| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 189835.05 | 208 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 64691.44 | 154 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 40179.09 | 35 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 27639.86 | 27 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 24308.03 | 67 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 24300.88 | 20 |
| 7 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 22946.62 | 160 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 21484.71 | 22 |
| 9 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 21284.42 | 11 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 21121.51 | 25 |
| 11 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 19764.67 | 12 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 19360.57 | 12 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 18229.87 | 21 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 17338.79 | 26 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 15802.06 | 13 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 15165.37 | 22 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 14184.49 | 23 |
| (16) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 13933.53 | 27 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 13536.01 | 17 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 13366 | 20 |
| (18) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 13278.4 | 19 |
| 19 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 13261.95 | 50 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 13037.78 | 11 |
| 21 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 12792.14 | 16 |
| 22 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 12031.27 | 31 |
| 23 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 11773.63 | 16 |
| (23) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 11529.3 | 19 |
| 24 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 11333.93 | 93 |
| 25 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 11135.13 | 25 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 10781.44 | 24 |
| 27 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 10556.67 | 15 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 10332.02 | 24 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 10257.72 | 23 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 9983.08 | 15 |
| 31 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 9959.25 | 7 |
| 32 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 9943.88 | 18 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 9938.61 | 21 |
| 34 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 9686.75 | 31 |
| 35 | CESifo | München, Germany | 9673.64 | 38 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 9302.94 | 29 |
| 37 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 9293.32 | 11 |
| 38 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 9175.84 | 11 |
| 39 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 8864.03 | 12 |
| 40 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 8834.65 | 14 |
| 41 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8801.99 | 26 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 8612.54 | 28 |
| 43 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 7811.93 | 8 |
| (43) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 7811.93 | 8 |
| 44 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 7795.64 | 3 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 7273.59 | 20 |
| 46 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 7210.93 | 7 |
| 47 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 7163.17 | 7 |
| 48 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 7031.44 | 6 |
| 49 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 6596.77 | 17 |
| 50 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6555.7 | 29 |
| 51 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 6492.83 | 62 |
| (51) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 6442.54 | 11 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 6441.5 | 19 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 6397.54 | 17 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 6366.75 | 18 |
| 55 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 6328.26 | 14 |
| 56 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 6039.76 | 8 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 5902.81 | 29 |
| 58 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 5789.46 | 24 |
| 59 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 5779.74 | 24 |
| (59) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 5658.11 | 15 |
| 60 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 5639.88 | 22 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 5569.12 | 10 |
| (61) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5556.18 | 5 |
| 62 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 5250.8 | 9 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 5231.03 | 20 |
| 64 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5154.67 | 11 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 5128.81 | 9 |
| 66 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 4994.31 | 9 |
| 67 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 4951.78 | 8 |
| (67) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 4950.66 | 7 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4892.76 | 16 |
| 69 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4850 | 37 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 4839.85 | 10 |
| 71 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 4834.92 | 20 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 4686.71 | 18 |
| 73 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 4548.93 | 5 |
| 74 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4426.78 | 44 |
| (74) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4417.47 | 6 |
| (74) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4335.79 | 14 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 4310.66 | 13 |
| (75) | 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 | 4299.75 | 10 |
| (75) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4143.27 | 3 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 4055.31 | 19 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 4012.81 | 8 |
| 78 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 4009.59 | 17 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 3983.21 | 13 |
| 80 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 3940.24 | 8 |
| 81 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3912.59 | 11 |
| 82 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 3908.87 | 33 |
| (82) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3848.88 | 9 |
| 83 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3848.88 | 9 |
| 84 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 3818.56 | 7 |
| (84) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 3813.12 | 15 |
| 85 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3791.52 | 13 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3778.98 | 10 |
| 87 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 3693.26 | 10 |
| (87) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3684.67 | 2 |
| (87) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 3662.2 | 15 |
| 88 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 3662.2 | 15 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 3636.29 | 14 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 3615 | 6 |
| 91 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3423.53 | 5 |
| 92 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 3411.62 | 10 |
| 93 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 3394.6 | 14 |
| 94 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 3386.35 | 6 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 3386.22 | 23 |
| (95) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3379.64 | 3 |
| (95) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 3367.39 | 6 |
| (95) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3334.43 | 3 |
| (95) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3274.07 | 23 |
| 96 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3235.43 | 8 |
| 97 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 3209.16 | 13 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 3154.82 | 18 |
| (98) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3137.03 | 3 |
| 99 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3128.85 | 13 |
| 100 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3125.61 | 10 |
| 101 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 3095.81 | 5 |
| 102 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 3064.54 | 13 |
| 103 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 3052.82 | 9 |
| 104 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2912.49 | 2 |
| (104) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2900.43 | 3 |
| 105 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2888.91 | 15 |
| 106 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 2884.1 | 19 |
| 107 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 2876.62 | 14 |
| 108 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 2875.92 | 5 |
| 109 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2783.59 | 9 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA) | 2764.32 | 3 |
| 111 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 2752.38 | 9 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 2727.69 | 10 |
| 113 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2722.06 | 6 |
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