| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5873.26 | 200 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 3233.65 | 147 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1645.55 | 145 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1075.28 | 65 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1013.99 | 33 |
| 6 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 849.77 | 86 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 706.81 | 25 |
| 8 | CESifo | München, Germany | 701.75 | 36 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 694.35 | 25 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 685.85 | 19 |
| 11 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 614.78 | 12 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 588.66 | 20 |
| (12) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 556.84 | 19 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 550.73 | 27 |
| 14 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 543.45 | 22 |
| 15 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 523.06 | 31 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 510.5 | 12 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 502.45 | 24 |
| 17 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 498.91 | 54 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 498.75 | 21 |
| 19 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 487.41 | 11 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 470.5 | 17 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 470.17 | 21 |
| (21) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 465.17 | 27 |
| 22 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 443.94 | 27 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 428.6 | 22 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 426.98 | 20 |
| 25 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 416.37 | 38 |
| 26 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 413.91 | 42 |
| 27 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 412.36 | 15 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 403.4 | 19 |
| (28) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 393.08 | 17 |
| 29 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 389.42 | 15 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 385.91 | 16 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 378.43 | 10 |
| 32 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 370.51 | 26 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 360.03 | 25 |
| 34 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 355.48 | 28 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 354.85 | 11 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 343.76 | 16 |
| 37 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 338.86 | 24 |
| (37) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 335.91 | 11 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 329.94 | 24 |
| 39 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 327.58 | 10 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 322.35 | 19 |
| 41 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 320.98 | 15 |
| 42 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 320.61 | 19 |
| 43 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 313.79 | 37 |
| 44 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 309.7 | 16 |
| 45 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 304.91 | 14 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 295.38 | 29 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 295.36 | 21 |
| 48 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 293.91 | 34 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 291.24 | 11 |
| 50 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 291.16 | 7 |
| 51 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 286.24 | 23 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 286.03 | 10 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 284.5 | 27 |
| 54 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 280.51 | 18 |
| 55 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 278.16 | 15 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 278.15 | 27 |
| 57 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 277.1 | 16 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 274.7 | 15 |
| (58) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 269.98 | 12 |
| 59 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 266.14 | 6 |
| 60 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 262.35 | 21 |
| 61 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 260.98 | 10 |
| 62 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 257.69 | 30 |
| 63 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 249.51 | 14 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 248.78 | 19 |
| 65 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 243.38 | 49 |
| (65) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 235.51 | 21 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 233.97 | 17 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 229.83 | 23 |
| 68 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 229.5 | 7 |
| 69 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 227.58 | 8 |
| (69) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 227.58 | 8 |
| 70 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 224 | 12 |
| 71 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 220.91 | 28 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 220.74 | 12 |
| 73 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 219.87 | 31 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 219.58 | 17 |
| 75 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 219.25 | 12 |
| 76 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 215.91 | 4 |
| (76) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 209.78 | 14 |
| 77 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 208.78 | 7 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 206.5 | 9 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 205.83 | 8 |
| 80 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 205.78 | 17 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 205.75 | 18 |
| 82 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 205.58 | 21 |
| 83 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 205.46 | 21 |
| 84 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 204.98 | 17 |
| (84) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 203.91 | 6 |
| (84) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 203.16 | 15 |
| (84) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 203.12 | 3 |
| 85 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 197.99 | 14 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 196.33 | 13 |
| 87 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 195.91 | 13 |
| 88 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 193.49 | 17 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 190.41 | 13 |
| 90 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 189.49 | 16 |
| 91 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 185.49 | 37 |
| (91) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 185.16 | 3 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 185.11 | 24 |
| 93 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 184.99 | 25 |
| (93) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 184.78 | 12 |
| 94 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 183.44 | 37 |
| 95 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 179.41 | 18 |
| 96 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 178.68 | 9 |
| 97 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 177.93 | 15 |
| 98 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 176.26 | 4 |
| 99 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 176.16 | 18 |
| 100 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 176.01 | 17 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 172.91 | 18 |
| (101) | Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 172.66 | 17 |
| (101) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 172.16 | 6 |
| 102 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 171.08 | 14 |
| 103 | Handelshøjskolen i København | København, Denmark | 170.83 | 9 |
| 104 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 169.5 | 7 |
| 105 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 168.03 | 13 |
| 106 | de Nederlandsche Bank, Government of the Netherlands | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 167.95 | 21 |
| 107 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 166.53 | 17 |
| 108 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 166.49 | 8 |
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