| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 12174.78 | 205 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 2683.99 | 151 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2624.16 | 34 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1697.78 | 25 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1525.78 | 26 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1429.94 | 11 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1305.69 | 12 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1253.13 | 20 |
| 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1002.85 | 65 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 949.74 | 21 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 900.79 | 25 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 893.12 | 16 |
| 13 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 893.06 | 30 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 843.87 | 21 |
| 15 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 838.54 | 16 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 799.56 | 13 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 735.96 | 19 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 735.88 | 16 |
| 18 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 716.49 | 152 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 694.1 | 11 |
| (19) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 690.56 | 27 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 655.19 | 21 |
| 21 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 653.64 | 89 |
| (21) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 651.12 | 19 |
| 22 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 640.07 | 16 |
| 23 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 638.49 | 11 |
| 24 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 632.25 | 12 |
| 25 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 592.46 | 31 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 543.93 | 15 |
| (26) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 539.91 | 12 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 524.09 | 24 |
| (27) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 503.37 | 5 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 500 | 19 |
| 29 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 499.68 | 7 |
| 30 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 498.91 | 12 |
| 31 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 466.55 | 3 |
| (31) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 449.92 | 15 |
| 32 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 445.75 | 23 |
| 33 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 439.38 | 8 |
| (33) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 439.27 | 7 |
| 34 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 436.86 | 20 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 426.2 | 19 |
| 36 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 386.73 | 26 |
| 37 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 372.8 | 10 |
| 38 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 366.66 | 25 |
| 39 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 364.65 | 10 |
| 40 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 361.24 | 33 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 346.82 | 24 |
| (41) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 346.56 | 3 |
| 42 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 340.27 | 7 |
| (42) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 339.83 | 15 |
| 43 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 333.54 | 17 |
| 44 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 332.58 | 6 |
| 45 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 320.99 | 31 |
| (45) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 316.47 | 19 |
| (45) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 309.78 | 6 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 301.59 | 18 |
| 47 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 294.07 | 49 |
| 48 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 291.09 | 14 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 289.63 | 10 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 279.91 | 28 |
| (50) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 277.03 | 4 |
| 51 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 276.35 | 13 |
| 52 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 264.09 | 7 |
| 53 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 262.31 | 8 |
| (53) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 256.29 | 5 |
| 54 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 243.56 | 17 |
| 55 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 240.25 | 59 |
| 56 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 236.52 | 22 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 233.61 | 23 |
| 58 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 231.87 | 11 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 230.04 | 21 |
| 60 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 229.72 | 8 |
| (60) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 223.81 | 2 |
| (60) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 222.32 | 14 |
| 61 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 221.43 | 23 |
| (61) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 221.21 | 6 |
| (61) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 220.8 | 3 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 209.66 | 6 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 203.81 | 27 |
| (63) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 199.82 | 5 |
| 64 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 199.04 | 19 |
| 65 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 196.31 | 5 |
| 66 | CESifo | München, Germany | 194.34 | 36 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 193.52 | 6 |
| (67) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 190.61 | 23 |
| 68 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 185.05 | 5 |
| 69 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 183.75 | 7 |
| (69) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 182.26 | 3 |
| 70 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 181.2 | 6 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 180.53 | 18 |
| (71) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 179.57 | 3 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 176.5 | 7 |
| 73 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 176.39 | 20 |
| (73) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 168.64 | 5 |
| (73) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 166.42 | 1 |
| (73) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 166.28 | 2 |
| 74 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 164.28 | 2 |
| 75 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 162.18 | 7 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 159.63 | 15 |
| (76) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 156.1 | 1 |
| 77 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 148.14 | 4 |
| (77) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 148.13 | 3 |
| (77) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 146.66 | 3 |
| 78 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 144.62 | 14 |
| 79 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 143 | 7 |
| (79) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 135.11 | 3 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 132.33 | 5 |
| (80) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 130.16 | 4 |
| 81 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 126.23 | 1 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 122.45 | 8 |
| 83 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 122.39 | 15 |
| (83) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 121.83 | 12 |
| 84 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 121.11 | 8 |
| 85 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 119.48 | 4 |
| 86 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 119.37 | 3 |
| (86) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 116.45 | 7 |
| 87 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 116.14 | 24 |
| (87) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 113.98 | 12 |
| (87) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 112.52 | 1 |
| (87) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 112.52 | 1 |
| (87) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 110.72 | 1 |
| 88 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 110.63 | 36 |
| 89 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 109.47 | 42 |
| (89) | 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 | 109.43 | 10 |
| 90 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 108.76 | 7 |
| (90) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 108.76 | 7 |
| 91 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 107.79 | 9 |
| 92 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 106.32 | 7 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 105.99 | 14 |
| 94 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 104.52 | 6 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 104.46 | 19 |
| (95) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 104.18 | 9 |
| 96 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 104.18 | 9 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 103.65 | 13 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 103.57 | 18 |
| 99 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 99.21 | 14 |
| (99) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 99.21 | 8 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 98.32 | 28 |
| 101 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 97.65 | 5 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 97.1 | 8 |
| 103 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 96.54 | 9 |
| 104 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 95.6 | 10 |
| 105 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 95.28 | 9 |
| (105) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 94.9 | 7 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 94.55 | 9 |
| 107 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 93.52 | 14 |
| 108 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 92.76 | 9 |
| 109 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 90.71 | 4 |
| 110 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 88.04 | 38 |
| 111 | College of Business Administration, University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 87.8 | 3 |
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