| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6278.66 | 208 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 3436.09 | 154 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1907.37 | 160 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1137.83 | 67 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1088 | 35 |
| 6 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 936.04 | 93 |
| 7 | CESifo | München, Germany | 753.91 | 38 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 750.64 | 27 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 737.51 | 20 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 704.84 | 26 |
| 11 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 644.28 | 12 |
| 12 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 634.96 | 62 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 614.41 | 21 |
| 14 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 606.63 | 31 |
| (14) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 596.48 | 19 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 595.56 | 29 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 593.78 | 20 |
| 17 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 580.8 | 50 |
| 18 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 574.03 | 22 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 533.45 | 25 |
| (19) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 532.08 | 13 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 524.74 | 24 |
| 21 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 513.43 | 31 |
| 22 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 499.66 | 11 |
| (22) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 489.08 | 15 |
| (22) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 483.59 | 27 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 474.17 | 22 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 471.1 | 23 |
| 25 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 461.49 | 44 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 456.31 | 23 |
| (26) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 447.65 | 19 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 443.83 | 20 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 418.39 | 24 |
| 29 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 415.42 | 16 |
| 30 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 401.04 | 29 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 398.08 | 17 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 397.66 | 17 |
| 33 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 395.39 | 18 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 393.59 | 11 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 388.85 | 18 |
| 36 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 387.43 | 26 |
| 37 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 376.03 | 25 |
| 38 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 372.25 | 37 |
| 39 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 370.36 | 37 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 355.59 | 12 |
| 41 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 352.83 | 11 |
| 42 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 349.03 | 24 |
| 43 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 345.03 | 20 |
| 44 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 344.28 | 15 |
| 45 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 339.66 | 17 |
| 46 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 335.75 | 14 |
| 47 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 328.78 | 15 |
| 48 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 315.24 | 14 |
| 49 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 314.91 | 24 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 308.73 | 28 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 305.66 | 28 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 305.2 | 15 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 298.95 | 21 |
| 54 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 297.66 | 7 |
| 55 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 295.76 | 22 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 294.27 | 29 |
| 57 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 291.85 | 16 |
| 58 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 291.54 | 19 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 290.78 | 10 |
| 60 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 285.98 | 6 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 284.39 | 20 |
| (61) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 279.78 | 11 |
| (61) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 277.65 | 15 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 276.45 | 19 |
| 63 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 273.03 | 33 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 260.48 | 10 |
| 65 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 259.41 | 12 |
| 66 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 256.34 | 14 |
| 67 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 252.86 | 33 |
| 68 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 252.58 | 13 |
| (68) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 251.3 | 23 |
| 69 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 249.31 | 51 |
| 70 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 245.9 | 19 |
| 71 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 237.7 | 8 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 236.41 | 16 |
| 73 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 235.75 | 8 |
| (73) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 235.75 | 8 |
| 74 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 235.33 | 5 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 235.16 | 18 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 232.66 | 23 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 231.99 | 13 |
| 78 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 230.33 | 14 |
| 79 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 227.66 | 19 |
| 80 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 225.38 | 22 |
| 81 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 224.91 | 28 |
| 82 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 223.16 | 22 |
| (82) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 222.36 | 14 |
| 83 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 216.25 | 17 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 216 | 9 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 211.41 | 18 |
| 86 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 211.33 | 8 |
| 87 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 210.95 | 17 |
| 88 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 208.78 | 21 |
| (88) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 207.95 | 3 |
| 89 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 203.73 | 19 |
| 90 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 202.66 | 25 |
| (90) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 201.33 | 6 |
| 91 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 201.26 | 15 |
| 92 | Handelshøjskolen i København | København, Denmark | 199.83 | 10 |
| 93 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 198.53 | 10 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 198.41 | 13 |
| 95 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 197.99 | 36 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 196.41 | 13 |
| (96) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 195.45 | 11 |
| 97 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 195.36 | 9 |
| (97) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 193.82 | 15 |
| 98 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 191.44 | 37 |
| (98) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 190.16 | 3 |
| 99 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 189.09 | 17 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 188.69 | 23 |
| 101 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 188.4 | 18 |
| 102 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 187.7 | 22 |
| 103 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 186.94 | 16 |
| 104 | Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia, Getulio Vargas Foundation | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 185.74 | 14 |
| 105 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 185.68 | 4 |
| 106 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex | Colchester, United Kingdom | 185.26 | 9 |
| 107 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 183.99 | 8 |
| 108 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 183.91 | 6 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 182.01 | 18 |
| 110 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 180.16 | 18 |
| (110) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 180 | 9 |
| 111 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 179.99 | 14 |
| (111) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 178.66 | 7 |
| (111) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 178.43 | 32 |
| 112 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 177.61 | 11 |
| 113 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 176.36 | 13 |
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