| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6166.31 | 208 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 1824.91 | 154 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1178.5 | 35 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 739.02 | 27 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 727.08 | 20 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 656.46 | 25 |
| 7 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 648.39 | 67 |
| 8 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 638.29 | 160 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 558.14 | 26 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 518.97 | 21 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 489.05 | 11 |
| 12 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 484.85 | 12 |
| (12) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 457.29 | 13 |
| 13 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 409.36 | 22 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 396.62 | 22 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 396.43 | 12 |
| 16 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 392.98 | 93 |
| 17 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 392.59 | 16 |
| (17) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 384.35 | 19 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 381.98 | 20 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 366.86 | 23 |
| 20 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 366.59 | 15 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 365.43 | 17 |
| 22 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 355.14 | 31 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 348.08 | 11 |
| (23) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 339.47 | 27 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 330.21 | 23 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 325.43 | 15 |
| 26 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 314.55 | 16 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 305.6 | 18 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 286.99 | 24 |
| 29 | CESifo | München, Germany | 272.46 | 38 |
| 30 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 269.66 | 26 |
| 31 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 267.82 | 31 |
| 32 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 261.06 | 29 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 259.18 | 25 |
| (33) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 255.95 | 19 |
| 34 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 255.08 | 17 |
| 35 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 253.75 | 50 |
| 36 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 252.07 | 12 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 237.56 | 29 |
| 38 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 237.41 | 11 |
| 39 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 230.16 | 7 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 227.64 | 21 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 217.21 | 18 |
| (41) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 214.24 | 11 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 212.87 | 20 |
| (42) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 204.32 | 15 |
| 43 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 192.13 | 11 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 190.66 | 24 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 183.98 | 20 |
| (45) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 180.32 | 3 |
| 46 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 174.09 | 8 |
| 47 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 173.47 | 6 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 168.92 | 28 |
| 49 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 168.48 | 62 |
| 50 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 168.47 | 5 |
| 51 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 167.13 | 24 |
| (51) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 165.61 | 15 |
| 52 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 165.35 | 14 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 162.2 | 10 |
| 54 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 161.79 | 3 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 160.46 | 17 |
| (55) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 159.95 | 3 |
| 56 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 158.21 | 13 |
| 57 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 157.26 | 7 |
| 58 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 156.2 | 14 |
| 59 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 154.92 | 22 |
| 60 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 154.11 | 11 |
| (60) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 149.31 | 14 |
| 61 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 147.98 | 19 |
| 62 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 147.49 | 8 |
| (62) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 147.49 | 8 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 144.69 | 18 |
| (63) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 142.84 | 6 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 138.32 | 9 |
| 65 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 137.58 | 8 |
| (65) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 136.82 | 7 |
| (65) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 134.37 | 2 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 133.1 | 19 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 133.09 | 10 |
| 68 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 131.57 | 7 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 130.79 | 9 |
| 70 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 130.24 | 24 |
| 71 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 128.85 | 6 |
| 72 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 128.36 | 20 |
| (72) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 126.47 | 3 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 125.5 | 13 |
| 74 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 119.67 | 8 |
| (74) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 118.46 | 23 |
| (74) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 117.25 | 5 |
| (74) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 116.69 | 1 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 108.34 | 10 |
| 76 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 108.15 | 33 |
| (76) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 106.97 | 3 |
| 77 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 105.97 | 9 |
| 78 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 105.05 | 11 |
| (78) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 104.91 | 7 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 104.6 | 8 |
| (79) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 102.95 | 3 |
| 80 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 100.79 | 5 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 99.88 | 13 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 98.59 | 6 |
| (82) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 95.55 | 7 |
| (82) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 94.69 | 12 |
| (82) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 93.92 | 1 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 92.37 | 16 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 90.41 | 29 |
| 85 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 90.34 | 9 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 89.98 | 10 |
| 87 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 89.92 | 5 |
| 88 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 86.01 | 17 |
| (88) | 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 | 84.87 | 10 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 84.21 | 13 |
| 90 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 83.37 | 13 |
| 91 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 82.93 | 44 |
| 92 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 82.39 | 9 |
| 93 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 82.2 | 15 |
| 94 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 81.65 | 10 |
| 95 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 81.17 | 7 |
| 96 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 80.92 | 19 |
| (96) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 80.71 | 5 |
| 97 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 78.88 | 7 |
| 98 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 78.45 | 10 |
| (98) | Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 78.39 | 2 |
| 99 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 78.25 | 8 |
| 100 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 77.95 | 6 |
| (100) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 77.43 | 3 |
| 101 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 77.11 | 37 |
| 102 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 74.91 | 14 |
| 103 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 71.75 | 6 |
| 104 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 71.7 | 25 |
| 105 | European Central Bank, European Community | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 71.56 | 36 |
| 106 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 69.95 | 14 |
| 107 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 69.7 | 13 |
| (107) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 68.81 | 4 |
| 108 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 68.62 | 7 |
| (108) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 68.62 | 7 |
| (108) | Office of Tax Policy Research (OTPR), Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 68.45 | 2 |
| (108) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 67.36 | 11 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Tufts University | Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 67.27 | 13 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 66.82 | 14 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 65.73 | 23 |
| (111) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 65.33 | 15 |
| 112 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 65.33 | 15 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 65.15 | 18 |
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