| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 50506.28 | 210 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 26539.4 | 158 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 11216.39 | 164 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 9360.84 | 69 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 9195.16 | 37 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7094 | 29 |
| 7 | CESifo | München, Germany | 5760.99 | 38 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5723.61 | 28 |
| 9 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5682.66 | 22 |
| 10 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5651.35 | 97 |
| 11 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5580.08 | 23 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5545.75 | 22 |
| 13 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 5397.49 | 13 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 4975.08 | 23 |
| (14) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4907.18 | 20 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4800.25 | 13 |
| 15 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 4730.16 | 55 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 4378.23 | 25 |
| (16) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4282.25 | 26 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4249.93 | 24 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 4099.91 | 30 |
| 19 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4088.63 | 69 |
| 20 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4039.75 | 11 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3816.75 | 19 |
| 22 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3796.73 | 33 |
| 23 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3584.56 | 30 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3574.66 | 14 |
| 25 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3525.68 | 16 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3496.45 | 21 |
| 27 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3494.56 | 39 |
| (27) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 3485.83 | 19 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 3474.35 | 24 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3465.64 | 22 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 3422.33 | 19 |
| 31 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3302.41 | 26 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 3262.08 | 30 |
| 33 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 3243.99 | 11 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3203.94 | 11 |
| 35 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 3159.33 | 15 |
| 36 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 3131.16 | 27 |
| 37 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3076.06 | 16 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 3058.26 | 24 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3055.08 | 16 |
| 40 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2896.06 | 25 |
| 41 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2888.55 | 21 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 2868.66 | 14 |
| 43 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2841.56 | 45 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 2770.24 | 17 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2743.36 | 30 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 2670.41 | 21 |
| 47 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2614.33 | 23 |
| 48 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2552.16 | 7 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 2544.16 | 9 |
| 50 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2526.86 | 17 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2505.41 | 15 |
| 52 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2405.61 | 23 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 2374.25 | 19 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 2370.26 | 30 |
| (54) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2320.16 | 16 |
| 55 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 2305.16 | 22 |
| 56 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2278.16 | 8 |
| (56) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 2278.16 | 8 |
| 57 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2199.49 | 21 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 2198.66 | 22 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2198.43 | 17 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 2195.5 | 14 |
| 61 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 2191.74 | 25 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2179.83 | 20 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 2135.16 | 10 |
| 64 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2132 | 13 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 2079.16 | 18 |
| 66 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 2033.75 | 7 |
| (66) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2032.44 | 15 |
| 67 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 2019.66 | 17 |
| 68 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1989.86 | 10 |
| 69 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 1976.16 | 15 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 1970.75 | 14 |
| 71 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1943 | 16 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 1935.48 | 10 |
| 73 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1927.24 | 32 |
| 74 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1877.75 | 11 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 1869.41 | 15 |
| 76 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 1863.08 | 20 |
| 77 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1808.49 | 7 |
| 78 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1765.93 | 8 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1755 | 10 |
| 80 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1753.33 | 8 |
| 81 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1730.19 | 20 |
| 82 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1708.5 | 9 |
| 83 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1687.99 | 11 |
| 84 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1668.99 | 8 |
| (84) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1663.99 | 7 |
| 85 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1659.66 | 11 |
| 86 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1645.16 | 8 |
| (86) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1620.41 | 11 |
| 87 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 1606.08 | 16 |
| 88 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1600.16 | 7 |
| 89 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1597 | 3 |
| 90 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1577.99 | 5 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 1563.41 | 14 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1563.08 | 13 |
| (92) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1562 | 6 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 1558.54 | 18 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1510.33 | 8 |
| (94) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1508.16 | 6 |
| 95 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1506.91 | 9 |
| 96 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1502.06 | 14 |
| (96) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1495.33 | 9 |
| (96) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1473.76 | 17 |
| 97 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1471 | 7 |
| 98 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1466.02 | 4 |
| (98) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 1466.02 | 4 |
| 99 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1464.54 | 15 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1446.24 | 15 |
| 101 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1446 | 7 |
| 102 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1441.41 | 10 |
| (102) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1441.16 | 11 |
| (102) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1425.93 | 13 |
| 103 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 1422.05 | 20 |
| 104 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1411.41 | 12 |
| (104) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1396.49 | 7 |
| (104) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1391.75 | 25 |
| 105 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 1391.33 | 13 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 1369.83 | 11 |
| 107 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1338 | 6 |
| 108 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 1337.49 | 18 |
| 109 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 1335.66 | 17 |
| 110 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1332 | 37 |
| (110) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 1306.99 | 11 |
| (110) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1297.08 | 9 |
| 111 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1297.08 | 9 |
| 112 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 1294.58 | 15 |
| (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 | 1289.25 | 11 |
| 113 | School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester | Manchester, United Kingdom | 1289.24 | 10 |
| 114 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 1282.56 | 16 |
| (114) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1281.5 | 5 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | Calgary, Canada | 1276.83 | 9 |
| 116 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1275.53 | 7 |
| (116) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1275.53 | 7 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1269.91 | 8 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, Tufts University | Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 1256.66 | 13 |
| 119 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 1256.58 | 15 |
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