| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 46777.32 | 211 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 15774.58 | 167 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 8621.93 | 37 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 6431.15 | 29 |
| 5 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 6291.57 | 23 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5260.87 | 25 |
| 7 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 5026.37 | 70 |
| 8 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4827.25 | 23 |
| 9 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 4763.8 | 169 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 4702.57 | 28 |
| (10) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4254.08 | 14 |
| 11 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4016.32 | 14 |
| 12 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 4001.02 | 11 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3845.55 | 24 |
| 14 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3776.6 | 12 |
| 15 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 3687.15 | 21 |
| 16 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 3492.72 | 18 |
| 17 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3432.39 | 27 |
| 18 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 3238.43 | 27 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 3184.29 | 26 |
| 20 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3095.35 | 16 |
| 21 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2984.71 | 99 |
| 22 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2979.04 | 56 |
| (22) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2787.04 | 27 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2692.45 | 11 |
| 24 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2656.21 | 35 |
| (24) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 2592.52 | 20 |
| (24) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2561.52 | 20 |
| 25 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2545.43 | 20 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 2510.19 | 29 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2411.59 | 15 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2403.88 | 21 |
| 29 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2330.53 | 8 |
| 30 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2329.33 | 24 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2318.27 | 22 |
| 32 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2263.28 | 30 |
| 33 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2246.26 | 15 |
| 34 | CESifo | München, Germany | 2219.17 | 40 |
| 35 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 2212.58 | 11 |
| 36 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2091.67 | 18 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1975.23 | 20 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 1958.3 | 27 |
| 39 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1893.32 | 13 |
| 40 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1890.37 | 30 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1863.13 | 22 |
| 42 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1862.59 | 25 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 1861.41 | 18 |
| 44 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1860.8 | 11 |
| 45 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 1738.75 | 19 |
| 46 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1715.86 | 71 |
| (46) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1693.11 | 11 |
| 47 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1674.88 | 3 |
| 48 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 1629.05 | 7 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1578.64 | 18 |
| 50 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1558.48 | 17 |
| 51 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 1430.42 | 15 |
| 52 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1420.87 | 6 |
| 53 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1405.15 | 10 |
| (53) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1380.52 | 5 |
| (53) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1378.18 | 15 |
| 54 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 1310.27 | 23 |
| 55 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1305.79 | 9 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 1299.26 | 20 |
| 57 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1289.08 | 8 |
| 58 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1276.33 | 25 |
| 59 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1272.82 | 12 |
| 60 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1241.01 | 7 |
| 61 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1232.58 | 8 |
| (61) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 1232.58 | 8 |
| 62 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1226.13 | 21 |
| 63 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1222.25 | 10 |
| (63) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1218.38 | 6 |
| (63) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1206.25 | 7 |
| 64 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1194.63 | 18 |
| 65 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1191.79 | 25 |
| 66 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1185.11 | 8 |
| 67 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1168.01 | 22 |
| 68 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1160.14 | 26 |
| 69 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1157.85 | 40 |
| (69) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1153.55 | 8 |
| 70 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1131.31 | 6 |
| 71 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 1130.19 | 13 |
| 72 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1095.72 | 30 |
| 73 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 1082.92 | 16 |
| 74 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1057.65 | 11 |
| 75 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 1039.36 | 12 |
| 76 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 1027.22 | 10 |
| 77 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1022.8 | 5 |
| (77) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1015.27 | 9 |
| 78 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 1015.27 | 10 |
| 79 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 1011.03 | 10 |
| (79) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 1004.03 | 6 |
| 80 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 1003.88 | 11 |
| 81 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1003.41 | 15 |
| (81) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 1003.17 | 7 |
| 82 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 993.78 | 8 |
| (82) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 993.74 | 7 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 975.78 | 13 |
| 84 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 971.92 | 9 |
| 85 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 955.02 | 9 |
| (85) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 952.64 | 13 |
| 86 | Economics Department, George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 943.31 | 8 |
| (86) | 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 | 939.66 | 11 |
| 87 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 920.09 | 33 |
| (87) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 911.37 | 24 |
| 88 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 909.46 | 14 |
| (88) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 893.97 | 16 |
| 89 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 885.53 | 6 |
| 90 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 873.06 | 6 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 866.3 | 16 |
| 92 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 839.46 | 11 |
| (92) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 834.37 | 3 |
| 93 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 830.87 | 15 |
| (93) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 827.55 | 2 |
| 94 | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 818.25 | 10 |
| 95 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 806.46 | 45 |
| (95) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 803.7 | 5 |
| (95) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 789.49 | 2 |
| (95) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 781.02 | 3 |
| 96 | Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 780.58 | 14 |
| 97 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 778.23 | 9 |
| 98 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 770.02 | 6 |
| 99 | Economics Department, Georgetown University | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 757.5 | 14 |
| 100 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 753.72 | 6 |
| 101 | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia (USA) | 753.37 | 5 |
| (101) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 751.72 | 5 |
| 102 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 745.53 | 20 |
| 103 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 743.08 | 18 |
| 104 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 738.82 | 10 |
| 105 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 716.83 | 15 |
| 106 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 716.37 | 23 |
| 107 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 702.06 | 16 |
| 108 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 696.34 | 14 |
| 109 | Cato Institute | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 689.52 | 2 |
| (109) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 686.47 | 3 |
| 110 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 682.56 | 11 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, Indiana University | Bloomington, Indiana (USA) | 680.66 | 10 |
| 112 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 674.42 | 7 |
| (112) | Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana (USA) | 653.91 | 11 |
| 113 | Center for Economic Design, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi | İstanbul, Turkey | 648.35 | 2 |
| 114 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 647.24 | 15 |
| 115 | Economics Division, University of Southampton | Southampton, United Kingdom | 641.26 | 11 |
| (115) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 638.25 | 8 |
| (115) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 635.48 | 17 |
| 116 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 612.2 | 10 |
| (116) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 608.84 | 11 |
| 117 | Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 602.94 | 9 |
| 118 | Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 597.49 | 3 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa (USA) | 595.04 | 13 |
| (119) | Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 594.59 | 3 |
| 120 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 586.1 | 16 |
| 121 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 585.87 | 7 |
| (121) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 585.87 | 7 |
| (121) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 583.83 | 3 |
| (121) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 577.44 | 1 |
| (121) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 570.1 | 17 |
| 122 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 570.1 | 17 |
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