| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 248118.44 | 200 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 90717.93 | 147 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 52095.85 | 33 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 37950.64 | 25 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 32670.01 | 65 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 30432.38 | 19 |
| 7 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 29106.49 | 145 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 28563.05 | 24 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 26208.8 | 22 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 25432.35 | 11 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 24450.89 | 11 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 23091.32 | 20 |
| 13 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 22813.24 | 12 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 22210.35 | 25 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 19424.72 | 12 |
| (14) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 19044.04 | 27 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 18078.42 | 21 |
| 16 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 17375.22 | 27 |
| 17 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 17118.24 | 86 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 16967.07 | 20 |
| 19 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 16825.36 | 16 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 16761.89 | 16 |
| (20) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 16685.06 | 17 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 16259.75 | 10 |
| (21) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 16149.49 | 19 |
| 22 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 15634.56 | 25 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 15485.69 | 19 |
| 24 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 15445.73 | 16 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 15414.89 | 15 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 15368.95 | 21 |
| 27 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 15084.8 | 15 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 14832.68 | 22 |
| 29 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 14141.3 | 19 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 13398.69 | 21 |
| 31 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 13017.97 | 26 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 12854.59 | 27 |
| 33 | CESifo | München, Germany | 12537.43 | 36 |
| 34 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 12495.53 | 31 |
| 35 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 12011.58 | 12 |
| 36 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 11884.54 | 7 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 11817.61 | 24 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 11562.22 | 27 |
| 39 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 11320.47 | 14 |
| 40 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 10795.94 | 3 |
| 41 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 10639.03 | 10 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 10143.92 | 18 |
| 43 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 9997.46 | 7 |
| 44 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 9945.63 | 42 |
| 45 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 9689.02 | 11 |
| 46 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 9665.33 | 8 |
| (46) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 9665.33 | 8 |
| 47 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 9377.14 | 14 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 9218.07 | 17 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 9040.5 | 27 |
| (49) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 8995.25 | 12 |
| 50 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 8980.59 | 21 |
| 51 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 8898.01 | 7 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 8563.56 | 19 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 8404.06 | 17 |
| 54 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 8388.19 | 7 |
| 55 | Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Économique (CERAS), École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées | Paris, France | 8076.81 | 1 |
| 56 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 8028.49 | 23 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 7964.72 | 10 |
| 58 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 7884.4 | 24 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 7856.92 | 8 |
| 60 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 7849.59 | 19 |
| 61 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 7648.95 | 15 |
| 62 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 7613.55 | 54 |
| 63 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 7476.34 | 8 |
| (63) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 7474.39 | 7 |
| 64 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 7438.1 | 6 |
| 65 | Federal Reserve Board, Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 7402.46 | 28 |
| 66 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 7344.7 | 9 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 7086.24 | 9 |
| (67) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 7066.34 | 15 |
| 68 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6966.52 | 38 |
| (68) | 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 | 6945.95 | 10 |
| 69 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 6869.72 | 7 |
| 70 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6753.49 | 9 |
| 71 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6666.32 | 11 |
| (71) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 6657.78 | 6 |
| 72 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 6586.75 | 15 |
| (72) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 6457.13 | 6 |
| (72) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6432.42 | 5 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 6416.61 | 15 |
| 74 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6409.82 | 37 |
| 75 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 6379.56 | 13 |
| (75) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6328.8 | 21 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 6286.4 | 10 |
| (76) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 6045.5 | 3 |
| 77 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 5919.37 | 30 |
| 78 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 5900.91 | 5 |
| (78) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5833.8 | 14 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 5782.41 | 17 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5686.89 | 13 |
| (80) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 5481.26 | 9 |
| 81 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 5481.26 | 9 |
| (81) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5359.47 | 2 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 5268.67 | 23 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 5266.28 | 14 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 5165.17 | 8 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 5107.45 | 18 |
| (85) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5100.76 | 3 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 5082.68 | 12 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 5049.75 | 6 |
| (87) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 4909.98 | 13 |
| 88 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 4909.98 | 13 |
| 89 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4675.69 | 13 |
| 90 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 4658.74 | 17 |
| (90) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4652.36 | 6 |
| 91 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 4543.4 | 10 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4533.03 | 7 |
| 93 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4532.73 | 9 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 4469.82 | 6 |
| 95 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 4465.23 | 7 |
| 96 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 4431 | 15 |
| 97 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 4289.57 | 11 |
| 98 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4279.33 | 7 |
| 99 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 4270.4 | 9 |
| (99) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4192.25 | 5 |
| 100 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 4182.11 | 5 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4170.44 | 8 |
| (101) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 4162.95 | 11 |
| 102 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4162.31 | 8 |
| (102) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4135.08 | 3 |
| 103 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 4115.19 | 9 |
| (103) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4075.84 | 2 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 4063.17 | 10 |
| 105 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 4000.58 | 14 |
| 106 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 3993.96 | 18 |
| 107 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 3913.17 | 17 |
| 108 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 3905.6 | 7 |
| (108) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 3870.61 | 12 |
| (108) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3810.92 | 4 |
| (108) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3761.1 | 1 |
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