| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 47277.31 | 204 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 14612.76 | 149 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 10054.56 | 33 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6801.31 | 26 |
| 5 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5952.38 | 11 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5860.94 | 20 |
| 7 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5570.5 | 65 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5279.86 | 11 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5251.64 | 25 |
| 10 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4842.09 | 148 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4806.55 | 23 |
| 12 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4407.97 | 12 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4324.55 | 20 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3889.36 | 25 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3719.85 | 12 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3514.14 | 21 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3363.14 | 11 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3355.18 | 16 |
| 18 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3352.92 | 16 |
| (18) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3282.14 | 27 |
| (18) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3090.22 | 19 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3080.81 | 20 |
| 20 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2899.12 | 16 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2868.09 | 19 |
| 22 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2818.11 | 29 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2806.41 | 25 |
| (23) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2716.69 | 18 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2671.03 | 22 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2584.84 | 19 |
| 26 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2533.39 | 16 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2460 | 15 |
| 28 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2421.34 | 87 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2396.28 | 21 |
| 30 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2368.1 | 31 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2309.11 | 11 |
| 32 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2298.71 | 7 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2276.39 | 27 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2274.5 | 24 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2216.8 | 27 |
| 36 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2173.36 | 36 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 2164.17 | 22 |
| 38 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2091.24 | 26 |
| 39 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2055.83 | 12 |
| 40 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1989.83 | 3 |
| 41 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1934.36 | 10 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1817.86 | 18 |
| 43 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1772.91 | 7 |
| 44 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1733.12 | 30 |
| 45 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1723.09 | 42 |
| 46 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1708.07 | 7 |
| 47 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1677.94 | 7 |
| 48 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1626.62 | 14 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1578.37 | 18 |
| (49) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1567.37 | 12 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1557.69 | 17 |
| 51 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1513.98 | 14 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1500.15 | 19 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1449.78 | 10 |
| 54 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1440.17 | 8 |
| 55 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1436.68 | 8 |
| (55) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1436.68 | 8 |
| 56 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1427.38 | 16 |
| (56) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1389.41 | 15 |
| 57 | Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Économique (CERAS), École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées | Paris, France | 1284.72 | 1 |
| (57) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1263.44 | 5 |
| 58 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1259.04 | 23 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1251.54 | 9 |
| 60 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1244.96 | 10 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1244.41 | 28 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1216.06 | 18 |
| 63 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1190.32 | 8 |
| (63) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1190.24 | 7 |
| 64 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1184.84 | 5 |
| 65 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1177.24 | 57 |
| 66 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1167.01 | 24 |
| 67 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1166.03 | 8 |
| 68 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1158.78 | 20 |
| 69 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1144 | 21 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1143.94 | 10 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1136.34 | 18 |
| (71) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1077.33 | 14 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1074.93 | 7 |
| (72) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1069.33 | 6 |
| 73 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1054.15 | 9 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1044.72 | 14 |
| (74) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1016.24 | 6 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 985.25 | 12 |
| 76 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 972.17 | 7 |
| (76) | 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 | 970.8 | 10 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 964.34 | 8 |
| 78 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 950.67 | 11 |
| 79 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 949.87 | 31 |
| 80 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 947.5 | 13 |
| (80) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 938.33 | 9 |
| 81 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 938.33 | 9 |
| (81) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 926.99 | 3 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 926.39 | 18 |
| (82) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 908.93 | 2 |
| 83 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 905.09 | 10 |
| (83) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 902.24 | 3 |
| 84 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 897.54 | 17 |
| (84) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 870.9 | 13 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 859.2 | 14 |
| (85) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 855.59 | 2 |
| 86 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 844.51 | 39 |
| (86) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 826.9 | 3 |
| (86) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 825.69 | 22 |
| 87 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 819.16 | 19 |
| 88 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 819.15 | 8 |
| 89 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 808.93 | 6 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 806.7 | 14 |
| 91 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 798.44 | 9 |
| 92 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 797.39 | 38 |
| 93 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 786.87 | 13 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 783.17 | 6 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 777.19 | 23 |
| 96 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 774.77 | 4 |
| 97 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 773.71 | 5 |
| (97) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 772.46 | 3 |
| 98 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 768.78 | 4 |
| 99 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 765.51 | 2 |
| 100 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 756.36 | 9 |
| 101 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 727.62 | 13 |
| 102 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 727.44 | 7 |
| 103 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 715.51 | 7 |
| 104 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 711.72 | 19 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 697.12 | 10 |
| 106 | Center for Economic Design, Bogazici University | Istanbul, Turkey | 688.47 | 2 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 684.34 | 9 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 680.98 | 8 |
| 109 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 676.33 | 10 |
| (109) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 675.28 | 1 |
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