| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 77616 | 209 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 42805 | 156 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 17791 | 161 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 14133 | 67 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 13520 | 36 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 11587 | 27 |
| 7 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 9439 | 93 |
| 8 | CESifo | München, Germany | 9115 | 38 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 8637 | 27 |
| 10 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 8362 | 24 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8341 | 22 |
| 12 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 8139 | 55 |
| 13 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8013 | 22 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 7847 | 23 |
| 15 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 7693 | 13 |
| (15) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 7159 | 19 |
| 16 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 7021 | 65 |
| (16) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6989 | 13 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6696 | 24 |
| (17) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 6512 | 26 |
| 18 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 6450 | 32 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 6115 | 29 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 5991 | 24 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 5893 | 20 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 5856 | 18 |
| (22) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 5813 | 19 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 5627 | 25 |
| 24 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 5605 | 30 |
| 25 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5594 | 26 |
| 26 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5567 | 11 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5518 | 13 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 5336 | 19 |
| 29 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5326 | 38 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5224 | 17 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 5112 | 25 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5075 | 21 |
| 33 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5068 | 16 |
| 34 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5058 | 44 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 5015 | 11 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 4978 | 23 |
| 37 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4969 | 12 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 4838 | 29 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4616 | 15 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4602 | 15 |
| 41 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4505 | 16 |
| 42 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 4423 | 27 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 4398 | 14 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 4382 | 21 |
| 45 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 4308 | 16 |
| 46 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 4241 | 14 |
| 47 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 4187 | 24 |
| 48 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 4175 | 20 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4089 | 29 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 3961 | 19 |
| 51 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 3937 | 22 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 3771 | 9 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 3718 | 23 |
| 54 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 3704 | 25 |
| 55 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 3700 | 21 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 3645 | 20 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 3583 | 30 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3571 | 16 |
| 59 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3570 | 7 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 3544 | 18 |
| 61 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 3535 | 22 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 3485 | 8 |
| 63 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 3439 | 8 |
| (63) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 3439 | 8 |
| 64 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3346 | 12 |
| 65 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 3257 | 6 |
| (65) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 3239 | 15 |
| 66 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 3212 | 19 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 3177 | 17 |
| 68 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 3128 | 8 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 3117 | 14 |
| (69) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3115 | 15 |
| 70 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 3077 | 16 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 3013 | 10 |
| 72 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 2996 | 11 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 2995 | 10 |
| (73) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 2971 | 6 |
| 74 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2949 | 7 |
| 75 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2939 | 32 |
| 76 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2874 | 9 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 2815 | 18 |
| (77) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2789 | 14 |
| 78 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 2772 | 9 |
| 79 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2759 | 8 |
| (79) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2749 | 7 |
| 80 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 2743 | 14 |
| 81 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2741 | 3 |
| (81) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2710 | 24 |
| 82 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2620 | 15 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 2617 | 15 |
| 84 | Economics Department, Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | 2616 | 9 |
| (84) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2611 | 11 |
| 85 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 2607 | 13 |
| 86 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 2589 | 10 |
| 87 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2569 | 34 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2535 | 8 |
| 89 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 2531 | 17 |
| 90 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2529 | 11 |
| 91 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 2509 | 37 |
| (91) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2429 | 9 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 2408 | 13 |
| (92) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2401 | 6 |
| 93 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 2399 | 16 |
| (93) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2388 | 16 |
| 94 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2376 | 11 |
| 95 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montreal, Canada | 2374 | 14 |
| 96 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 2365 | 19 |
| (96) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 2362 | 11 |
| 97 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2346 | 12 |
| 98 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 2344 | 10 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2334 | 10 |
| (99) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 2274 | 10 |
| 100 | School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester | Manchester, United Kingdom | 2267 | 10 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 2251 | 18 |
| 102 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2249 | 6 |
| 102 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2249 | 7 |
| 104 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 2233 | 18 |
| 105 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 2231 | 4 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 2231 | 24 |
| (105) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 2231 | 4 |
| 107 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 2229 | 19 |
| (107) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2223 | 3 |
| 108 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 2203 | 13 |
| (108) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 2189 | 15 |
| 108 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 2189 | 15 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 2173 | 13 |
| 111 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2167 | 7 |
| (111) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2164 | 9 |
| 111 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2164 | 9 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 2130 | 8 |
| (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 | 2124 | 10 |
| 114 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 2103 | 18 |
| 115 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 2095 | 19 |
| 116 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2084 | 5 |
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