| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 254832.72 | 204 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 93301.71 | 149 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 53112.59 | 33 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 38091.17 | 26 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 33314.07 | 65 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 30456.13 | 20 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 30093.09 | 25 |
| 8 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 29467.69 | 148 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 26146.29 | 23 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 25378.08 | 11 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 24741.78 | 11 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 23077.34 | 20 |
| 13 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 23015.95 | 12 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 22227.6 | 25 |
| (14) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 19732.64 | 27 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 19350.23 | 12 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 18527.08 | 21 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 17711.85 | 11 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 17481.73 | 19 |
| 18 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 17310.48 | 29 |
| 19 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 17185.21 | 87 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 16863.7 | 20 |
| 21 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 16797.9 | 16 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 16695.32 | 16 |
| (22) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 16613.17 | 18 |
| (22) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 16135.71 | 19 |
| 23 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 16001.07 | 16 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 15824.63 | 22 |
| 25 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 15785.98 | 16 |
| 26 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 15738.8 | 25 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 15370.48 | 15 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 15338.74 | 21 |
| 29 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 14331.81 | 26 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 14200.91 | 19 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 13794.57 | 24 |
| 32 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 13474.2 | 31 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 13374.33 | 22 |
| 34 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 12853.71 | 12 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 12817.92 | 27 |
| 36 | CESifo | München, Germany | 12512.07 | 36 |
| 37 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 11852.17 | 7 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 11712.72 | 27 |
| 39 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 11292.11 | 14 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 11005.1 | 18 |
| 41 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 10751.88 | 3 |
| 42 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 10617.7 | 10 |
| 43 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 10251.21 | 7 |
| 44 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 10104.82 | 11 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 10048.52 | 18 |
| 46 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 9896.36 | 42 |
| 47 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 9679.31 | 8 |
| (47) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 9679.31 | 8 |
| 48 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9538.87 | 57 |
| 49 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 9380.6 | 8 |
| (49) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 9365.82 | 12 |
| 50 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 9351.97 | 14 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 9222.21 | 17 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9092.64 | 30 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 9009.02 | 28 |
| 54 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 8978.56 | 21 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 8976.55 | 19 |
| 56 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 8895.16 | 7 |
| 57 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 8638.87 | 7 |
| 58 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 8498.98 | 16 |
| 59 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 8114.17 | 23 |
| (59) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 8055.04 | 15 |
| 60 | Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Analyse Socio-Économique (CERAS), École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées | Paris, France | 8043.4 | 1 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 7944.37 | 10 |
| 62 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 7879.32 | 20 |
| 63 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 7860.42 | 24 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 7848.79 | 8 |
| 65 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 7449.42 | 8 |
| (65) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 7447.47 | 7 |
| 66 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 7386.36 | 9 |
| 67 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7196.9 | 39 |
| (67) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7159.38 | 14 |
| 68 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 7123.15 | 18 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 7076.86 | 9 |
| (69) | 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 | 6947.17 | 10 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 6828.43 | 7 |
| 71 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6737.7 | 10 |
| (71) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 6653.93 | 6 |
| 72 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6652.06 | 11 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 6632.31 | 14 |
| 74 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6589.89 | 38 |
| (74) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 6447.85 | 6 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 6424.85 | 14 |
| (75) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6418.33 | 5 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 6382.02 | 18 |
| 77 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 6363.4 | 13 |
| (77) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6321 | 22 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 6266.42 | 10 |
| (78) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 6062.1 | 3 |
| 79 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 6005.59 | 31 |
| 80 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 5901.14 | 5 |
| (80) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 5645.87 | 9 |
| 81 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 5645.87 | 9 |
| (81) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5350.16 | 2 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 5276.16 | 23 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 5213.41 | 14 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 5166.14 | 18 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 5141.03 | 8 |
| (85) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5099.67 | 3 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 5074.03 | 12 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 5062.07 | 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 | 4886.01 | 14 |
| 88 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 4886.01 | 14 |
| 89 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 4716.78 | 10 |
| 90 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4710.85 | 13 |
| 91 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 4698.42 | 17 |
| (91) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4653.56 | 6 |
| 92 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 4612.69 | 19 |
| (92) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 4603.77 | 13 |
| 93 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4521.22 | 9 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4481.3 | 7 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 4462.14 | 6 |
| 96 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 4452.67 | 7 |
| 97 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 4437.03 | 15 |
| 98 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 4352.04 | 12 |
| 99 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4284.25 | 7 |
| 100 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 4277.63 | 13 |
| 101 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 4261.6 | 9 |
| (101) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4176.85 | 5 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4173.12 | 8 |
| 103 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 4169 | 5 |
| (103) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4151.72 | 3 |
| 104 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4113.2 | 8 |
| 105 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 4101.13 | 19 |
| 106 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 4088.2 | 9 |
| (106) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4065.3 | 2 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 4036.12 | 10 |
| 108 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 3973.93 | 14 |
| (108) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 3879.82 | 12 |
| 109 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 3859.8 | 7 |
| (109) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3779.31 | 4 |
| (109) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3751.13 | 1 |
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