| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 72864 | 204 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 39225 | 149 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 15141 | 148 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 13450 | 65 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 13238 | 33 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 10351 | 26 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 8088 | 22 |
| 8 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 8061 | 87 |
| 9 | CESifo | München, Germany | 8044 | 36 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7570 | 20 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 7164 | 23 |
| 12 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7073 | 20 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 7041 | 25 |
| (13) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 6611 | 19 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6554 | 25 |
| (14) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 6452 | 27 |
| 15 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 6339 | 12 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6334 | 12 |
| 16 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 5956 | 29 |
| 17 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5953 | 11 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 5705 | 27 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5644 | 21 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5547 | 11 |
| 21 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 5509 | 31 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 5493 | 17 |
| 23 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5474 | 57 |
| (23) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 5464 | 18 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 5252 | 19 |
| 25 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5162 | 26 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5032 | 16 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 4949 | 19 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 4908 | 20 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 4878 | 25 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4785 | 11 |
| 31 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4739 | 16 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4602 | 22 |
| 33 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4577 | 39 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4558 | 24 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 4525 | 28 |
| 36 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 4511 | 42 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 4402 | 27 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 4365 | 21 |
| 39 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4358 | 38 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4220 | 16 |
| 41 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 4176 | 14 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4094 | 15 |
| 43 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 4024 | 24 |
| 44 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4020 | 16 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3893 | 30 |
| 46 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3807 | 10 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 3721 | 19 |
| 48 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 3684 | 12 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 3642 | 9 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 3632 | 18 |
| 51 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3594 | 12 |
| 52 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 3591 | 21 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 3589 | 23 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 3538 | 18 |
| 55 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 3505 | 20 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 3434 | 18 |
| 57 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3420 | 7 |
| 58 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 3407 | 8 |
| 59 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 3226 | 23 |
| 60 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 3203 | 8 |
| (60) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 3203 | 8 |
| 61 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3176 | 14 |
| (61) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2931 | 6 |
| 62 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 2907 | 6 |
| 63 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2903 | 8 |
| 64 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2851 | 7 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 2846 | 29 |
| 66 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2820 | 31 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2817 | 10 |
| (67) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2809 | 15 |
| 68 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2776 | 16 |
| (68) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2765 | 13 |
| 69 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2731 | 7 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 2695 | 12 |
| 71 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2607 | 8 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 2603 | 10 |
| (72) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2597 | 7 |
| (72) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2579 | 14 |
| 73 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2573 | 3 |
| 74 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2566 | 15 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 2555 | 10 |
| 76 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2522 | 7 |
| (76) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2521 | 22 |
| 77 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 2514 | 9 |
| 78 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 2498 | 19 |
| 79 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2496 | 11 |
| (79) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2455 | 12 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2424 | 14 |
| 81 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 2368 | 17 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 2342 | 16 |
| 83 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2321 | 33 |
| 84 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 2318 | 17 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 2311 | 18 |
| 86 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2289 | 13 |
| (86) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2238 | 6 |
| 87 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2235 | 8 |
| 88 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2227 | 10 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 2226 | 14 |
| 90 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 2216 | 13 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 2210 | 13 |
| 92 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 2209 | 9 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 2196 | 18 |
| 93 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 2196 | 16 |
| 95 | Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Économique (CERAS), École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées | Paris, France | 2174 | 1 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2168 | 8 |
| (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 | 2161 | 10 |
| 97 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 2109 | 19 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 2077 | 14 |
| (98) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2059 | 9 |
| (98) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2059 | 3 |
| 98 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2059 | 9 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 2052 | 8 |
| 101 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 2051 | 32 |
| (101) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2028 | 12 |
| 102 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 2024 | 13 |
| 103 | School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester | Manchester, United Kingdom | 2004 | 10 |
| 104 | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1981 | 9 |
| 105 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1950 | 7 |
| 105 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 1950 | 17 |
| 107 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 1948 | 18 |
| 108 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1946 | 10 |
| 109 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1945 | 4 |
| (109) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1945 | 4 |
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