| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 15004.24 | 209 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 3294 | 156 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3127.21 | 36 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2146.16 | 24 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1988.31 | 27 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1713.45 | 11 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1605.5 | 22 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1492.08 | 27 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1489.06 | 13 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1179.19 | 22 |
| 11 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1178.99 | 15 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1178.34 | 16 |
| 13 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1113.83 | 29 |
| 14 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1111.53 | 67 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1028.78 | 21 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 978.51 | 13 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 916 | 20 |
| 17 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 906.9 | 161 |
| 18 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 895.95 | 93 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 875.49 | 11 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 870.98 | 17 |
| 21 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 806.52 | 16 |
| 22 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 770.98 | 11 |
| (22) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 767.1 | 11 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 756.06 | 25 |
| (23) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 755.62 | 26 |
| 24 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 752.84 | 30 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 739.01 | 15 |
| (25) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 718.46 | 19 |
| 26 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 675.27 | 12 |
| 27 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 655.2 | 13 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 648.53 | 19 |
| 29 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 639.17 | 8 |
| (29) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 639.04 | 7 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 636.01 | 23 |
| (30) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 598.38 | 5 |
| 31 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 592.32 | 7 |
| (31) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 579.78 | 15 |
| 32 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 563.13 | 24 |
| 33 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 556.9 | 20 |
| 34 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 522.28 | 3 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 513.1 | 20 |
| 36 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 484.84 | 11 |
| 37 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 474.41 | 26 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 457.63 | 24 |
| (38) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 457.11 | 3 |
| 39 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 453.51 | 16 |
| 40 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 439.46 | 25 |
| 41 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 428.79 | 12 |
| 42 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 426.88 | 32 |
| (42) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 421.39 | 19 |
| 43 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 420.58 | 32 |
| (43) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 419.99 | 15 |
| 44 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 405.93 | 55 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 385.77 | 15 |
| 46 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 381.69 | 17 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 381.22 | 18 |
| 48 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 380.66 | 6 |
| 49 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 372.94 | 7 |
| 50 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 360.6 | 65 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 351.92 | 29 |
| (51) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 344.91 | 7 |
| 52 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 344.66 | 11 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 342.09 | 10 |
| (53) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 335.27 | 6 |
| 54 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 316.88 | 8 |
| (54) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 316.2 | 4 |
| 55 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 315.18 | 19 |
| 56 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 308.33 | 8 |
| (56) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 302.87 | 14 |
| (56) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 300.14 | 8 |
| 57 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 298.09 | 6 |
| 58 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 297.49 | 25 |
| (58) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 296.94 | 5 |
| (58) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 293.55 | 3 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 289.8 | 21 |
| (59) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 275.6 | 3 |
| 60 | CESifo | München, Germany | 273.36 | 38 |
| 61 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 265.22 | 22 |
| (61) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 248.73 | 24 |
| 62 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 246.86 | 6 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 245.87 | 27 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 245.6 | 23 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 244.46 | 9 |
| 66 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 242.8 | 6 |
| (66) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 239.98 | 3 |
| 67 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 239.77 | 7 |
| (67) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 236.66 | 2 |
| 68 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 229.63 | 16 |
| 69 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 228.24 | 6 |
| 70 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 226.06 | 5 |
| 71 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 222.15 | 7 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 212.8 | 18 |
| (72) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 212.37 | 5 |
| 73 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 210.59 | 3 |
| (73) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 201.17 | 1 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 200.76 | 16 |
| (74) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 198.57 | 1 |
| 75 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 196.48 | 21 |
| (75) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 195.68 | 3 |
| (75) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 189.59 | 4 |
| 76 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 174.61 | 14 |
| 77 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 173.97 | 10 |
| 78 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 172.66 | 4 |
| 79 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 171.74 | 7 |
| 80 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 171.4 | 6 |
| 81 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 170.5 | 24 |
| (81) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 170.48 | 12 |
| (81) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 167.66 | 1 |
| (81) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 167.66 | 1 |
| 82 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 167.61 | 7 |
| (82) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 167.61 | 7 |
| 83 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 166.14 | 1 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 163.33 | 5 |
| (84) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 163.12 | 3 |
| 85 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 158.21 | 16 |
| (85) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 154.11 | 7 |
| 86 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 152.84 | 44 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 152.72 | 8 |
| 88 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 150.56 | 9 |
| 89 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 150.25 | 7 |
| (89) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 148.16 | 3 |
| (89) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 147.23 | 11 |
| 90 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 144.16 | 11 |
| (90) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 143.5 | 7 |
| (90) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 141.54 | 1 |
| 91 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 138.82 | 10 |
| (91) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 138.03 | 9 |
| 92 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 138.03 | 9 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 137.77 | 19 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 137.07 | 14 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 132.62 | 10 |
| 96 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 130.3 | 38 |
| (96) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 129.38 | 4 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 129.07 | 24 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 128.61 | 18 |
| 99 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 128.34 | 4 |
| 100 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 128.02 | 3 |
| 101 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 125.7 | 14 |
| (101) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 125.7 | 9 |
| 102 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 123.25 | 6 |
| 103 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 123 | 12 |
| (103) | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 121.47 | 2 |
| 104 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 119.72 | 38 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 118.97 | 29 |
| 106 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 116.21 | 14 |
| 107 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 115.5 | 8 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 115.5 | 13 |
| 109 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 115.3 | 4 |
| 110 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 113.71 | 14 |
| 111 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 110.84 | 5 |
| 112 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 110.68 | 9 |
| (112) | 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 | 110.05 | 10 |
| 113 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 107.34 | 13 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 105.19 | 9 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 104.16 | 14 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 103.48 | 2 |
| (116) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 101.67 | 16 |
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