| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 46571.66 | 204 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 24248.18 | 149 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 9664.04 | 148 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 9131.25 | 33 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 8840.33 | 65 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6357.66 | 26 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 5212.08 | 22 |
| 8 | CESifo | München, Germany | 5163.83 | 36 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5002.58 | 20 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4959.75 | 20 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4859.66 | 23 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4655.33 | 25 |
| 13 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4642.51 | 87 |
| (13) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4622.25 | 19 |
| 14 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4474.49 | 12 |
| 15 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4418.75 | 11 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4281.08 | 12 |
| (15) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4167.41 | 27 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4073.76 | 25 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3903.66 | 21 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3692 | 11 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3641.24 | 27 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3615.41 | 16 |
| 21 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3605.73 | 31 |
| 22 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3386.06 | 29 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 3309.91 | 17 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3257.9 | 20 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3158.16 | 19 |
| (25) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3154 | 18 |
| 26 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3057.03 | 57 |
| 27 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3055.58 | 25 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3049.24 | 19 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3042.95 | 11 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2948.33 | 27 |
| 31 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2933.56 | 26 |
| 32 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2917.9 | 16 |
| 33 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2774.25 | 42 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2739.25 | 28 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2711.76 | 24 |
| 36 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2677.99 | 14 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2671.93 | 22 |
| 38 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2666.18 | 16 |
| 39 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2597.33 | 10 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2587.91 | 21 |
| 41 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2537.61 | 30 |
| 42 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2517.83 | 24 |
| 43 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2490.14 | 39 |
| 44 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2461.99 | 12 |
| 45 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2459.44 | 38 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2459.05 | 18 |
| 47 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2451.5 | 7 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 2447.16 | 9 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2402.83 | 16 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2215.16 | 15 |
| 51 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2212.25 | 12 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 2181.66 | 23 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2167.16 | 19 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2122.99 | 18 |
| 55 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2097.16 | 8 |
| (55) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2097.16 | 8 |
| 56 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2034.74 | 20 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1992.66 | 18 |
| 58 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1948.7 | 14 |
| (58) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1946.41 | 13 |
| 59 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1940.16 | 21 |
| 60 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1930.25 | 11 |
| 61 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1909.66 | 7 |
| 62 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1908.48 | 10 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1905.16 | 12 |
| 64 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1894.58 | 23 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 1892 | 29 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1839.5 | 10 |
| (66) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1828.11 | 15 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1789.75 | 6 |
| 68 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1785.24 | 31 |
| 69 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1747.99 | 7 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1737.83 | 16 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1714 | 10 |
| 72 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1689.66 | 8 |
| 73 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1684.33 | 7 |
| 74 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 1664.33 | 19 |
| 75 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1664.26 | 8 |
| 76 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 1618.91 | 17 |
| 77 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1606.16 | 15 |
| 78 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1555 | 3 |
| (78) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1536.6 | 14 |
| 79 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1517.16 | 8 |
| (79) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1512.16 | 7 |
| 80 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 1470.66 | 13 |
| 81 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1469.49 | 10 |
| (81) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1463.5 | 6 |
| (81) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1456.66 | 6 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1452.08 | 18 |
| (82) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1441.41 | 12 |
| 83 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1427.24 | 9 |
| 84 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1397.55 | 19 |
| 85 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1332.16 | 6 |
| 86 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1328.33 | 4 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 1318.66 | 13 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1317.48 | 14 |
| 89 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1309.69 | 4 |
| (89) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1309.69 | 4 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1298.66 | 16 |
| 91 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 1291.83 | 13 |
| (91) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1288.91 | 22 |
| 92 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1288.66 | 5 |
| 93 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1283.91 | 17 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1280.33 | 14 |
| 95 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1263.08 | 9 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1261.16 | 18 |
| (96) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1258 | 12 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1252.58 | 14 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1238 | 8 |
| 99 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1236.54 | 13 |
| 100 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1221.83 | 8 |
| (100) | 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 | 1218.75 | 10 |
| 101 | Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Économique (CERAS), École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées | Paris, France | 1210.66 | 1 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1210.25 | 8 |
| (102) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1205 | 5 |
| 103 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1200.01 | 9 |
| 104 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 1197.74 | 12 |
| (104) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1191.74 | 9 |
| 105 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1191.74 | 9 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, University of St Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 1178.66 | 8 |
| 107 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1174.49 | 10 |
| (107) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1170.33 | 7 |
| 108 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1169.53 | 19 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 1167.83 | 8 |
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