| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 49223.95 | 208 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 26051.51 | 154 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 11197.54 | 160 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 9426.33 | 35 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 9356.24 | 67 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6992.5 | 27 |
| 7 | CESifo | München, Germany | 5668.33 | 38 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 5417.58 | 24 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5416.24 | 20 |
| 10 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5397.35 | 93 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5257.25 | 21 |
| 12 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5131.08 | 22 |
| (12) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4964.08 | 19 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4935.58 | 26 |
| 14 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 4624.33 | 12 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4569.58 | 13 |
| 15 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4486.25 | 11 |
| 16 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 4366.95 | 50 |
| (16) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4244.58 | 27 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4118.76 | 25 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4060.66 | 22 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3899.41 | 29 |
| 20 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3767.06 | 31 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3757.73 | 23 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3731 | 12 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3712.58 | 17 |
| 24 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3692.63 | 62 |
| 25 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3618.4 | 31 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3594.78 | 20 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3415.68 | 24 |
| (27) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3340 | 19 |
| 28 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3251.5 | 11 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 3240.91 | 17 |
| 30 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3207.41 | 25 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3151.11 | 11 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 3110.33 | 28 |
| 33 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3069.9 | 16 |
| 34 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3055.73 | 26 |
| 35 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3026.66 | 18 |
| 36 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3026.56 | 37 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3014.6 | 23 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2885.58 | 29 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2841.96 | 20 |
| 40 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2824.33 | 14 |
| 41 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2791.51 | 16 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2781.83 | 14 |
| 43 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2711.89 | 44 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2632.58 | 21 |
| 45 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2614.83 | 24 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2606.61 | 29 |
| 47 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2588.41 | 15 |
| 48 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2546.16 | 7 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2512.66 | 19 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 2505 | 9 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2458.08 | 15 |
| (51) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2290.08 | 15 |
| 52 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2277.5 | 12 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 2220.66 | 23 |
| 54 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2206.16 | 8 |
| (54) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2206.16 | 8 |
| 55 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 2168.74 | 24 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2167.91 | 20 |
| 57 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2119.91 | 20 |
| 58 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 2117.49 | 22 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 2065.33 | 28 |
| 60 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2061.5 | 22 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2053.33 | 18 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2007 | 10 |
| 63 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2005.19 | 14 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1987 | 17 |
| 65 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1968.5 | 7 |
| 66 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1965.75 | 11 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1955.16 | 13 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1953.4 | 16 |
| (68) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1944.94 | 15 |
| 69 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1919.98 | 10 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1878.41 | 6 |
| 71 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1859.58 | 33 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1846.03 | 10 |
| 73 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1781.83 | 15 |
| 74 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1764.99 | 7 |
| 75 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1743 | 10 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1728.33 | 8 |
| 77 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1726.76 | 8 |
| 78 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1670.16 | 18 |
| 79 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 1642.75 | 17 |
| 80 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1620 | 9 |
| (80) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1615.6 | 14 |
| 81 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1601.66 | 8 |
| (81) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1596.66 | 7 |
| 82 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1590 | 3 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1584.83 | 8 |
| 84 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1584 | 9 |
| 85 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 1553.33 | 13 |
| (85) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1534.08 | 11 |
| 86 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1527.49 | 11 |
| 87 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1513.99 | 5 |
| 88 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1506 | 37 |
| 89 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1502.83 | 6 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1500.66 | 18 |
| (90) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1483.16 | 6 |
| 91 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1471.91 | 9 |
| 92 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1471 | 7 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1469.08 | 18 |
| (93) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1468.33 | 6 |
| (93) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1455.99 | 9 |
| 94 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1455.95 | 19 |
| 95 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1455.41 | 9 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1452.41 | 14 |
| 97 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1441.39 | 13 |
| 98 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1423.52 | 4 |
| (98) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1423.52 | 4 |
| 99 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1406.05 | 19 |
| 100 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 1402.33 | 13 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 1386.66 | 13 |
| (101) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1375.08 | 23 |
| (101) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1369.66 | 11 |
| 102 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1363.21 | 13 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1343.58 | 10 |
| (103) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1342.93 | 15 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1341.83 | 13 |
| 105 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1316.16 | 5 |
| 106 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 1305.41 | 17 |
| (106) | 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 | 1270.25 | 10 |
| (106) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1268.83 | 5 |
| (106) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1265.58 | 9 |
| 107 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1265.58 | 9 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1254.91 | 8 |
| (108) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1246.33 | 10 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 1237.83 | 8 |
| 110 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 1237.16 | 19 |
| 111 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 1232.91 | 14 |
| 112 | School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester | Manchester, United Kingdom | 1229.74 | 9 |
| 113 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 1223.7 | 10 |
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