| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 59293.82 | 211 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 14048.33 | 167 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 12208.56 | 37 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 9124.89 | 25 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 7373.2 | 29 |
| 6 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 6351.65 | 11 |
| 7 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6218.67 | 23 |
| 8 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5983.83 | 28 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 5615.51 | 14 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5070.46 | 70 |
| 11 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4611.22 | 23 |
| 12 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4289.87 | 16 |
| 13 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4265.9 | 18 |
| 14 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4054.26 | 30 |
| 15 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4029.37 | 169 |
| 16 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 4016.92 | 15 |
| 17 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 3865.34 | 99 |
| (17) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3861.68 | 14 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3833.81 | 27 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3809.54 | 24 |
| 20 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3618.61 | 26 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3464.93 | 21 |
| (21) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3401.35 | 27 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3381.27 | 11 |
| (22) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3308.63 | 20 |
| (22) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3105.51 | 11 |
| 23 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3100.29 | 27 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3039.91 | 15 |
| 25 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2961.26 | 13 |
| 26 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2920.9 | 11 |
| 27 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2813.48 | 12 |
| 28 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2670.26 | 30 |
| 29 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2608.99 | 20 |
| 30 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2302.39 | 21 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2282.52 | 24 |
| 32 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2206.92 | 7 |
| (32) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2126.2 | 5 |
| 33 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2101.62 | 8 |
| (33) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 2100.21 | 7 |
| 34 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2045.5 | 18 |
| 35 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2040.72 | 21 |
| (35) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2002.4 | 15 |
| 36 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1999.59 | 3 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1940.78 | 19 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1831.52 | 22 |
| 39 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1817.06 | 9 |
| 40 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1797.93 | 11 |
| 41 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1785.55 | 25 |
| 42 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1746.88 | 12 |
| 43 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1741.65 | 33 |
| 44 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1731.62 | 35 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1714.19 | 29 |
| (45) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 1704.03 | 20 |
| 46 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 1696.71 | 56 |
| (46) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1683.02 | 3 |
| (46) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1623.79 | 7 |
| (46) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1559.96 | 16 |
| 47 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1533.45 | 71 |
| 48 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1507.69 | 17 |
| 49 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1433.09 | 8 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1428.06 | 18 |
| 51 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1408.75 | 23 |
| (51) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1393.16 | 6 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1359.83 | 26 |
| 53 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1358.04 | 25 |
| 54 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1335.5 | 15 |
| (54) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1332.77 | 6 |
| 55 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1323.3 | 11 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1312.82 | 10 |
| 57 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1267.64 | 22 |
| 58 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1258.92 | 40 |
| 59 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1248.31 | 7 |
| (59) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1202.87 | 8 |
| 60 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1180.22 | 6 |
| (60) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1180.17 | 5 |
| 61 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1173.05 | 8 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1167.92 | 20 |
| (62) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1120.97 | 5 |
| 63 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 1116.92 | 15 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1111.13 | 18 |
| (64) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1102.99 | 3 |
| (64) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1045.71 | 8 |
| 65 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1035.43 | 27 |
| (65) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 992.95 | 24 |
| (65) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 990.22 | 13 |
| 66 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 965.4 | 9 |
| 67 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 964.92 | 22 |
| (67) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 894.54 | 3 |
| 68 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 894.48 | 6 |
| 69 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 884.66 | 16 |
| 70 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 883.69 | 10 |
| (70) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 883.41 | 5 |
| 71 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 880.04 | 15 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 878.49 | 6 |
| 73 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 871.88 | 5 |
| (73) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 865.51 | 2 |
| 74 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 861.16 | 6 |
| 75 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 856.71 | 7 |
| 76 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 830.84 | 6 |
| (76) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 823.43 | 11 |
| 77 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 820.76 | 16 |
| (77) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 819.75 | 2 |
| 78 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 815.09 | 7 |
| (78) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 772.52 | 3 |
| (78) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 766.12 | 1 |
| 79 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 746.1 | 10 |
| 80 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 741.22 | 25 |
| 81 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 739.44 | 7 |
| (81) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 698.09 | 1 |
| (81) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 680.99 | 7 |
| (81) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 670.88 | 4 |
| 82 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 658 | 6 |
| 83 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 648.88 | 15 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 648.55 | 4 |
| (84) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 640.58 | 3 |
| (84) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 639.91 | 14 |
| 85 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 631.61 | 12 |
| (85) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 622.75 | 1 |
| (85) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 622.75 | 1 |
| 86 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 622.56 | 40 |
| 87 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 617.88 | 8 |
| (87) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 617.88 | 8 |
| (87) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 612.8 | 4 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 598.63 | 9 |
| 89 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 597.3 | 45 |
| 90 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 597.12 | 10 |
| 91 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 592.64 | 1 |
| 92 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 576.22 | 12 |
| 93 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 570.41 | 7 |
| (93) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 570.41 | 7 |
| 94 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 565.32 | 20 |
| 95 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 555.9 | 16 |
| (95) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 555.81 | 10 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 550.95 | 24 |
| 97 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 548.8 | 38 |
| 98 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 535.83 | 30 |
| 99 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 524.14 | 14 |
| 100 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 518.18 | 6 |
| (100) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 514.06 | 1 |
| 101 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 510.75 | 11 |
| (101) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 507.82 | 9 |
| 102 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 507.82 | 10 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 502.4 | 13 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 486.89 | 18 |
| 105 | Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 483.47 | 6 |
| 106 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 472.92 | 3 |
| (106) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 469.99 | 17 |
| (106) | 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 | 466.98 | 11 |
| 107 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 464.61 | 11 |
| 108 | Department of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | 446.01 | 10 |
| 109 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 438.82 | 6 |
| 110 | Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 433.41 | 1 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 430.99 | 13 |
| 112 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 427.51 | 11 |
| 113 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 426.26 | 14 |
| 114 | RAND | Santa Monica, California (USA) | 419.52 | 6 |
| (114) | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 416.63 | 2 |
| 115 | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 414.26 | 6 |
| 116 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 410.41 | 4 |
| 117 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 408.68 | 20 |
| 118 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 399.45 | 14 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 396.96 | 10 |
| 120 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 393.4 | 10 |
| 121 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 390.94 | 8 |
| 122 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 389.13 | 4 |
| (122) | Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina | Greensboro, North Carolina (USA) | 389.06 | 3 |
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