| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 30574.83 | 208 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 8217.55 | 154 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 6980 | 35 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4245.06 | 25 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4107.63 | 27 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3664 | 11 |
| 7 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3436.58 | 67 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3160.28 | 12 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3150.53 | 20 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2649.41 | 21 |
| 11 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2601.44 | 160 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2578.75 | 26 |
| (12) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2303.07 | 27 |
| (12) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2263.91 | 13 |
| 13 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2173.93 | 29 |
| (13) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2173.76 | 19 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2116.4 | 20 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2102.05 | 22 |
| 16 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2094.36 | 16 |
| 17 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2077.69 | 93 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1991.46 | 23 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1955.25 | 17 |
| 20 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1874.8 | 11 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1845.58 | 15 |
| 22 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1841.91 | 12 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1703.49 | 11 |
| 24 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1673.24 | 12 |
| 25 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1611.23 | 16 |
| 26 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1595.33 | 22 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1527.58 | 18 |
| 28 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1426.58 | 7 |
| 29 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1356.44 | 31 |
| 30 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1274.74 | 26 |
| 31 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1246 | 3 |
| (31) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1226.41 | 11 |
| 32 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1166.03 | 20 |
| (32) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1155 | 5 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1142.13 | 25 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1134.08 | 15 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1132.99 | 20 |
| 36 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1106.08 | 31 |
| (36) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1090.91 | 19 |
| 37 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1076.83 | 11 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1069.18 | 23 |
| 39 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1064.58 | 50 |
| 40 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1060.5 | 7 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1037.49 | 24 |
| 42 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1026.91 | 33 |
| 43 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1024.28 | 62 |
| 44 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1003.33 | 8 |
| (44) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1001.33 | 7 |
| (44) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 991.19 | 15 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 953.16 | 24 |
| (45) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 946 | 3 |
| 46 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 937.99 | 11 |
| (46) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 927.41 | 15 |
| 47 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 844.46 | 22 |
| 48 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 843.58 | 6 |
| 49 | CESifo | München, Germany | 834.33 | 38 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 831.91 | 29 |
| 51 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 814.25 | 24 |
| 52 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 809.83 | 6 |
| 53 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 792.78 | 14 |
| 54 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 790.33 | 17 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 780.66 | 18 |
| (55) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 753.83 | 6 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 733.49 | 10 |
| 57 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 719.08 | 17 |
| 58 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 717.99 | 8 |
| (58) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 701.33 | 4 |
| 59 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 676.69 | 15 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 670.11 | 21 |
| 61 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 666.74 | 8 |
| (61) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 664.25 | 5 |
| 62 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 652.66 | 14 |
| (62) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 647.16 | 14 |
| 63 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 645.36 | 11 |
| 64 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 634.05 | 20 |
| (64) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 632.36 | 11 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 623.21 | 16 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 618.83 | 13 |
| (66) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 583.83 | 3 |
| (66) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 568.08 | 3 |
| (66) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 566.46 | 23 |
| (66) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 557.49 | 3 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 554.41 | 28 |
| 68 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 540.49 | 6 |
| (68) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 538.83 | 4 |
| 69 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 536.91 | 24 |
| 70 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 521.08 | 5 |
| 71 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 514.66 | 19 |
| 72 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 510.5 | 37 |
| 73 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 508.58 | 14 |
| 74 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 503.33 | 7 |
| (74) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 500.66 | 3 |
| 75 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 499.7 | 44 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 497.83 | 6 |
| (76) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 493.28 | 5 |
| (76) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 479.83 | 7 |
| 77 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 478.58 | 6 |
| 78 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 466.99 | 8 |
| (78) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 466.99 | 8 |
| 79 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 454.45 | 6 |
| (79) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 450.58 | 2 |
| (79) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 448.83 | 1 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 447.66 | 18 |
| 81 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 445.83 | 9 |
| 82 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 442.5 | 7 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 439.2 | 29 |
| 84 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 428.33 | 6 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 427 | 8 |
| 86 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 416.33 | 3 |
| 87 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 392.5 | 9 |
| 88 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 385.03 | 9 |
| (88) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 382.16 | 3 |
| (88) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 377.99 | 7 |
| (88) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 375.5 | 5 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 375.16 | 5 |
| (89) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 370.66 | 3 |
| (89) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 365.99 | 1 |
| 90 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 358.66 | 7 |
| (90) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 357.41 | 15 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 356.41 | 19 |
| 92 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 356.16 | 5 |
| (92) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 352.5 | 4 |
| 93 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 349.36 | 36 |
| 94 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 342.88 | 1 |
| (94) | 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 | 336.33 | 10 |
| 95 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 324.73 | 51 |
| 96 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 320.48 | 13 |
| (96) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 313.2 | 1 |
| (96) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 313.2 | 1 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 311.08 | 13 |
| 98 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 310.83 | 13 |
| (98) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 309.33 | 8 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 303.5 | 10 |
| 100 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 302.91 | 5 |
| (100) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 302.5 | 1 |
| 101 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 295.68 | 10 |
| 102 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 292.1 | 10 |
| 103 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 291.28 | 7 |
| (103) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 291.28 | 7 |
| 104 | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 291.25 | 5 |
| (104) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 284.66 | 12 |
| 105 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 281.66 | 8 |
| 106 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 278.83 | 14 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 276.5 | 10 |
| (107) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 275.74 | 9 |
| 108 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 275.74 | 9 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 272.83 | 17 |
| 110 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 266.66 | 10 |
| (110) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 266.33 | 2 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 266.11 | 14 |
| 112 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 265.91 | 4 |
| 113 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 263.96 | 19 |
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