| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 367144 | 210 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 174594 | 158 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 74564 | 164 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 61610 | 37 |
| 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 56268 | 69 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 50946 | 24 |
| 7 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 49813 | 97 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 45889 | 28 |
| 9 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 42593 | 69 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 42223 | 29 |
| 11 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 33491 | 11 |
| 12 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 33456 | 30 |
| 13 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 32541 | 22 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 31752 | 14 |
| 15 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 30201 | 22 |
| (15) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 29911 | 26 |
| (15) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 29017 | 20 |
| 16 | CESifo | München, Germany | 27830 | 38 |
| 17 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 26881 | 16 |
| 18 | Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 26562 | 20 |
| (18) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 26371 | 13 |
| 19 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 25930 | 45 |
| (19) | Econometria, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 25789 | 13 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 25441 | 25 |
| 21 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 25099 | 13 |
| 22 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 24504 | 30 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 23983 | 23 |
| 24 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 23772 | 25 |
| 25 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 23470 | 13 |
| 26 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 23070 | 21 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 21970 | 22 |
| 28 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 21689 | 30 |
| 29 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 21609 | 16 |
| 30 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 21363 | 19 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 20943 | 21 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 20643 | 19 |
| 33 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 20616 | 55 |
| 34 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 20526 | 25 |
| 35 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 20397 | 23 |
| 36 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 20122 | 37 |
| 37 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 19835 | 16 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 19381 | 15 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 19370 | 24 |
| 40 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 19038 | 26 |
| 41 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 18515 | 16 |
| (41) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 18329 | 11 |
| (41) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 17709 | 11 |
| 42 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 17613 | 32 |
| 43 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 17321 | 33 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 17102 | 18 |
| 45 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 16977 | 21 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 16955 | 30 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 16718 | 11 |
| 48 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 16440 | 39 |
| 49 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 16188 | 7 |
| 50 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 16180 | 35 |
| 51 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 15527 | 23 |
| (51) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 15480 | 25 |
| (51) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 15241 | 19 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 15204 | 10 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 15195 | 20 |
| 54 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 14711 | 8 |
| (54) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 14649 | 7 |
| 55 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 14635 | 11 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 14626 | 23 |
| 57 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 14349 | 11 |
| 58 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 14079 | 11 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 13980 | 24 |
| (59) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 13757 | 3 |
| 60 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 13719 | 27 |
| 61 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 13498 | 6 |
| 62 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 13375 | 8 |
| 63 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 13270 | 12 |
| (63) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 13041 | 16 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 12801 | 17 |
| 65 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 12727 | 50 |
| (65) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 12563 | 17 |
| 66 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 12544 | 17 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 12471 | 21 |
| (67) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 12357 | 15 |
| 68 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 12178 | 22 |
| 69 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 11806 | 38 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 11765 | 8 |
| 71 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 11472 | 11 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 11293 | 17 |
| 73 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 11226 | 19 |
| 74 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 11223 | 15 |
| 75 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 11168 | 7 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 10946 | 23 |
| 77 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 10838 | 20 |
| 78 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 10809 | 15 |
| 79 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 10583 | 3 |
| 80 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 10447 | 14 |
| 81 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 10426 | 20 |
| (81) | Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 10368 | 31 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 10287 | 27 |
| 83 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 10270 | 15 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 10238 | 17 |
| 85 | de Nederlandsche Bank | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10208 | 21 |
| 86 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 10184 | 7 |
| (86) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 10181 | 4 |
| 87 | Handelshøjskolen i København | København, Denmark | 10145 | 10 |
| (87) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 10143 | 13 |
| 88 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 9968 | 14 |
| 89 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 9923 | 7 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 9877 | 30 |
| 91 | IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra | Pamplona, Spain | 9870 | 5 |
| (91) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9858 | 3 |
| (91) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 9505 | 6 |
| 92 | Laboratoire d'Économie et de Gestion (LEG), Université de Bourgogne | Dijon, France | 9446 | 12 |
| 93 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 9427 | 18 |
| 94 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 9417 | 22 |
| 95 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 9316 | 14 |
| (95) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 9240 | 9 |
| 96 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 9048 | 17 |
| (96) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 8797 | 12 |
| 97 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 8729 | 8 |
| (97) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 8729 | 8 |
| 98 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 8479 | 20 |
| 99 | Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain | 8318 | 13 |
| 100 | Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 8313 | 9 |
| (100) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 8188 | 7 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 8142 | 14 |
| (101) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 8027 | 12 |
| (101) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 7989 | 3 |
| 102 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 7949 | 16 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, New York (USA) | 7929 | 7 |
| 104 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 7885 | 11 |
| (104) | 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 | 7808 | 11 |
| 105 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 7798 | 5 |
| 106 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 7782 | 9 |
| (106) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 7615 | 5 |
| 107 | Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands | Den Haag, Netherlands | 7496 | 15 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 7467 | 13 |
| (108) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7418 | 5 |
| 109 | Bank of Canada | Ottawa, Canada | 7406 | 25 |
| 110 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 7387 | 8 |
| 111 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 7370 | 16 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 7338 | 18 |
| 113 | Faculteit Economische en toegepaste economische wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | 7284 | 27 |
| (113) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7164 | 5 |
| (113) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 7131 | 8 |
| 114 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 7127 | 7 |
| 115 | Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet | København, Denmark | 7095 | 14 |
| (115) | Quantitative Finance Research Centre, School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 7072 | 7 |
| 116 | Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA) | Basel/Zürich, Switzerland | 7065 | 3 |
| 117 | Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (MERIT), Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 6998 | 11 |
| (117) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 6932 | 5 |
| 118 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 6900 | 14 |
| 119 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 6897 | 16 |
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