| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 40776.17 | 210 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 15552.56 | 158 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 7118.37 | 37 |
| 4 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 5453.85 | 164 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4917.48 | 29 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4881.03 | 69 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4537.14 | 22 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4312.06 | 28 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4272.17 | 24 |
| 10 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3585.96 | 97 |
| 11 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3431.1 | 13 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3423.23 | 22 |
| 13 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3054.93 | 23 |
| (13) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2913.85 | 13 |
| (13) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2821.24 | 20 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 2746.36 | 25 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 2706.29 | 21 |
| 16 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2697.74 | 11 |
| 17 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 2552.54 | 16 |
| (17) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2525.47 | 26 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2455.75 | 22 |
| 19 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2446.16 | 55 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2444.31 | 14 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2385.29 | 24 |
| 22 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2358.51 | 30 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2348.64 | 11 |
| 24 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2342.32 | 33 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2321.64 | 19 |
| 26 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2311.21 | 16 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2302.21 | 19 |
| 28 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2273.03 | 38 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2271.12 | 24 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2260.21 | 15 |
| 31 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 2192.99 | 16 |
| (31) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2175.45 | 19 |
| 32 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2120.14 | 30 |
| 33 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2038.8 | 25 |
| 34 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 1800.45 | 26 |
| 35 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1759.97 | 23 |
| 36 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1751.86 | 30 |
| 37 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1726.24 | 69 |
| 38 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1666.96 | 17 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1644.34 | 21 |
| 40 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1634.89 | 23 |
| 41 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1609.37 | 11 |
| 42 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1575.72 | 13 |
| 43 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1518.65 | 17 |
| 44 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1504 | 25 |
| 45 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1487.66 | 7 |
| 46 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1464.82 | 20 |
| 47 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1422.88 | 21 |
| 48 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1324.76 | 8 |
| (48) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1308.94 | 11 |
| (48) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1290.58 | 15 |
| 49 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1230.72 | 21 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1226.24 | 15 |
| 51 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1192 | 17 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1159.95 | 15 |
| 53 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1149.68 | 15 |
| (53) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1148.24 | 25 |
| 54 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1136.56 | 17 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1134.27 | 10 |
| 56 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1124.99 | 12 |
| 57 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1121.74 | 23 |
| 58 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1119.43 | 45 |
| 59 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1116.21 | 18 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1098.23 | 27 |
| 61 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1097.96 | 19 |
| (61) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1082.44 | 3 |
| 62 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1082.02 | 3 |
| 63 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1073.51 | 9 |
| 64 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1068.52 | 16 |
| (64) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1066.08 | 3 |
| (64) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1063.16 | 16 |
| 65 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1058.81 | 11 |
| 66 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1053.37 | 39 |
| 67 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1044.89 | 20 |
| 68 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1030.29 | 32 |
| 69 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1018.31 | 11 |
| 70 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1011.55 | 30 |
| (70) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1005.02 | 13 |
| (70) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1001.4 | 6 |
| 71 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 983.84 | 8 |
| 72 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 981.52 | 8 |
| 73 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 980.08 | 7 |
| 74 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 979.03 | 8 |
| (74) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 979.03 | 8 |
| (74) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 978.41 | 7 |
| 75 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 967.51 | 7 |
| (75) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 953.33 | 11 |
| 76 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 935.56 | 7 |
| 77 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 912.4 | 5 |
| 78 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 910.29 | 7 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 902.16 | 14 |
| 80 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 858.24 | 11 |
| (80) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 835.81 | 8 |
| (80) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 829.65 | 2 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 818.21 | 9 |
| (81) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 791.04 | 7 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 788.64 | 13 |
| 83 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 787.11 | 6 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 775.11 | 10 |
| 85 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 773.88 | 15 |
| (85) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 750.51 | 15 |
| 86 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 750.51 | 15 |
| 87 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 744.12 | 9 |
| 88 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 741.48 | 11 |
| 89 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 736.38 | 10 |
| (89) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 732.86 | 3 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 727.84 | 10 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 718.53 | 8 |
| 92 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 715.54 | 20 |
| (92) | 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 | 700.56 | 11 |
| (92) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 697.22 | 5 |
| (92) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 689.8 | 7 |
| (92) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 679.72 | 5 |
| (92) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 670.13 | 12 |
| (92) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 664.49 | 4 |
| 93 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 660.89 | 38 |
| 94 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 659.07 | 5 |
| 95 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 653.54 | 23 |
| 96 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 642.87 | 6 |
| 97 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 637 | 13 |
| 98 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 622.91 | 16 |
| (98) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 621 | 1 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 599.21 | 14 |
| 100 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 597.77 | 15 |
| (100) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 596.34 | 5 |
| 101 | Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | San Francisco, California (USA) | 593.95 | 7 |
| 102 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 591.65 | 19 |
| (102) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 587.73 | 4 |
| 103 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 580.63 | 8 |
| 104 | Rochester Center for Economic Research (RCER), University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 579.25 | 3 |
| (104) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 571.92 | 1 |
| 105 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 570.46 | 35 |
| 106 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 562.19 | 14 |
| 107 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 554.37 | 37 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 548.2 | 18 |
| 109 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 547.73 | 14 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 546.5 | 6 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 545.69 | 8 |
| (111) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 541.22 | 9 |
| 112 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 540.04 | 9 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 538.76 | 18 |
| 114 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 532.86 | 27 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, Tufts University | Medford, Massachusetts (USA) | 530.13 | 13 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 528.29 | 15 |
| 117 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 523.54 | 22 |
| 118 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | 519.14 | 16 |
| (118) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 518.5 | 17 |
| (118) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 514.75 | 9 |
| 119 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 514.75 | 9 |
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