| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5910.46 | 200 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 1843.37 | 147 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1115.36 | 33 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 718.15 | 25 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 702.01 | 19 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 652.51 | 65 |
| 7 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 643.4 | 145 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 616.23 | 24 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 554.07 | 25 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 511.31 | 20 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 497.98 | 11 |
| (11) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 445.27 | 12 |
| 12 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 420.21 | 12 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 401.18 | 11 |
| 14 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 393.93 | 86 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 392.64 | 21 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 390.59 | 16 |
| (16) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 390.18 | 19 |
| 17 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 380.2 | 15 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 370.93 | 22 |
| 19 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 366.95 | 22 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 364.54 | 16 |
| (20) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 348.86 | 27 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 347.27 | 10 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 345.68 | 15 |
| 23 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 335.97 | 16 |
| 24 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 332.61 | 19 |
| 25 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 326.8 | 31 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 311.85 | 20 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 291.18 | 19 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 283.96 | 27 |
| 29 | CESifo | München, Germany | 278.38 | 36 |
| 30 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 272.99 | 27 |
| 31 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 263.9 | 26 |
| 32 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 262.37 | 28 |
| (32) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 260.77 | 17 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 252.18 | 25 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 241.24 | 24 |
| (34) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 238.9 | 12 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 232.13 | 21 |
| 36 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 230.94 | 7 |
| 37 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 226.47 | 10 |
| 38 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 224.71 | 12 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 203.11 | 15 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 202.58 | 17 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 194.44 | 17 |
| (41) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 191.41 | 3 |
| 42 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 188.85 | 15 |
| 43 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 184.77 | 7 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 180.4 | 21 |
| 45 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 180.35 | 11 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 176.28 | 10 |
| 47 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 173.24 | 4 |
| (47) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 171.73 | 15 |
| 48 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 170.42 | 23 |
| (48) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 164.42 | 3 |
| 49 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 162.48 | 3 |
| 50 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 162.34 | 54 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 159.25 | 17 |
| 52 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 157.87 | 21 |
| (52) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 156.47 | 11 |
| 53 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 156.33 | 9 |
| 54 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 155.39 | 14 |
| 55 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 154.16 | 13 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 152.91 | 27 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 149.38 | 18 |
| (57) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 147.29 | 6 |
| 58 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 146.82 | 7 |
| 59 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 146.55 | 8 |
| (59) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 146.54 | 7 |
| 60 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 143.84 | 42 |
| 61 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 140.47 | 10 |
| 62 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 139.65 | 19 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 138.9 | 17 |
| (63) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 138.86 | 14 |
| (63) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 133.21 | 3 |
| 64 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 133.01 | 24 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 129.58 | 19 |
| 66 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 129.08 | 6 |
| 67 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 128.35 | 7 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 124.48 | 12 |
| 69 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 123.67 | 8 |
| (69) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 121.4 | 1 |
| 70 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 120.71 | 30 |
| 71 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 119.64 | 14 |
| (71) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 118.83 | 21 |
| (71) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 115.38 | 5 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 114.08 | 9 |
| (72) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 112.25 | 2 |
| 73 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 111.22 | 7 |
| 74 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 109.16 | 11 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 108.91 | 15 |
| 76 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 106.83 | 9 |
| 77 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 105.4 | 6 |
| 78 | Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Économique (CERAS), École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées | Paris, France | 105.15 | 1 |
| 79 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 103.16 | 8 |
| (79) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 103.16 | 8 |
| (79) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 103.03 | 2 |
| 80 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 101.53 | 5 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 99.14 | 8 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 98.82 | 6 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 96.89 | 27 |
| (83) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 96.83 | 7 |
| (83) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 95.87 | 3 |
| 84 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 94.58 | 8 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 94.1 | 10 |
| (85) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 92.75 | 6 |
| 86 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 87.36 | 9 |
| 87 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 86.74 | 18 |
| (87) | 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 | 86.21 | 10 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 85.69 | 8 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 85.61 | 13 |
| 90 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 84.58 | 5 |
| 91 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 84.17 | 17 |
| (91) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 83.49 | 11 |
| 92 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 83.29 | 15 |
| 93 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 83.08 | 38 |
| (93) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 82.61 | 1 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 82.12 | 13 |
| 95 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 81.08 | 9 |
| 96 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 81.06 | 13 |
| 97 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 79.05 | 6 |
| 98 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 78.91 | 5 |
| 99 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 78.59 | 9 |
| 100 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 77.26 | 12 |
| (100) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 76.97 | 3 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 76.88 | 18 |
| (101) | Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 76.69 | 2 |
| (101) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 76.34 | 4 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 74.47 | 23 |
| (102) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 74.24 | 4 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 73.67 | 10 |
| 104 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 73.05 | 7 |
| (104) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 72.44 | 12 |
| 105 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 72.09 | 7 |
| (105) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 71.52 | 6 |
| 106 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 71.46 | 37 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 70.37 | 8 |
| 108 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 70.23 | 7 |
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