| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1089763 | 204 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 564418 | 149 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 268330 | 148 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 175693 | 33 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 171309 | 65 |
| 6 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 132988 | 87 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 129241 | 25 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 125254 | 26 |
| 9 | Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 118933 | 21 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 117856 | 25 |
| (10) | Econometria, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 116062 | 15 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 102459 | 27 |
| 12 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 99108 | 20 |
| 13 | CESifo | München, Germany | 97061 | 36 |
| (13) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 96400 | 27 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 94467 | 11 |
| 15 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 91057 | 57 |
| 16 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 86387 | 11 |
| (16) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 84566 | 19 |
| 17 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 83853 | 39 |
| 18 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 80051 | 20 |
| 19 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 78386 | 23 |
| 20 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 77579 | 31 |
| 21 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 76919 | 20 |
| 22 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 76416 | 16 |
| 23 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 73012 | 12 |
| 24 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 72874 | 26 |
| (24) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 69344 | 12 |
| 25 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 69125 | 30 |
| 26 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 67626 | 19 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 67184 | 20 |
| 28 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 62511 | 12 |
| 29 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 62187 | 16 |
| 30 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 61600 | 29 |
| 31 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 61118 | 23 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 60940 | 21 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 60734 | 15 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 60685 | 11 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 59952 | 19 |
| 36 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 59902 | 32 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 58446 | 22 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 57744 | 16 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 55775 | 29 |
| (39) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 54838 | 18 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 54016 | 22 |
| 41 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 53937 | 15 |
| 42 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 52619 | 33 |
| 43 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 52615 | 25 |
| (43) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 50974 | 12 |
| 44 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 50706 | 38 |
| 45 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 50691 | 21 |
| 46 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 50451 | 31 |
| 47 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 50293 | 18 |
| 48 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 50134 | 16 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 49974 | 24 |
| 50 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 49723 | 49 |
| (50) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 48372 | 12 |
| 51 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 47143 | 24 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 47010 | 18 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 46451 | 17 |
| 54 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 46294 | 18 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 44783 | 10 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 44371 | 18 |
| 57 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 43135 | 28 |
| 58 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 42847 | 25 |
| 59 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 42733 | 7 |
| 60 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 42662 | 42 |
| 61 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 41899 | 10 |
| (61) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 41839 | 15 |
| 62 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 41797 | 19 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 41223 | 27 |
| (63) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 40733 | 22 |
| (63) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 39936 | 14 |
| 64 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 39657 | 14 |
| 65 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 39588 | 8 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 39388 | 21 |
| (66) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 39311 | 7 |
| (66) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 39063 | 30 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 38055 | 16 |
| (67) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 37875 | 13 |
| 68 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 37198 | 14 |
| 69 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 36566 | 37 |
| (69) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 36041 | 3 |
| 70 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 35383 | 7 |
| 71 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 35280 | 13 |
| 72 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 34941 | 21 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 34260 | 28 |
| 74 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 33131 | 11 |
| (74) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 33109 | 12 |
| 75 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 32922 | 12 |
| 76 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 32836 | 7 |
| 77 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 32342 | 14 |
| 78 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 32203 | 10 |
| 79 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 31996 | 14 |
| 80 | de Nederlandsche Bank, Government of the Netherlands | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 31968 | 22 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 31704 | 19 |
| 82 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 31540 | 13 |
| 83 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 31211 | 14 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 31016 | 16 |
| 85 | Banco de la Republica de Colombia, Government of Colombia | Bogotá, Colombia | 30959 | 16 |
| 86 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 30812 | 6 |
| 87 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 30597 | 8 |
| 88 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 30461 | 19 |
| 89 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 30324 | 14 |
| 90 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 30248 | 9 |
| 91 | IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra | Pamplona, Spain | 30141 | 4 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 29912 | 13 |
| 93 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 29703 | 8 |
| (93) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 29703 | 8 |
| 94 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 29659 | 3 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 29175 | 24 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 28903 | 14 |
| (96) | 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 | 28818 | 10 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 28732 | 8 |
| 98 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 28728 | 8 |
| 99 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 28482 | 17 |
| 100 | Handelshøjskolen i København | København, Denmark | 28247 | 9 |
| 101 | Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA) | Madrid, Spain | 28157 | 11 |
| 102 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 27612 | 11 |
| (102) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 27560 | 6 |
| 103 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 27497 | 9 |
| (103) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 27188 | 8 |
| (103) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 27161 | 3 |
| 104 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 26927 | 21 |
| 105 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 26754 | 7 |
| 106 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 26627 | 21 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 26531 | 8 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 26104 | 13 |
| 109 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 25723 | 10 |
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