| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 53547.69 | 210 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 12288.63 | 158 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 11229.73 | 37 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7590.7 | 24 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6714.59 | 29 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 6126.93 | 11 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5755.53 | 22 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5658.32 | 28 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5499.14 | 14 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4616.72 | 69 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4198.71 | 22 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3993.92 | 16 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3776.14 | 22 |
| 14 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3678.52 | 16 |
| 15 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3676.97 | 30 |
| 16 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 3664.75 | 164 |
| 17 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3528.17 | 97 |
| (17) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3506.76 | 13 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3320.97 | 25 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3237.73 | 21 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3176.03 | 11 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3158.06 | 19 |
| (21) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3102.51 | 26 |
| (21) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3001.61 | 20 |
| 22 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2829.31 | 11 |
| 23 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2797.88 | 16 |
| 24 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2696.47 | 13 |
| 25 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2496.54 | 30 |
| 26 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2437.3 | 19 |
| 27 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2434.25 | 13 |
| (27) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2365.05 | 11 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2289.86 | 15 |
| 29 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2242.53 | 23 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2172.56 | 24 |
| 31 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2118.04 | 7 |
| (31) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1991.33 | 5 |
| 32 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1970.25 | 3 |
| 33 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1913.3 | 8 |
| (33) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1912.57 | 7 |
| (33) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1869.94 | 15 |
| 34 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1867.34 | 21 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1838.45 | 20 |
| 36 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1709.85 | 26 |
| 37 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1696.3 | 32 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1684.61 | 24 |
| 39 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1653.19 | 11 |
| 40 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1643.85 | 17 |
| 41 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1593.93 | 11 |
| 42 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1591.42 | 25 |
| 43 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1579.35 | 33 |
| 44 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1577.6 | 55 |
| (44) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1552.81 | 19 |
| (44) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1542.41 | 3 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1537.29 | 30 |
| 46 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1469.51 | 7 |
| (46) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1445.34 | 16 |
| 47 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1401.08 | 7 |
| 48 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1370.8 | 8 |
| 49 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1364.53 | 17 |
| 50 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1351.05 | 69 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1349.09 | 18 |
| (51) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1285.25 | 5 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1252.33 | 10 |
| 53 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1252.16 | 11 |
| 54 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1243.66 | 15 |
| (54) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1237.78 | 7 |
| 55 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1234.77 | 23 |
| (55) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1214.95 | 6 |
| (55) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1165.85 | 5 |
| 56 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1162.14 | 25 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1156.92 | 23 |
| 58 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1112.95 | 6 |
| 59 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1094.18 | 38 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1089.29 | 21 |
| (60) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1059.53 | 5 |
| 61 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1056.42 | 8 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1049.14 | 20 |
| 63 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 1048.03 | 16 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1017.35 | 17 |
| (64) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 987.62 | 8 |
| (64) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 980.31 | 3 |
| (64) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 915.08 | 25 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 896.27 | 27 |
| (65) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 871.45 | 3 |
| 66 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 864.37 | 6 |
| (66) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 862.98 | 13 |
| 67 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 853.77 | 16 |
| 68 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 852.31 | 21 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 834.84 | 6 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 811.11 | 7 |
| 71 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 801.76 | 7 |
| (71) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 798.03 | 11 |
| 72 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 795.99 | 5 |
| 73 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 794.39 | 9 |
| (73) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 788.98 | 7 |
| (73) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 787.56 | 2 |
| (73) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 783.46 | 4 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 755.27 | 15 |
| 75 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 727.27 | 7 |
| 76 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 722.22 | 15 |
| (76) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 722.19 | 5 |
| 77 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 703.42 | 3 |
| (77) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 695.74 | 1 |
| 78 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 682.52 | 23 |
| 79 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 652.18 | 6 |
| 80 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 632.55 | 7 |
| (80) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 631.57 | 1 |
| (80) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 630.37 | 3 |
| 81 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 622.6 | 7 |
| 82 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 611.12 | 5 |
| (82) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 604.47 | 1 |
| (82) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 604.47 | 1 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 598.83 | 5 |
| 84 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 594.52 | 11 |
| (84) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 592.5 | 4 |
| (84) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 580.45 | 4 |
| 85 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 580.34 | 39 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 578.75 | 8 |
| (86) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 574.52 | 12 |
| 87 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 573.39 | 45 |
| (87) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 565.16 | 3 |
| 88 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 547.86 | 1 |
| 89 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 544.23 | 11 |
| 90 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 527.98 | 10 |
| 91 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 520.33 | 15 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 511.8 | 30 |
| (92) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 507.62 | 1 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 501.16 | 19 |
| (93) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 492.91 | 9 |
| 94 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 492.91 | 9 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 491.07 | 23 |
| 96 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 489.29 | 38 |
| 97 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 485.39 | 6 |
| 98 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 481.14 | 14 |
| (98) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 481.05 | 9 |
| 99 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 480.46 | 8 |
| (99) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 480.46 | 8 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 476.06 | 14 |
| (100) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 465.54 | 7 |
| 101 | Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 464.45 | 13 |
| 102 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 463.22 | 7 |
| (102) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 463.22 | 7 |
| (102) | 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 | 461.21 | 11 |
| 103 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 459.09 | 9 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 456.75 | 13 |
| 105 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 449.95 | 3 |
| 106 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 449.71 | 10 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 437.47 | 10 |
| 108 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 432.67 | 1 |
| 109 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 426.25 | 12 |
| 110 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 425.62 | 6 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 423.88 | 17 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 409.18 | 9 |
| 113 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 408.25 | 6 |
| 114 | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 407.63 | 6 |
| 115 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 403.29 | 5 |
| (115) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 403.18 | 17 |
| 116 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 399.11 | 5 |
| 117 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 384.01 | 14 |
| (117) | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "S. Cognetti de Martiis", Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Torino | Torino, Italy | 374.28 | 5 |
| 118 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 372.74 | 14 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 370.51 | 10 |
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