| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 25428.29 | 210 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 9063.56 | 158 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 4739.27 | 37 |
| 4 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 3341.19 | 164 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3110.64 | 22 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3038.47 | 69 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2963.27 | 29 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2939.78 | 28 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2572.85 | 24 |
| 10 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2508.67 | 13 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2192 | 22 |
| 12 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2092.69 | 23 |
| 13 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2048.41 | 11 |
| 14 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1964.05 | 97 |
| (14) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1916.48 | 13 |
| (14) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1826.56 | 20 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 1730.23 | 25 |
| 16 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1703.36 | 22 |
| 17 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1650.5 | 16 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 1634.37 | 21 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1634.09 | 14 |
| (19) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1540.69 | 26 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1532.11 | 19 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1523.27 | 11 |
| 22 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 1502.8 | 19 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1459.15 | 24 |
| 24 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1417.21 | 30 |
| 25 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1412.31 | 38 |
| 26 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1396.51 | 16 |
| 27 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1392.72 | 55 |
| 28 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1383.75 | 33 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1361.3 | 30 |
| 30 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1343.08 | 16 |
| (30) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1301.87 | 19 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1231.43 | 24 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1220.06 | 15 |
| 33 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1147.14 | 25 |
| 34 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1109.18 | 30 |
| 35 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1107.57 | 26 |
| 36 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1062.62 | 11 |
| 37 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1047.43 | 13 |
| 38 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1039.41 | 17 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1026.49 | 23 |
| 40 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1007.72 | 7 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 965.34 | 21 |
| 42 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 960.7 | 69 |
| 43 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 861.86 | 21 |
| 44 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 848.45 | 23 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 844.68 | 20 |
| 46 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 843.73 | 17 |
| 47 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 832.57 | 25 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 820.34 | 15 |
| 49 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 813.98 | 11 |
| (49) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 796.99 | 11 |
| 50 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 796.16 | 15 |
| (50) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 792.99 | 3 |
| (50) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 792.49 | 15 |
| 51 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 765.79 | 8 |
| 52 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 765.62 | 8 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 739.9 | 10 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 711.87 | 27 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 709.89 | 17 |
| 56 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 704.6 | 5 |
| 57 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 693.62 | 21 |
| (57) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 689.82 | 3 |
| 58 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 684.38 | 23 |
| 59 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 683.87 | 7 |
| 60 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 679.3 | 16 |
| (60) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 673.1 | 7 |
| 61 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 672.91 | 8 |
| (61) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 672.91 | 8 |
| 62 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 671.64 | 3 |
| (62) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 669.74 | 16 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 666.84 | 9 |
| 64 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 663.3 | 12 |
| 65 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 652.43 | 7 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 647.62 | 20 |
| 67 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 641.77 | 11 |
| (67) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 640.92 | 6 |
| 68 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 634.55 | 15 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 627.69 | 19 |
| 70 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 612.18 | 32 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 611.45 | 18 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 610.92 | 17 |
| (72) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 601.78 | 11 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 599.96 | 14 |
| (73) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 589.51 | 13 |
| 74 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 585.79 | 7 |
| (74) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 583.73 | 25 |
| 75 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 570.65 | 39 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 570.58 | 30 |
| 77 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 563.91 | 7 |
| 78 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 562.52 | 45 |
| 79 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 562.02 | 8 |
| (79) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 559.36 | 7 |
| (79) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 537.14 | 3 |
| 80 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 532.2 | 10 |
| (80) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 522.45 | 2 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 520.44 | 9 |
| 82 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 479.93 | 6 |
| (82) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 477.8 | 1 |
| (82) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 468.79 | 5 |
| 83 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 459.2 | 11 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 457.38 | 13 |
| 85 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 457.17 | 15 |
| 86 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 449.27 | 10 |
| 87 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 448.65 | 10 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 447.47 | 8 |
| 89 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 443.71 | 9 |
| 90 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 436.17 | 20 |
| (90) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 435.76 | 4 |
| (90) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 430.64 | 8 |
| 91 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 423.53 | 16 |
| (91) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 419.91 | 5 |
| 92 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 402.93 | 11 |
| 93 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 393.12 | 6 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 389.74 | 13 |
| (94) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 385.87 | 12 |
| (94) | 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 | 385.32 | 11 |
| 95 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 384.97 | 3 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 383.38 | 15 |
| 97 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 362.75 | 15 |
| 98 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 360.97 | 5 |
| 99 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 352.34 | 38 |
| 100 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 352.08 | 14 |
| 101 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 351.34 | 6 |
| (101) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 351.02 | 7 |
| 102 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 346.21 | 9 |
| 103 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 337.34 | 15 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 334.12 | 23 |
| (104) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 333.4 | 1 |
| (104) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 332.84 | 4 |
| 105 | Department of Economics, Tufts University | Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 327.32 | 13 |
| (105) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 326.43 | 15 |
| 106 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 326.43 | 15 |
| 107 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 324.73 | 8 |
| 108 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 324.1 | 9 |
| 109 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 321.31 | 18 |
| 110 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 320.65 | 7 |
| 111 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 320.4 | 27 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 320.02 | 14 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 315.79 | 18 |
| (113) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 311.64 | 17 |
| 114 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 310.81 | 7 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 309.53 | 22 |
| (115) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 309.29 | 5 |
| (115) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 308.16 | 3 |
| 116 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 306.6 | 8 |
| (116) | Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 306.42 | 2 |
| 117 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 305.12 | 19 |
| 118 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 300.26 | 14 |
| 119 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität | Bonn, Germany | 296.26 | 14 |
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