| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 24590.23 | 209 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 8868.72 | 156 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4623.64 | 36 |
| 4 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 3285.01 | 161 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3012.31 | 22 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2933.94 | 67 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2897.22 | 27 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2837.96 | 27 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2467.86 | 24 |
| 10 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2462.51 | 13 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2135.76 | 22 |
| 12 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2055.53 | 24 |
| 13 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2014.35 | 11 |
| 14 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1897.03 | 93 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1868.64 | 13 |
| (14) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1761.63 | 19 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1646.46 | 21 |
| 16 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1611.6 | 16 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1610.19 | 20 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1595.6 | 13 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1520.65 | 25 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1519.98 | 11 |
| (20) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1492.17 | 26 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1486.4 | 17 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1458.05 | 23 |
| 23 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1437.66 | 19 |
| 24 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1410.01 | 30 |
| 25 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1395.42 | 15 |
| 26 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1383.44 | 38 |
| 27 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1354.42 | 32 |
| 28 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1349.96 | 55 |
| 29 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1279.25 | 16 |
| (29) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1270.89 | 19 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1270.11 | 15 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1263.5 | 29 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1231.97 | 24 |
| 33 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1176.41 | 26 |
| 34 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1132.58 | 29 |
| 35 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1073.95 | 25 |
| 36 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1037.84 | 12 |
| 37 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1020.94 | 12 |
| 38 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1006.74 | 17 |
| 39 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 983.73 | 7 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 967.12 | 23 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 933.85 | 21 |
| 42 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 921.48 | 65 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 897.3 | 20 |
| (43) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 837.38 | 11 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 820.56 | 20 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 816.45 | 18 |
| 46 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 811.15 | 25 |
| 47 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 809.99 | 16 |
| (47) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 802.66 | 15 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 789.65 | 18 |
| 49 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 783.94 | 11 |
| (49) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 774.18 | 3 |
| 50 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 746.91 | 8 |
| 51 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 728.83 | 22 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 711.75 | 10 |
| 53 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 703.22 | 14 |
| (53) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 700.07 | 15 |
| 54 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 694.16 | 5 |
| 55 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 692.94 | 21 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 676.6 | 27 |
| (56) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 674.72 | 3 |
| 57 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 669.81 | 24 |
| 58 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 668.12 | 15 |
| 59 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 663.49 | 9 |
| 60 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 655.15 | 3 |
| 61 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 654.9 | 8 |
| (61) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 654.9 | 8 |
| 62 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 648.88 | 16 |
| 63 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 647.56 | 6 |
| 64 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 639.3 | 12 |
| 65 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 632.35 | 7 |
| (65) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 631.73 | 14 |
| (65) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 625.57 | 6 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 620.84 | 19 |
| 67 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 614.32 | 11 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 608.4 | 19 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 602.34 | 18 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 586.07 | 14 |
| 71 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 573.55 | 8 |
| (71) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 572.87 | 11 |
| (71) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 571.4 | 24 |
| (71) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 571.17 | 7 |
| 72 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 570.83 | 7 |
| 73 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 566.9 | 32 |
| 74 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 552.56 | 6 |
| 75 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 551.56 | 44 |
| (75) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 530.03 | 3 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 529.26 | 29 |
| 77 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 522.68 | 10 |
| (77) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 511.35 | 2 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 509.46 | 9 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 508.92 | 16 |
| 80 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 483.85 | 38 |
| 81 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 479.14 | 8 |
| (81) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 470.19 | 1 |
| (81) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 453.76 | 8 |
| (81) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 450.24 | 5 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 445.86 | 8 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 441.48 | 13 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 441.32 | 10 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 437.72 | 10 |
| 86 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 436.69 | 5 |
| (86) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 427.71 | 3 |
| 87 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 426.74 | 19 |
| 88 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 426.11 | 9 |
| 89 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 419.48 | 11 |
| 90 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 414.11 | 16 |
| (90) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 405.58 | 3 |
| 91 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 391.66 | 11 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 388.53 | 6 |
| (92) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 388.46 | 12 |
| 93 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 387.24 | 3 |
| 94 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 382.7 | 14 |
| (94) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 382.28 | 7 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 375.68 | 15 |
| (95) | 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 | 368.9 | 10 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 367.89 | 13 |
| 97 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 351.51 | 14 |
| 98 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 351.11 | 38 |
| 99 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 348.52 | 14 |
| 100 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 344.89 | 14 |
| 101 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 344.67 | 6 |
| 102 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 342.61 | 9 |
| 103 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 337.37 | 8 |
| (103) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 331.4 | 7 |
| (103) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 329.38 | 1 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 328.1 | 24 |
| (104) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 324.19 | 4 |
| 105 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 322.52 | 14 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 320.93 | 8 |
| (106) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 320.91 | 15 |
| 107 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 320.91 | 15 |
| 108 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 319.07 | 9 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 314.19 | 23 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 314.12 | 18 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Tufts University | Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 313.78 | 13 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 309.74 | 18 |
| 113 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 308.86 | 26 |
| 114 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 307.97 | 5 |
| 115 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 304.37 | 7 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 302.21 | 14 |
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