| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 72555.11 | 208 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 24825.39 | 154 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 15301.95 | 35 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 11084.98 | 27 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8981.12 | 25 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8852.36 | 20 |
| 7 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 8773.01 | 67 |
| 8 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 7603.66 | 160 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 7372.28 | 12 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 6689.46 | 22 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 6685.41 | 11 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6658.4 | 21 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 6530.59 | 26 |
| 14 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5997.34 | 12 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5683.09 | 13 |
| (14) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5404.7 | 27 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 5361.01 | 20 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5234.34 | 22 |
| 17 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 4951.28 | 50 |
| 18 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4838.25 | 93 |
| 19 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4826.91 | 16 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 4727.35 | 23 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4716.53 | 17 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4714.88 | 11 |
| 23 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4682.5 | 16 |
| 24 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4599.01 | 31 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 4561.69 | 24 |
| 26 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4542.56 | 15 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 4464.96 | 21 |
| (27) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 4450.5 | 19 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4401.08 | 15 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 4353.03 | 25 |
| (29) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4313.61 | 19 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4090.69 | 23 |
| 31 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3671.78 | 26 |
| 32 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3662.5 | 31 |
| 33 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3585.84 | 12 |
| 34 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3444.72 | 7 |
| 35 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3346.84 | 11 |
| 36 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3295.22 | 18 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 3257.59 | 28 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 3245.51 | 24 |
| 39 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3171.63 | 3 |
| 40 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2970 | 38 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2922.63 | 29 |
| 42 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2856.31 | 11 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2843.4 | 20 |
| 44 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2803.63 | 14 |
| 45 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2624.75 | 7 |
| 46 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2622.81 | 14 |
| (46) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2597.34 | 11 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2578.89 | 18 |
| 48 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2559.05 | 6 |
| 49 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2510.93 | 62 |
| 50 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 2466.23 | 24 |
| 51 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2454.64 | 8 |
| 52 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2454.53 | 22 |
| 53 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2441.89 | 17 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2423.53 | 19 |
| 55 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2420.37 | 7 |
| 56 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2359.43 | 8 |
| (56) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2359.43 | 8 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 2333.39 | 17 |
| 58 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Government of the United States | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2299.89 | 29 |
| 59 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 2255.6 | 9 |
| (59) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2196.51 | 15 |
| 60 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2079.86 | 8 |
| 61 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 2079.07 | 9 |
| 62 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2022.87 | 11 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2015.22 | 10 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 1998.11 | 9 |
| (64) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1991.74 | 5 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1977.95 | 16 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1973.32 | 20 |
| 67 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1961.45 | 8 |
| (67) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1961.34 | 7 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1959.53 | 29 |
| (68) | 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 | 1939.13 | 10 |
| 69 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1867.84 | 11 |
| (69) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1858.33 | 15 |
| 70 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 1858.33 | 15 |
| 71 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1849.45 | 13 |
| (71) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1831.72 | 6 |
| (71) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1825.91 | 14 |
| 72 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1817.11 | 24 |
| 73 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1806.56 | 20 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1716.59 | 18 |
| (74) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1687.83 | 9 |
| 75 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1687.83 | 9 |
| (75) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1668.61 | 6 |
| (75) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1602.14 | 23 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1601.16 | 10 |
| (76) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1578.43 | 3 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1551.09 | 13 |
| (77) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1548.86 | 3 |
| 78 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1489.62 | 37 |
| 79 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1475.76 | 44 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1472.86 | 14 |
| 81 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1464.4 | 5 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1459.74 | 10 |
| 83 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1458.75 | 19 |
| (83) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1451.24 | 3 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1397.49 | 8 |
| (84) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1389 | 7 |
| 85 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1368.61 | 10 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 1272.91 | 13 |
| 87 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1271.85 | 10 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 1258.66 | 23 |
| (88) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1252.68 | 15 |
| 89 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1242.82 | 33 |
| 90 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1234.78 | 14 |
| 91 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1230.44 | 13 |
| (91) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1222.97 | 2 |
| 92 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1212.06 | 10 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 1201.18 | 6 |
| (93) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1189.57 | 5 |
| 94 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1175.63 | 13 |
| 95 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1172.97 | 6 |
| 96 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1166.1 | 9 |
| 97 | Bank of England, Government of the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom | 1165.05 | 17 |
| 98 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1162.39 | 7 |
| (98) | Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1155.04 | 2 |
| (98) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1130.87 | 5 |
| 99 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1114.13 | 8 |
| (99) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1085.12 | 1 |
| 100 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 1080.88 | 5 |
| (100) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1073.49 | 10 |
| 101 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1072.58 | 15 |
| 102 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1060.94 | 14 |
| (102) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1050.79 | 7 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 1046.75 | 18 |
| (103) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1046.31 | 3 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1035.99 | 6 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia (USA) | 1033.88 | 6 |
| 106 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1027.36 | 19 |
| 107 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1007.17 | 6 |
| 108 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 996.74 | 9 |
| 109 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 985.92 | 5 |
| 110 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 983.89 | 13 |
| (110) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 978.15 | 11 |
| (110) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 975.53 | 12 |
| 111 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 971.13 | 5 |
| 112 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 961.05 | 5 |
| 113 | Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 959 | 3 |
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