| Rank | Institution | Location | Score | Authors |
| 1 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 58571 | 211 |
| 2 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) | London, United Kingdom | 17474 | 167 |
| 3 | Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 11575 | 37 |
| 4 | Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 10096 | 25 |
| 5 | Department of Economics, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 8305 | 29 |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 6312 | 70 |
| 7 | Department of Economics, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 5801 | 28 |
| 8 | Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 5658 | 23 |
| 9 | Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 5217 | 23 |
| 10 | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) | Bonn, Germany | 5167 | 169 |
| 11 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 5060 | 99 |
| 12 | Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 5040 | 11 |
| 13 | Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 4716 | 14 |
| 14 | Department of Economics, Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 4432 | 26 |
| 15 | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 4313 | 18 |
| (15) | Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 4308 | 14 |
| 16 | Economics Department, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island (USA) | 4227 | 27 |
| 17 | Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 4089 | 30 |
| (17) | Economics Department, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 4069 | 27 |
| 18 | Department of Economics, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 3994 | 27 |
| (18) | Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London | London, United Kingdom | 3934 | 20 |
| 19 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3689 | 15 |
| 20 | Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 3609 | 16 |
| 21 | Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 3606 | 24 |
| 22 | Department of Economics, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 3370 | 11 |
| 23 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 3054 | 15 |
| 24 | Department of Economics, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 3042 | 21 |
| 25 | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 3032 | 11 |
| 26 | Cowles Foundation for Economic Research, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2840 | 12 |
| 27 | Economics Department, University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 2684 | 20 |
| (27) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 2599 | 11 |
| 28 | Economics Department, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 2575 | 21 |
| 29 | Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 2525 | 25 |
| 30 | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 2475 | 13 |
| 31 | World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 2418 | 71 |
| 32 | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2385 | 30 |
| 33 | Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 2381 | 18 |
| 34 | Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 2364 | 33 |
| 35 | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 2286 | 23 |
| 36 | Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques (PSE), École Normale Supérieure | Paris, France | 2222 | 56 |
| 37 | Department of Economics, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 2221 | 19 |
| 38 | Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 2202 | 22 |
| 39 | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 2137 | 21 |
| 40 | Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2096 | 35 |
| (40) | Bendheim Center for Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 2096 | 5 |
| 41 | Department of Economics, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 2086 | 24 |
| (41) | Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Université des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse I) | Toulouse, France | 2056 | 20 |
| 42 | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1969 | 11 |
| 43 | American Bar Foundation (ABF) | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1967 | 3 |
| 44 | School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1885 | 8 |
| 45 | College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1880 | 8 |
| (45) | Department of Economics, College of Business, Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona (USA) | 1877 | 7 |
| 46 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University | Palo Alto, California (USA) | 1866 | 7 |
| 47 | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1855 | 22 |
| (47) | Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Barcelona, Spain | 1852 | 6 |
| 48 | CESifo | München, Germany | 1835 | 40 |
| 49 | Department of Economics, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 1815 | 18 |
| 50 | Department of Economics, University College London, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 1814 | 18 |
| (50) | Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois (USA) | 1803 | 7 |
| 51 | Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | Milano, Italy | 1787 | 25 |
| (51) | Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1762 | 3 |
| 52 | Department of Economics, Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA) | 1751 | 29 |
| 53 | Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1677 | 9 |
| (53) | Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 1675 | 15 |
| 54 | Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) | 1618 | 7 |
| (54) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | San Francisco, California (USA) | 1610 | 16 |
| 55 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1596 | 11 |
| 56 | Department of Economics, University of California | Santa Barbara, California (USA) | 1513 | 10 |
| 57 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1493 | 15 |
| (57) | Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California | Berkeley, California (USA) | 1479 | 6 |
| (57) | Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 1450 | 24 |
| 58 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1447 | 16 |
| 59 | William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1423 | 22 |
| 60 | Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1404 | 12 |
| 61 | Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1398 | 15 |
| 62 | Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1367 | 8 |
| 63 | Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel | 1332 | 20 |
| (63) | Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 1330 | 11 |
| 64 | Economics Department, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) | 1296 | 17 |
| 65 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 1269 | 26 |
| (65) | Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1213 | 8 |
| (65) | Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 1189 | 3 |
| (65) | Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1188 | 13 |
| (65) | Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 1171 | 5 |
| (65) | Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University | New York City, New York (USA) | 1108 | 4 |
| 66 | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1102 | 25 |
| 67 | Tinbergen Instituut | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1100 | 45 |
| 68 | Faculteit Economie, Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1098 | 40 |
| 69 | Bank of England | London, United Kingdom | 1095 | 15 |
| 70 | Economics Department, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire (USA) | 1075 | 6 |
| (70) | Economics Group, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 1022 | 5 |
| 71 | Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York | York, United Kingdom | 985 | 15 |
| 72 | Economics Department, University of California | Santa Cruz, California (USA) | 980 | 9 |
| 73 | Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 976 | 6 |
| (73) | Economic Studies, Brookings Institution | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 975 | 5 |
| 74 | Economics Department, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 967 | 10 |
| 75 | Department of Economics, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 949 | 27 |
| 76 | Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) | Madrid, Spain | 946 | 10 |
| 77 | Olin School of Business, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 940 | 7 |
| 78 | Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 925 | 8 |
| (78) | Department of Economics, Business School, University of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 925 | 8 |
| 79 | Department of Economics, Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 923 | 9 |
| (79) | Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) | 901 | 8 |
| (79) | Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 896 | 2 |
| 80 | Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University | Waltham, Massachusetts (USA) | 895 | 7 |
| 81 | Department of Economics, European University Institute | Firenze, Italy | 893 | 24 |
| 82 | Department of Economics, Oxford University | Oxford, United Kingdom | 865 | 30 |
| (82) | Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 842 | 2 |
| 83 | Department of Economics, Korea University | Seoul, South Korea | 840 | 4 |
| 84 | William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester | Rochester, New York (USA) | 838 | 6 |
| 85 | Division of Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California (USA) | 827 | 12 |
| 85 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 827 | 7 |
| 87 | Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 817 | 6 |
| 88 | European Central Bank | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 801 | 38 |
| (88) | Finance Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 798 | 3 |
| (88) | Economics Research, World Bank Group | Washington, District of Columbia (USA) | 784 | 17 |
| 89 | Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 776 | 5 |
| 90 | Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland (USA) | 759 | 6 |
| 91 | School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland (USA) | 755 | 1 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, University of Texas | Austin, Texas (USA) | 745 | 16 |
| (92) | International Economics Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey (USA) | 744 | 1 |
| 92 | Department of Economics, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | 744 | 20 |
| 94 | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 733 | 16 |
| (94) | Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno | Fisciano, Italy | 730 | 10 |
| (94) | Finance Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University | Durham, North Carolina (USA) | 728 | 3 |
| (94) | Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 696 | 1 |
| (94) | George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois (USA) | 696 | 1 |
| 95 | School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 686 | 6 |
| 96 | Department of Economics, Cornell University | Ithaca, New York (USA) | 673 | 13 |
| (96) | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 666 | 17 |
| 96 | Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économique (INSEE), Government of France | Paris, France | 666 | 17 |
| (96) | Research and Market Analysis Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York City, New York (USA) | 666 | 14 |
| 98 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 645 | 7 |
| (98) | Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) | 645 | 7 |
| (98) | 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 | 638 | 11 |
| (98) | Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 635 | 1 |
| (98) | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) | 624 | 4 |
| 99 | School of Economics, University of Nottingham | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 620 | 20 |
| 100 | Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee (USA) | 615 | 18 |
| 100 | Program in Institutions, Organization and Growth, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | Toronto, Canada | 615 | 6 |
| 102 | Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | München, Germany | 599 | 20 |
| 103 | Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 585 | 35 |
| 104 | Department of Economics, University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA) | 570 | 14 |
| 104 | School of Management, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut (USA) | 570 | 11 |
| 106 | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 568 | 10 |
| (106) | Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 561 | 9 |
| 106 | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California (USA) | 561 | 10 |
| 108 | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California | San Diego / La Jolla, California (USA) | 541 | 3 |
| 109 | Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm, Sweden | 534 | 4 |
| 109 | European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles | Bruxelles, Belgium | 534 | 12 |
| 111 | Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) | Paris, France | 517 | 50 |
| 112 | Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway | Oslo, Norway | 511 | 13 |
| 113 | Economics Department, University of California | Davis, California (USA) | 507 | 11 |
| (113) | Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Richmond, Virginia (USA) | 503 | 7 |
| 114 | Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky (USA) | 497 | 6 |
| 115 | Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University | State College, Pennsylvania (USA) | 494 | 11 |
| 116 | Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario | London, Canada | 489 | 13 |
| 117 | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University | Canberra, Australia | 487 | 6 |
| (117) | Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 486 | 3 |
| 118 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri (USA) | 483 | 14 |
| 119 | Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London | London, United Kingdom | 474 | 8 |
| (119) | Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) | 473 | 1 |
| (119) | ESRC Centre for Fiscal Policy, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | London, United Kingdom | 469 | 4 |
| 119 | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations (CIRANO) | Montréal, Canada | 469 | 19 |
| 121 | School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol | Bristol, United Kingdom | 467 | 10 |
| (121) | Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Israel | 465 | 2 |
| 121 | Department of Economics, Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio (USA) | 465 | 10 |
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