| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 256992.98 | 205 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 94515.99 | 151 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 53548.95 | 34 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 39285.26 | 26 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 33367.97 | 65 |
| 6 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 30846.44 | 152 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 30751.33 | 20 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 30161.73 | 25 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 26025.51 | 23 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 25824.25 | 12 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 24934.74 | 11 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 24414.56 | 21 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 23188.42 | 25 |
| 14 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 22978.27 | 12 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 20685.72 | 13 |
| (14) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 19759.74 | 27 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 18960.81 | 19 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 18571.97 | 21 |
| 17 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 18220.3 | 49 |
| 18 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 17499.02 | 31 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 17452.71 | 11 |
| 20 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 17303.89 | 89 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 17015.07 | 21 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 16869.92 | 24 |
| 23 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 16812.72 | 16 |
| (23) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 16801.44 | 19 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 16672.76 | 16 |
| (24) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 16156.6 | 19 |
| 25 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 16024.76 | 16 |
| 26 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 15826.5 | 16 |
| 27 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 15704.67 | 25 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 15328.52 | 15 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 15318.88 | 21 |
| 30 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 14297.53 | 26 |
| 31 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 14157.79 | 19 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 13758.6 | 24 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 13676.68 | 23 |
| 34 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 13583.89 | 31 |
| 35 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 12865.01 | 12 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 12790.99 | 28 |
| 37 | CESifo | München, Germany | 12645.48 | 36 |
| 38 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 11864.71 | 7 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 11775 | 27 |
| 40 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 11278.87 | 14 |
| 41 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 11192.44 | 3 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 10912.33 | 19 |
| 43 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 10653.45 | 10 |
| 44 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 10217.25 | 7 |
| 45 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 10092.01 | 11 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 9989.72 | 18 |
| 47 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9721.98 | 59 |
| 48 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 9672.84 | 8 |
| (48) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 9672.84 | 8 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9396.53 | 30 |
| (49) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 9373.03 | 12 |
| 50 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 9361.08 | 8 |
| 51 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 9337.02 | 14 |
| 52 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 9277.43 | 17 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 9230.97 | 18 |
| 54 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 9181.06 | 22 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 8954.6 | 19 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 8951.62 | 28 |
| 57 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 8633.92 | 7 |
| 58 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 8146.41 | 23 |
| 59 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 8139.68 | 6 |
| (59) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 8039.07 | 15 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 7901.3 | 10 |
| 61 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 7901.14 | 24 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 7855.9 | 20 |
| 63 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 7822.35 | 20 |
| 64 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 7442.82 | 8 |
| (64) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 7440.87 | 7 |
| (64) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 7401.8 | 15 |
| 65 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 7401.8 | 15 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7398.41 | 15 |
| 67 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 7377.71 | 9 |
| 68 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7279.24 | 38 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 7258.09 | 8 |
| 70 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7222.85 | 42 |
| (70) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7130.52 | 14 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 7038.79 | 9 |
| (71) | 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 | 6968.06 | 10 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 6786.62 | 7 |
| 73 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6743.97 | 10 |
| 74 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6674.42 | 11 |
| (74) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 6482.44 | 6 |
| (74) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6446.5 | 5 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 6396.72 | 13 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 6375.91 | 18 |
| (76) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6296.84 | 23 |
| 77 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 6279.77 | 13 |
| (77) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 6227.94 | 9 |
| 78 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 6227.94 | 9 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 6223.96 | 10 |
| (79) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 6068.74 | 3 |
| (79) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 6058.83 | 6 |
| 80 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 6024.6 | 33 |
| 81 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 5906.36 | 5 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 5389.22 | 14 |
| (82) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 5365.26 | 2 |
| (82) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 5319.43 | 15 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 5274.37 | 23 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 5124.31 | 8 |
| (84) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5079.05 | 3 |
| 85 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 5065.66 | 6 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 5065.63 | 13 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 5061.68 | 9 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 4800.69 | 17 |
| 89 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4707.29 | 13 |
| 90 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 4705.56 | 17 |
| 91 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 4703.37 | 10 |
| 92 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 4699.8 | 19 |
| (92) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4555.09 | 6 |
| 93 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 4542.95 | 13 |
| 94 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4501.02 | 9 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4472.78 | 7 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 4457.57 | 6 |
| 97 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 4454 | 7 |
| 98 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 4449.82 | 15 |
| 99 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 4426.46 | 12 |
| 100 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 4248.75 | 9 |
| 101 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 4242.1 | 13 |
| 102 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4240.43 | 7 |
| 103 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4182.91 | 5 |
| 104 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 4171.71 | 5 |
| (104) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4159.36 | 5 |
| 105 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 4115.84 | 7 |
| (105) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4113.02 | 3 |
| 106 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 4083.22 | 9 |
| 107 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4076.17 | 8 |
| (107) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4071.76 | 2 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 4008.2 | 10 |
| 109 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 3978.58 | 14 |
| 110 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 3963.62 | 18 |
| (110) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 3953.86 | 10 |
| (110) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 3893.32 | 12 |
| 111 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3871.77 | 8 |
| (111) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3774.75 | 4 |
| (111) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3762.61 | 1 |
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