| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 8620 | 211 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 5308 | 167 |
| 3 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 2966 | 169 |
| 4 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1618 | 70 |
| 5 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1481 | 99 |
| 6 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1393 | 37 |
| 7 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1221 | 40 |
| 8 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1156 | 71 |
| 9 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1028 | 28 |
| 10 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1027 | 29 |
| 11 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 993 | 12 |
| 11 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 993 | 56 |
| 13 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 906 | 23 |
| 14 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 875 | 21 |
| 15 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 831 | 29 |
| 16 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 828 | 30 |
| 17 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 822 | 23 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 818 | 25 |
| (18) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 806 | 20 |
| 19 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 803 | 22 |
| 20 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 787 | 45 |
| 21 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 779 | 35 |
| 22 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 778 | 21 |
| 23 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 759 | 40 |
| 24 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 721 | 18 |
| 25 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 719 | 27 |
| (25) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 689 | 14 |
| 26 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 679 | 24 |
| 27 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 675 | 26 |
| 28 | Department of Economics, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 668 | 18 |
| (28) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 663 | 27 |
| (28) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 661 | 20 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 655 | 24 |
| 29 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 655 | 18 |
| 31 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 620 | 22 |
| 32 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 618 | 27 |
| (32) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 614 | 16 |
| 33 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 610 | 37 |
| 34 | Department of Economics, University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut (USA) | 600 | 33 |
| 35 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 577 | 20 |
| 36 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 574 | 15 |
| 37 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 573 | 25 |
| 37 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 573 | 22 |
| 39 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 560 | 21 |
| 40 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 559 | 11 |
| 41 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 531 | 23 |
| 42 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 521 | 30 |
| 43 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 505 | 30 |
| 44 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 497 | 15 |
| 45 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 496 | 35 |
| 46 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 491 | 25 |
| 47 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 487 | 16 |
| 48 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 482 | 11 |
| 49 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 475 | 11 |
| 49 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 475 | 26 |
| 51 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 473 | 11 |
| 52 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 471 | 14 |
| 53 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 469 | 9 |
| 54 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 467 | 17 |
| 55 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 465 | 14 |
| 56 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 464 | 25 |
| 57 | Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | 446 | 15 |
| 58 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 437 | 18 |
| 59 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 433 | 18 |
| 60 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 431 | 20 |
| 61 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 430 | 15 |
| 62 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 423 | 24 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 416 | 20 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 416 | 19 |
| (64) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 406 | 24 |
| 65 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 404 | 16 |
| (65) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 393 | 11 |
| 66 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschapen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Groningen, Netherlands | 386 | 19 |
| 67 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 384 | 27 |
| 68 | School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology | Sydney, Australia | 382 | 22 |
| 69 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 381 | 10 |
| 70 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 380 | 8 |
| 71 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 378 | 20 |
| 72 | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 377 | 17 |
| 73 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 376 | 20 |
| (73) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 372 | 15 |
| 74 | Department of Economics, Leicester University | Leicester, United Kingdom | 371 | 13 |
| 74 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 371 | 33 |
| 76 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 369 | 19 |
| 77 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Maastricht | Maastricht, Netherlands | 363 | 17 |
| 78 | School of Economics, University of Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | 359 | 22 |
| 79 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 357 | 50 |
| 80 | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa (USA) | 345 | 4 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 342 | 13 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida (USA) | 340 | 23 |
| 83 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 339 | 8 |
| 84 | Département d'Économique, Université Laval | Ste-Foy, Canada | 328 | 15 |
| 85 | Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) | Paris, France | 327 | 41 |
| 86 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 326 | 38 |
| 87 | Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) | Torino, Italy | 325 | 29 |
| 88 | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 322 | 10 |
| 88 | Département des sciences économiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Montréal, Canada | 322 | 27 |
| 90 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 320 | 11 |
| 91 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 319 | 16 |
| (91) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 318 | 17 |
| (91) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 316 | 11 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 315 | 18 |
| 92 | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 315 | 8 |
| 94 | Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University | Clayton, Australia | 311 | 16 |
| 95 | Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 307 | 20 |
| 96 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 305 | 11 |
| 97 | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | 301 | 27 |
| (97) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 300 | 17 |
| 97 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 300 | 17 |
| (98) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 294 | 13 |
| 99 | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) | Berlin, Germany | 290 | 23 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia (USA) | 289 | 18 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) | 286 | 12 |
| 101 | Department of Economics, University of Washington | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 286 | 9 |
| 103 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 284 | 12 |
| 103 | Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques Économiques et l'Emploi (CIRPÉE) | Montréal/Québec, Canada | 284 | 15 |
| 103 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 284 | 8 |
| (103) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 284 | 8 |
| (105) | Econometria, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | 283 | 13 |
| 105 | Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 283 | 20 |
| 107 | Economics Department, Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan (USA) | 278 | 15 |
| 107 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 278 | 9 |
| 109 | Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia, Getulio Vargas Foundation | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 277 | 13 |
| 110 | Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM) | Marseille, France | 276 | 16 |
| (110) | Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques (ESPO), Université Catholique de Louvain | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 275 | 17 |
| (110) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 274 | 3 |
| 111 | Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews | Fife, United Kingdom | 273 | 13 |
| 111 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 273 | 5 |
| 113 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 271 | 10 |
| (113) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 270 | 6 |
| 113 | Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada | 270 | 16 |
| 115 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 268 | 8 |
| (115) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 267 | 14 |
| 116 | Universidad del CEMA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 266 | 23 |
| 116 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 266 | 15 |
| 118 | CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant) | Tilburg, Netherlands | 265 | 16 |
| 119 | Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Aziendale, Università degli Studi di Milano | Milano, Italy | 263 | 36 |
| (119) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 263 | 9 |
| (119) | Econometrisch Instituut, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 262 | 12 |
| (119) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | Cleveland, Ohio (USA) | 261 | 6 |
| (119) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 261 | 7 |
| 120 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie Quantitative (CIREQ) | Montréal, Canada | 260 | 14 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, University of Glasgow | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 259 | 8 |
| 121 | College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 259 | 4 |
| (121) | Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming (USA) | 259 | 4 |
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