| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 48897.28 | 209 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 26359.23 | 156 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 11228.8 | 161 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 9258.16 | 67 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 9146.16 | 36 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7063.5 | 27 |
| 7 | CESifo | München, Germany | 5734.99 | 38 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5622.88 | 27 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5570.16 | 22 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5564.74 | 24 |
| 11 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5410.01 | 93 |
| 12 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5338.66 | 13 |
| 13 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5327.25 | 22 |
| (13) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4864 | 19 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 4759.08 | 23 |
| 15 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 4727.16 | 55 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4585.25 | 13 |
| (15) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4230.91 | 26 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4056.26 | 24 |
| 17 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4039.75 | 11 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 3901.58 | 29 |
| 19 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3857.79 | 65 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3732.58 | 17 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3700.9 | 25 |
| 22 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3653.06 | 32 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3591.99 | 13 |
| 24 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3577.56 | 30 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3493.11 | 20 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3429.68 | 24 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 3427.24 | 18 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3372.33 | 19 |
| (28) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3351.16 | 19 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3305.38 | 21 |
| 30 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3232.74 | 12 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3218.91 | 25 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3168.61 | 11 |
| 33 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3134.06 | 26 |
| 34 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3093.06 | 38 |
| 35 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3055.06 | 16 |
| 36 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3036.68 | 16 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3015.26 | 23 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 2962.66 | 27 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 2905.25 | 29 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2839.66 | 14 |
| 41 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2783.46 | 20 |
| 42 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2781.89 | 44 |
| 43 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 2709.99 | 14 |
| 44 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2643.95 | 29 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2641.08 | 15 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2610.91 | 21 |
| 47 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2602.33 | 24 |
| 48 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2541.86 | 16 |
| 49 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2528.16 | 7 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 2511.66 | 9 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2491.41 | 15 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2374.25 | 19 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 2369.76 | 30 |
| 54 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 2294.49 | 22 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 2244.66 | 23 |
| 56 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2242.16 | 8 |
| (56) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2242.16 | 8 |
| (56) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2231.58 | 15 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 2195.16 | 14 |
| 58 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2182.08 | 21 |
| 59 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 2169.24 | 25 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2167.08 | 20 |
| 61 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2132 | 12 |
| 62 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2062.26 | 22 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2053.33 | 18 |
| (63) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2032.44 | 15 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2018 | 10 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1989.86 | 10 |
| 66 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1987 | 17 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 1974.08 | 6 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1946.75 | 16 |
| 69 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1901.48 | 10 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 1869.41 | 15 |
| 71 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1856 | 16 |
| 72 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1827.58 | 32 |
| 73 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1808.49 | 7 |
| 74 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1760.1 | 8 |
| 75 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1756.75 | 11 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1750.33 | 10 |
| 77 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1728.33 | 8 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1712.66 | 9 |
| 79 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1697.83 | 19 |
| 80 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1669.99 | 11 |
| (80) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1663.93 | 14 |
| 81 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1657.66 | 11 |
| 82 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 1636.08 | 16 |
| 83 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1623.99 | 8 |
| 84 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1619.33 | 3 |
| (84) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1618.99 | 7 |
| 85 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1570.99 | 5 |
| (85) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1568.41 | 11 |
| 86 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 1567.99 | 14 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1544.91 | 14 |
| 88 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1540.5 | 6 |
| (88) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1536 | 6 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1535.33 | 18 |
| 90 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1501.41 | 9 |
| 91 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 1492.41 | 9 |
| 92 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1489 | 7 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1485.33 | 8 |
| (93) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1483.16 | 6 |
| 94 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1482.94 | 19 |
| 95 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1469.73 | 13 |
| (95) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1468.33 | 9 |
| 96 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1461.02 | 4 |
| (96) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1461.02 | 4 |
| 97 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1448.55 | 19 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 1433.66 | 13 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1431.58 | 18 |
| 100 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1429.5 | 7 |
| 101 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1410.54 | 15 |
| 102 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 1391.33 | 13 |
| (102) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1385.66 | 11 |
| (102) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1380.26 | 16 |
| (102) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1366.41 | 24 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1358.41 | 10 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, University of St Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 1356.49 | 10 |
| 105 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1352.58 | 12 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1341.83 | 13 |
| 107 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 1316.91 | 17 |
| 108 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1313 | 37 |
| 109 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1287.16 | 5 |
| 110 | School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester | Manchester, United Kingdom | 1282.91 | 10 |
| 111 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1275.53 | 7 |
| (111) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1275.53 | 7 |
| (111) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1274.66 | 10 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1269.91 | 8 |
| 113 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 1269.33 | 18 |
| (113) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1268.83 | 5 |
| (113) | 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 | 1246.25 | 10 |
| (113) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1245.58 | 9 |
| 114 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1245.58 | 9 |
| 115 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 1244.91 | 14 |
| 116 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 1237.16 | 19 |
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