| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 25708.3 | 209 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 6153.88 | 156 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4794.63 | 36 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4024.79 | 24 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3839.53 | 27 |
| 6 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2628.6 | 22 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2385.38 | 27 |
| 8 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2331.05 | 11 |
| 9 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2186.93 | 22 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2177.71 | 13 |
| 11 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2123.54 | 15 |
| 12 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1901.27 | 29 |
| 13 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1839.35 | 67 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1835.03 | 20 |
| 15 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1811.16 | 93 |
| 16 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1809.63 | 16 |
| (16) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1739.86 | 13 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1697.38 | 11 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1686.15 | 15 |
| 19 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 1540.09 | 161 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1487.54 | 21 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1404.59 | 17 |
| 22 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1402.82 | 16 |
| (22) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1289.49 | 11 |
| (22) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1257.65 | 26 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1210.2 | 25 |
| 24 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1193.92 | 30 |
| (24) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1133.74 | 19 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1125.02 | 23 |
| 26 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1091.75 | 8 |
| (26) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1091.63 | 7 |
| 27 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1033.44 | 12 |
| (27) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1010.89 | 5 |
| 28 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 991.41 | 19 |
| 29 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 967.34 | 13 |
| 30 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 962.7 | 26 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 960.81 | 20 |
| 32 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 943.27 | 32 |
| 33 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 926.56 | 24 |
| 34 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 922.67 | 11 |
| 35 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 917.01 | 25 |
| 36 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 910.81 | 20 |
| 37 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 902.71 | 24 |
| (37) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 897.41 | 15 |
| 38 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 883.61 | 16 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 865.15 | 15 |
| 40 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 835.14 | 18 |
| 41 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 809.9 | 3 |
| 42 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 776.78 | 7 |
| 43 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 772.27 | 65 |
| (43) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 767.48 | 4 |
| (43) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 764.38 | 3 |
| 44 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 749.77 | 11 |
| 45 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 740.53 | 12 |
| 46 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 727.57 | 32 |
| 47 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 719.75 | 55 |
| (47) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 715.28 | 19 |
| 48 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 712.33 | 11 |
| (48) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 709.08 | 8 |
| (48) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 671.93 | 7 |
| 49 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 663.13 | 7 |
| (49) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 655.71 | 15 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 642.78 | 10 |
| 51 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 609.4 | 17 |
| (51) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 608.87 | 14 |
| (51) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 605.52 | 6 |
| 52 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 594.78 | 25 |
| (52) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 589.43 | 24 |
| 53 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 585.26 | 8 |
| 54 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 571.7 | 6 |
| 55 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 558.55 | 6 |
| 56 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 555.69 | 6 |
| 57 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 545.72 | 8 |
| (57) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 538.37 | 3 |
| 58 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 532.61 | 19 |
| 59 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 530.29 | 22 |
| (59) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 515.99 | 3 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 515.09 | 29 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 513.23 | 21 |
| 62 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 509.7 | 9 |
| 63 | CESifo | München, Germany | 502.13 | 38 |
| (63) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 446.76 | 5 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 444.52 | 16 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 440.96 | 23 |
| (65) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 422.84 | 2 |
| (65) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 420.66 | 5 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 414.23 | 7 |
| 67 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 411.11 | 21 |
| 68 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 403.27 | 7 |
| 69 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 382.46 | 3 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 351.81 | 6 |
| (70) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 351.49 | 3 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 348.97 | 6 |
| (71) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 343.97 | 12 |
| 72 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 341.25 | 1 |
| (72) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 339.96 | 1 |
| (72) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 339.96 | 1 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 337.64 | 8 |
| 74 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 333.97 | 44 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 332.18 | 27 |
| 76 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 329.85 | 7 |
| (76) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 329.85 | 7 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 316.34 | 18 |
| 78 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 311.5 | 5 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 311.05 | 5 |
| (79) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 309.29 | 4 |
| 80 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 308.21 | 14 |
| (80) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 300.58 | 3 |
| (80) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 297.68 | 1 |
| 81 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 296.25 | 24 |
| 82 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 293.83 | 10 |
| 83 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 285.51 | 7 |
| 84 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 284.02 | 16 |
| (84) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 282.14 | 1 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 280.49 | 24 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 278.78 | 14 |
| 87 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 275.98 | 3 |
| 88 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 271.94 | 7 |
| 89 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 268.84 | 38 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 268.48 | 19 |
| 91 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 266.25 | 6 |
| (91) | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 265.87 | 2 |
| 92 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 265.51 | 16 |
| (92) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 264.84 | 7 |
| 93 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 263.43 | 11 |
| 94 | Program in Economic Growth and Policy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 259.79 | 4 |
| (94) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 259.15 | 9 |
| 95 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 259.15 | 9 |
| (95) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 258.68 | 1 |
| (95) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 257.77 | 4 |
| 96 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 253.94 | 9 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 247.66 | 10 |
| (97) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 246.48 | 11 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 240.04 | 18 |
| 99 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 239.9 | 14 |
| (99) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 239.9 | 9 |
| 100 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 235.35 | 38 |
| 101 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 235.02 | 12 |
| (101) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 230.17 | 3 |
| 102 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 222.47 | 10 |
| 103 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 221.53 | 8 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 221.18 | 29 |
| (104) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 217.48 | 15 |
| 105 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 217.48 | 15 |
| 106 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 217.03 | 5 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 213.02 | 13 |
| 108 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 211.99 | 9 |
| (108) | 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 | 207.38 | 10 |
| 109 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 205.82 | 5 |
| (109) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 204.73 | 3 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 203.96 | 2 |
| 111 | Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 200.23 | 15 |
| 112 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 193.41 | 14 |
| (112) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 192.81 | 16 |
| (112) | Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique (DEEP), Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 191.56 | 10 |
| 113 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 190.89 | 13 |
| 114 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 187.55 | 14 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, George Washington University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 182.76 | 10 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 181.87 | 11 |
| (116) | Economic and Political Sciences Area, Institut Européen d'Administration (INSEAD) | Fontainebleau, France | 181.29 | 5 |
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