
| 71 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1675 | 7 |
| 72 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 1594.91 | 17 |
| 73 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1588 | 15 |
| 74 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1587.16 | 15 |
| 75 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 1576.83 | 18 |
| 76 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1573.66 | 6 |
| (76) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1556 | 11 |
| 77 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1555 | 3 |
| 78 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1517.16 | 8 |
| (78) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1512.16 | 7 |
| 79 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1499.6 | 7 |
| 80 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1469.49 | 9 |
| (80) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1463.5 | 6 |
| (80) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1456.66 | 6 |
| 81 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1427.24 | 9 |
| (81) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1423.41 | 12 |
| (81) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1365.26 | 14 |
| 82 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1332.16 | 6 |
| 83 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1327.33 | 4 |
| 84 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1324.55 | 18 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 1311 | 13 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1301.74 | 17 |
| 87 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1299.69 | 4 |
| (87) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1299.69 | 4 |
| 88 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 1291.83 | 13 |
| 89 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1283.66 | 5 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1278.5 | 16 |
| 91 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1275.41 | 16 |
| (91) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1268.91 | 21 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1252.58 | 14 |
| 93 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1251.08 | 9 |
| (93) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1243.58 | 15 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1243.23 | 13 |
| 95 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 1242.66 | 13 |
| (95) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1239 | 12 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1234.5 | 18 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1229.33 | 15 |
| 98 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1223.21 | 13 |
| 99 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1221.83 | 8 |
| 100 | Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Économique (CERAS), École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées | Paris, France | 1210.66 | 1 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1210.25 | 8 |
| (101) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1205 | 5 |
| (101) | 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 | 1203.41 | 10 |
| 102 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1196.68 | 9 |
| 103 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 1184.24 | 12 |
| 104 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1174.49 | 10 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, University of St Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 1173.66 | 8 |
| (105) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1150.16 | 7 |
| (105) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1143.24 | 9 |
| 106 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1143.24 | 9 |
| 107 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1139.75 | 8 |
| (107) | Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1134.83 | 13 |
| 108 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 1133.66 | 16 |
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