| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 31789.37 | 209 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 8510.97 | 156 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7110.5 | 36 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4406.15 | 24 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4250.29 | 27 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3773.5 | 11 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3537.76 | 27 |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3528.92 | 67 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3295.61 | 22 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3237.78 | 13 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2799.74 | 22 |
| 12 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2714.52 | 161 |
| (12) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2397.58 | 13 |
| (12) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2354.57 | 26 |
| (12) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2233.76 | 19 |
| 13 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2202.13 | 29 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2195.39 | 21 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2194.93 | 16 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2140.23 | 20 |
| 17 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2131.76 | 93 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2039.88 | 25 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2006.08 | 17 |
| 20 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1941.96 | 11 |
| 21 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1910.58 | 15 |
| 22 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1883.91 | 12 |
| 23 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1787.83 | 13 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1766.91 | 11 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1698.41 | 19 |
| 26 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1686.9 | 16 |
| 27 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1659.74 | 24 |
| 28 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1448.08 | 7 |
| 29 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1407.94 | 30 |
| 30 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1305.24 | 26 |
| 31 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1282.16 | 3 |
| (31) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1256.75 | 11 |
| 32 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1203.06 | 20 |
| 33 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1176.46 | 25 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1175.41 | 15 |
| 35 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1168.61 | 55 |
| (35) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1161.83 | 5 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1159.16 | 20 |
| 37 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1146.58 | 32 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1139.1 | 23 |
| (38) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1128.25 | 19 |
| 39 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1111.16 | 12 |
| 40 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1096.33 | 7 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1070.91 | 24 |
| 42 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1057.41 | 32 |
| 43 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1047.95 | 65 |
| (43) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1033.19 | 15 |
| 44 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1027.66 | 8 |
| (44) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1025.66 | 7 |
| (44) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 991.5 | 3 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 983.83 | 23 |
| 46 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 973.18 | 16 |
| 47 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 964.33 | 11 |
| (47) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 954.58 | 15 |
| 48 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 907.33 | 6 |
| 49 | CESifo | München, Germany | 882.83 | 38 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 869.33 | 29 |
| 51 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 852.74 | 22 |
| 52 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 836.41 | 25 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 825.66 | 18 |
| 54 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 820.16 | 6 |
| 55 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 787.66 | 16 |
| (55) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 773.99 | 6 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 751.33 | 10 |
| 57 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 747.53 | 16 |
| 58 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 744.75 | 17 |
| (58) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 720.33 | 5 |
| 59 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 719.33 | 8 |
| (59) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 714.66 | 4 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 707.44 | 21 |
| 61 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 707.08 | 8 |
| 62 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 701.84 | 11 |
| (62) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 689.19 | 11 |
| 63 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 675.91 | 14 |
| (63) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 667.35 | 7 |
| (63) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 660.83 | 14 |
| 64 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 660.63 | 21 |
| 65 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 650.58 | 15 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 644.74 | 16 |
| (66) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 621.49 | 3 |
| (66) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 601.08 | 3 |
| (66) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 582.88 | 24 |
| (66) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 569.83 | 3 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 567.25 | 27 |
| 68 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 555.91 | 24 |
| (68) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 552.49 | 4 |
| 69 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 547.49 | 19 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 542.49 | 6 |
| 71 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 533.74 | 5 |
| 72 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 519.5 | 7 |
| 73 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 517.74 | 38 |
| 74 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 517.7 | 44 |
| (74) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 510.16 | 3 |
| 75 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 508.91 | 14 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 507.5 | 6 |
| (76) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 505.58 | 8 |
| 77 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 499.25 | 6 |
| 78 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 486.83 | 8 |
| (78) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 486.83 | 8 |
| 79 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 478.68 | 7 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 463.08 | 18 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 461.53 | 29 |
| (81) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 457.33 | 1 |
| 82 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 456.66 | 9 |
| (82) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 455.75 | 2 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 450.83 | 8 |
| 84 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 447.33 | 7 |
| 85 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 431.16 | 6 |
| 86 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 424.5 | 3 |
| 87 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 419.03 | 11 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 403.5 | 5 |
| 89 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 398.83 | 9 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 397.66 | 24 |
| (90) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 391.5 | 3 |
| (90) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 390.5 | 5 |
| (90) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 374.83 | 1 |
| (90) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 373.99 | 7 |
| (90) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 373.5 | 3 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 369.33 | 19 |
| 92 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 368.19 | 38 |
| 93 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 367.33 | 4 |
| 94 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 364.5 | 7 |
| (94) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 361.58 | 16 |
| 95 | Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway | Oslo, Norway | 360.93 | 11 |
| 96 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 352.54 | 1 |
| (96) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 352.5 | 4 |
| 97 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 348.54 | 13 |
| (97) | 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 | 341.83 | 10 |
| (97) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 335.6 | 1 |
| (97) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 335.6 | 1 |
| 98 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 330.44 | 7 |
| (98) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 330.44 | 7 |
| 99 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 327.16 | 14 |
| 100 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 326.75 | 5 |
| (100) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 325.66 | 9 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 318.5 | 13 |
| 102 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 312.01 | 10 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 311 | 10 |
| (103) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 310.33 | 1 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 306.66 | 18 |
| (104) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 304.99 | 12 |
| 105 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 299.26 | 10 |
| (105) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 291.58 | 9 |
| 106 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 291.58 | 9 |
| 107 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 291.49 | 9 |
| 108 | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 290.25 | 5 |
| 109 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 286.44 | 50 |
| 110 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 283.5 | 14 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 279.66 | 10 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 278.03 | 14 |
| 113 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 276.33 | 10 |
| 114 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 272.41 | 4 |
| 115 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 272.41 | 19 |
| 116 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 270.29 | 19 |
| (116) | Macroeconomics and Growth Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 269.33 | 2 |
| (116) | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "S. Cognetti de Martiis", Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 267.29 | 5 |
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