| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 71772.36 | 205 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 24565.94 | 151 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 14319.35 | 34 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 10567.96 | 26 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 8492.08 | 65 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8434.5 | 20 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8228.69 | 25 |
| 8 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 8012.16 | 152 |
| 9 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 7308.58 | 11 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7061.03 | 21 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 6837.29 | 12 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 6087.76 | 25 |
| (12) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6022.69 | 13 |
| 13 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 6003.47 | 23 |
| 14 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5258.28 | 12 |
| (14) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5201.82 | 27 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 5098.77 | 19 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4963.28 | 21 |
| 17 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4853.4 | 16 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4784.22 | 16 |
| 19 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4764.41 | 89 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4680.77 | 24 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4667.29 | 11 |
| 22 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4457.98 | 31 |
| 23 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 4370.29 | 49 |
| 24 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4319.84 | 16 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4311.33 | 15 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 4286.91 | 21 |
| (26) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4258.28 | 19 |
| 27 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4246.93 | 16 |
| 28 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 4077.8 | 25 |
| (28) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4069.68 | 19 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 4031.57 | 21 |
| 30 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3833.34 | 26 |
| 31 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3699.55 | 31 |
| 32 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3695.34 | 19 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3636.19 | 24 |
| 34 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3479.81 | 12 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3469.98 | 28 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 3372.42 | 27 |
| 37 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3340.41 | 7 |
| 38 | CESifo | München, Germany | 3198.21 | 36 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 3131.44 | 23 |
| 40 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3024.76 | 3 |
| 41 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2956.32 | 7 |
| 42 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2914.81 | 11 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2861.33 | 19 |
| 44 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2835.92 | 10 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2801.88 | 18 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2704.8 | 30 |
| 47 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2523.77 | 17 |
| (47) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2476.44 | 12 |
| 48 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2461.86 | 14 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 2437.91 | 18 |
| 50 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2404.45 | 8 |
| 51 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2395.53 | 6 |
| 52 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2348.96 | 59 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2336.65 | 19 |
| 54 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2316.62 | 22 |
| 55 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2311.27 | 7 |
| 56 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2295.62 | 14 |
| 57 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2276.85 | 8 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2210.53 | 10 |
| (58) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2207.66 | 15 |
| 59 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2173.63 | 20 |
| 60 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2135.5 | 20 |
| 61 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 2087.96 | 23 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2054.37 | 28 |
| (62) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2028.85 | 14 |
| 63 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2021.09 | 8 |
| (63) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2021.09 | 8 |
| 64 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1981.63 | 8 |
| (64) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1981.48 | 7 |
| 65 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1965.58 | 10 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1913.76 | 9 |
| (66) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1888.86 | 5 |
| (66) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1883.53 | 6 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1883.37 | 7 |
| 68 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1873.04 | 11 |
| 69 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1869.22 | 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 | 1854.78 | 10 |
| (69) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1823.64 | 23 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1818.84 | 13 |
| (70) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1801.91 | 9 |
| 71 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1801.91 | 9 |
| 72 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1800.41 | 24 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1797.2 | 15 |
| (73) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1794.98 | 15 |
| 74 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1794.98 | 15 |
| 75 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1773.7 | 13 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1731.25 | 18 |
| (76) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1728.55 | 6 |
| 77 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1700.04 | 42 |
| (77) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1688.4 | 3 |
| 78 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1683.03 | 38 |
| 79 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1667.13 | 33 |
| 80 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1650.28 | 5 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 1541.14 | 23 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1518.66 | 14 |
| (82) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1494.73 | 15 |
| 83 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1489.91 | 19 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1458.52 | 13 |
| (84) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1441.19 | 2 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1428.19 | 9 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1423.49 | 8 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1412.6 | 10 |
| 88 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1378.5 | 12 |
| 89 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1377.68 | 13 |
| (89) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1352.75 | 3 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1347.77 | 17 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 1342.48 | 6 |
| 92 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1338.83 | 10 |
| (92) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1337.81 | 6 |
| 93 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1296.17 | 6 |
| 94 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1295.88 | 9 |
| 95 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1270.74 | 7 |
| 96 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1255.92 | 13 |
| 97 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1236.25 | 7 |
| 98 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1227.11 | 5 |
| 99 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1201.42 | 8 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 1198.07 | 10 |
| (100) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1192.65 | 5 |
| (100) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1172.88 | 2 |
| 101 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 1164.11 | 17 |
| 102 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1103.93 | 15 |
| 103 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 1098.28 | 13 |
| 104 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1089.98 | 5 |
| (104) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1081.76 | 3 |
| 105 | John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina (USA) | 1081.14 | 4 |
| 106 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1079.72 | 7 |
| (106) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1075.29 | 5 |
| (106) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1058.31 | 12 |
| (106) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1051.71 | 10 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1048.37 | 7 |
| (107) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1022.07 | 1 |
| (107) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1018.87 | 1 |
| 108 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 1016.83 | 4 |
| 109 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1015.9 | 6 |
| 110 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 1010.83 | 13 |
| 111 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1008.05 | 7 |
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