| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 54245 | 209 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 15648 | 156 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 10923 | 36 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8484 | 24 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7919 | 27 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5818 | 67 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5514 | 27 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5432 | 22 |
| 9 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5008 | 11 |
| 10 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4936 | 22 |
| 11 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4759 | 161 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4719 | 13 |
| 13 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4202 | 93 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4140 | 20 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4095 | 13 |
| (14) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3807 | 26 |
| 15 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3786 | 29 |
| (15) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3565 | 19 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3520 | 15 |
| 17 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3382 | 16 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3246 | 25 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3218 | 11 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3198 | 21 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3175 | 17 |
| 22 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2886 | 12 |
| 23 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2866 | 16 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2649 | 15 |
| 25 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2616 | 13 |
| 26 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2595 | 24 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2576 | 19 |
| 28 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2527 | 26 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 2463 | 25 |
| 30 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2388 | 11 |
| 31 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2296 | 30 |
| 32 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2243 | 32 |
| (32) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2206 | 11 |
| 33 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2161 | 65 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2142 | 20 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2100 | 24 |
| 36 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2095 | 55 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2053 | 23 |
| (37) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1995 | 5 |
| 38 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1982 | 3 |
| 39 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1975 | 32 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1954 | 20 |
| (40) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1936 | 19 |
| 41 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1890 | 7 |
| 42 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1859 | 16 |
| 43 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1845 | 7 |
| 44 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1844 | 12 |
| 45 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1806 | 8 |
| (45) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1803 | 7 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1761 | 18 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1724 | 23 |
| 48 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1719 | 22 |
| (48) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1705 | 4 |
| (48) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1640 | 3 |
| (48) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1626 | 15 |
| 49 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1612 | 38 |
| 50 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1587 | 25 |
| 51 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1530 | 6 |
| 52 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1518 | 11 |
| (52) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1506 | 15 |
| 53 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1451 | 15 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1390 | 10 |
| 55 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1382 | 11 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1380 | 16 |
| (56) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1363 | 6 |
| (56) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1350 | 24 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1342 | 29 |
| 58 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1339 | 21 |
| 59 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1289 | 8 |
| 60 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1284 | 6 |
| (60) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1278 | 7 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1259 | 21 |
| 62 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1220 | 14 |
| (62) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1218 | 14 |
| 62 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1218 | 16 |
| (63) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1193 | 8 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1190 | 17 |
| 65 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1189 | 8 |
| (65) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1146 | 3 |
| (65) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1128 | 11 |
| 66 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1114 | 44 |
| (66) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1101 | 4 |
| (66) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1101 | 3 |
| 67 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 1055 | 6 |
| 68 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 1014 | 16 |
| 69 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 997 | 24 |
| 70 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 984 | 38 |
| (70) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 978 | 5 |
| 71 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 960 | 19 |
| 72 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 924 | 7 |
| 73 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 911 | 9 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 905 | 8 |
| (74) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 868 | 2 |
| 75 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 843 | 6 |
| (75) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 837 | 5 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 832 | 27 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 829 | 29 |
| 78 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 814 | 24 |
| 79 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 812 | 14 |
| (79) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 798 | 3 |
| (79) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 795 | 3 |
| 80 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 782 | 8 |
| (80) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 782 | 8 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 777 | 5 |
| 82 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 773 | 7 |
| 83 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 768 | 7 |
| 84 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 758 | 11 |
| 85 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 751 | 9 |
| (85) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 743 | 1 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 735 | 6 |
| 86 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 735 | 5 |
| 88 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 734 | 38 |
| 89 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 733 | 3 |
| 90 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 723 | 1 |
| 91 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 698 | 50 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 691 | 19 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 690 | 18 |
| 94 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 678 | 7 |
| (94) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 673 | 1 |
| (94) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 673 | 1 |
| (94) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 664 | 16 |
| (94) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 640 | 15 |
| 94 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 640 | 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 | 637 | 10 |
| 96 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 634 | 14 |
| 97 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 633 | 6 |
| (97) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 631 | 9 |
| (97) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 628 | 12 |
| 98 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 620 | 5 |
| 99 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 608 | 13 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 604 | 13 |
| 101 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 602 | 7 |
| (101) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 602 | 7 |
| (101) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 595 | 1 |
| 102 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 585 | 4 |
| (102) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 572 | 31 |
| (102) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 568 | 4 |
| (102) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 563 | 9 |
| 102 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 563 | 9 |
| 104 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 556 | 34 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 555 | 18 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 548 | 14 |
| (106) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 544 | 3 |
| 107 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 537 | 19 |
| 108 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 521 | 3 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 514 | 10 |
| 110 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 504 | 9 |
| 111 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 494 | 19 |
| 112 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 488 | 10 |
| 113 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 486 | 12 |
| (113) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 485 | 3 |
| 114 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 475 | 5 |
| 115 | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 461 | 5 |
| 116 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 455 | 14 |
| (116) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 455 | 1 |
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